Upgrading for VR (Oculus Rift S)

aliasgamer

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(Wasn't sure whether to post this here or in the VR forum)

So, having finally decided to go for the Oculus Rift S as opposed to the Quest, I need to get the PC sorted.

At the moment, I have a tower that is probably 6-7 years old and I'm not sure if I can do anything to this one that would handle the Rift S with ease. I understand the GPU is the most critical element for VR, so what do you guys think?

Current Spec:-
CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K IvyBridge
M/B: GigaByte Z77X-UD3H
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance PC3-10700H
GFX: GeForce GTX 670
 
I haven't really thought about budget as I was hoping I wouldn't have to do a complete upgrade, which would pretty much amount to almost a new PC. If I can get away with a new GFX Card up to say, £200, would it be hindered by the other components?

Rig is not really used for any other desktop gaming; only coding these days.
 
Just having a quick look around. If I was to upgrade (using existing case/PSU/HDD), how would this look for supporting the RIFT S

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £573.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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aliasgamer said:
Just having a quick look around. If I was to upgrade (using existing case/PSU/HDD), how would this look for supporting the RIFT S

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £573.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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drop ram to 16gb , 32gb still a bit overkill unless your rocking heavy mods on games like City Skylines

GTX 1660S is a nice bump in GPU power over 590 and less power required

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £535.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)


slightly more but more power!

ODE
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £615.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)


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My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £595.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)


5700 edges slightly with more VRam and higher FPS , but also higher power draw

another option is i7 K second hand £75-85 odd then sink £400 into RX5700 XT or RTX 2060S​
 
Not wanting to spend a fortune, I think I'll go with upgrading the GFX on the existing machine, but with the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-E rather than the RX590, as per your comment orbitalwalsh.

If I find the system struggling with that, I'll then either look to upgrade the CPU/MB/RAM or just upgrade existing I5 CPU for a s/h I7.

Thanks for your input guys.
 
*Help* :/

So, went ahead and plunged for the Gigabyte GeForce GTX1660 SUPER OC. Dropped it into existing system but now it won't boot :/ Fires up to board logo screen but unable to get into BIOS. Hangs there for 30 secs then goes dark, flashes a bit, goes dark again and hangs there. Tried another slot but same issue and error code on board is 62. Any ideas guys?

Rest of system is:-
CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K IvyBridge
M/B: GigaByte Z77X-UD3H
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance PC3-10700H
PSU: CollerMaster Silent 700W

If I drop the old 670 in, boots fine, same if I boot from onboard GFX.

Thanks in advance

/sadface
 
aliasgamer said:
*Help* :/

So, went ahead and plunged for the Gigabyte GeForce GTX1660 SUPER OC. Dropped it into existing system but now it won't boot :/ Fires up to board logo screen but unable to get into BIOS. Hangs there for 30 secs then goes dark, flashes a bit, goes dark again and hangs there. Tried another slot but same issue and error code on board is 62. Any ideas guys?

Rest of system is:-
CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K IvyBridge
M/B: GigaByte Z77X-UD3H
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance PC3-10700H
PSU: CollerMaster Silent 700W

If I drop the old 670 in, boots fine, same if I boot from onboard GFX.

Thanks in advance

/sadface
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Update board bios

Ten be GPU and use onboard graphics from intel

V1.1 /1.2

https://www.gigabyte.com/uk/Motherboard/GA-Z77X-UD3H-rev-10/support#support-dl
 
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Apologies. Missed your last post. Yes, BIOS update did work, but I think I'm going with a board/cpu/mem upgrade anyway, bring everything up to date. VR does run sweet on the 1660 GFX mind you, even with the rest of the older kit.
 
aliasgamer said:
Apologies. Missed your last post. Yes, BIOS update did work, but I think I'm going with a board/cpu/mem upgrade anyway, bring everything up to date. VR does run sweet on the 1660 GFX mind you, even with the rest of the older kit.
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cheapest quickest way would be second hand i7k and overclock!

personally moving from i5k you'd want to double your cores to ryzen 3700 and triple the thread count. would last 5 years again
 
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