Is this a guaranteed VR-ready rig?

[albo181]

Hi guys,

I want to buy a PC rig that will guarantee me support for the first generation of VR - predominantly HTC vive, though it's possible I will obtain the Oculus further down the line.

From what I can tell, there's no official spec released yet from HTC, though I read that it will be more-or-less similar to the Oculus requirements (?). I also want to build a PC that will give me some kind of future-proofing, at least for the next 3-5 years. This is what I'm thinking of getting:

MOBO: Asus Maximus 8 Hero
PROC: 17 6700 locked (I understand that there are not dramatic gains in overclocking the CPU ? - also I'm nervous of doing it)
GPU: Nvidea Geforce GTX 980 ti
MEMORY: Ripjaw DDR4 2 x 8gb 3200 mhz
SSD: Samsung 850 Evo (Sata 3) 1 TB
PSU: Corsair AX860w modular 80 plus platinum
CASE: Corsair 450 D

I'd appreciate your thoughts on this rig... also, will it be necessary to invest in some extra cooling or only if I overclock the GPU & RAM? This set up will cost me around 1340 in euros (without the graphics card included).

Thanks!

 

[Ken g6]

The thing about the i7 6700K is that its stock clock is 4GHz. Also, the stock cooler on the new i5/i7s isn't that good.

I'd recommend spending a little less on the PSU - although it's hard to be specific without [thread=80121]more details[/thread] - and putting that money toward the 6700k and a decent tower cooler like a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo.

Also, if you don't wan to OC the CPU, I'd avoid over-volted RAM too. I'd look for 1.2V DDR4-2800 instead.

 

[LTC8K6]

Just to be clear, 6700K does not come with a cooler, and the included cooler for the 65W 6700 should be fine, imo.