What to upgrade

Xand

Xand

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Hey There,

Looking to put an order down on a vive shortly, just ran the steam VR tester and ended up on the low end of low!

Just wondering if anyone had any suggestions on the best upgrade path from my previous OC machine! Ideally want something capable of handling 2560 x 1440 on full for the next couple of years while being 4k capable and running the vive well.

specs as below.
  • OcUK Gamer X60i Intel Z87 Mid-Tower - Gaming PC Configurator
  • System Build Fan - Noiseblocker BlackSilent Pro Fan PLPS
  • Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 800W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
  • OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black)
  • Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic
  • GX-181-MS MSI HD 7970 Lightning BOOSTED Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
  • TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit
  • MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
  • Prolimatech Megahalems Rev C CPU Cooler
  • Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor
  • Stage 1 Intel: Overclock of CPU - 4.2GHz Overclock - Haswell K Edition Processors Only
  • CM Storm Stryker Full Tower Gaming Case - White
also got an extra 4 sata drives in there of varying size (probably consolidate these into two 3tb!
 
The only thing I would do to that system is get a better graphics card. a 970, 980 or 980ti.
The CPU is good enough. I run an 4.5GHz overclocked 2500k which will be about the same in performance as your 4.2GHz 4670k and it runs my Vive and my Rift perfectly. I just popped a 980ti in there to give it the boost it needed.

No need to do anything else with that rig, save maybe get a bigger SSD for all the VR junk you are going to download.
 
ImMrChris said:
Thats good to know Rilot so my OC'd 2600k @ 4.5GHz will be ok then as i've also installed a compatible USB 3 PCI-e card
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Yup. Will be fine. I had to put a new new USB card in mine too.
No dropped frames in any of the VR games for either Vive or Rift. Well, unless I put DCS to max detail but that will bring any rig to it's knees.
 
Rilot said:
The only thing I would do to that system is get a better graphics card. a 970, 980 or 980ti.
The CPU is good enough. I run an 4.5GHz overclocked 2500k which will be about the same in performance as your 4.2GHz 4670k and it runs my Vive and my Rift perfectly. I just popped a 980ti in there to give it the boost it needed.

No need to do anything else with that rig, save maybe get a bigger SSD for all the VR junk you are going to download.
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good to know, presuming a card swap wouldn't effect the OC in anyway?
 
well the only available card from the new line up is the 1080, and even this one you only get reference cooler, that will trottle/heat/noise, or plastic custom.
any real custom 1080, that would allow good thermals/OC/noise come by the end of the month, same goes for 1070 reference to be released 10th june, and good custom late june/early july, polaris RX480 release 29 june.
i could say pick a 1080, but for 600£ might as well pick a good one rather than bad reference cooler, but if you cannot wait, you have that or 980Ti
 
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I have some waiting involved, just would like something this month as the vive is due at some point soon and not sure the 7970 will handle it even badly!

I was under the impression the custom 1070s will be ready to go much sooner than the custom 1080s.
 
Xand said:
I have some waiting involved, just would like something this month as the vive is due at some point soon and not sure the 7970 will handle it even badly!

I was under the impression the custom 1070s will be ready to go much sooner than the custom 1080s.
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for the vast majority of VR titles i think your 7970 will do fine, VR specific titles are fairly low speced to be an issue, test it anyway once you get the headset, it's not like you are going to benefit from super high end graphics for VR right now, frames are capped at 90, and as i said most VR games are basic enough to run on an APU(joke but you get my point)
playing 2D games with VR hack like GTAV on the other hand, will be a problem.
 
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