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Ok so I recently got a PSVR for my PS4 and I love it. So sometime in 2018 I want to get a PC headset. Now my current PC I have is more than enough for VR (GTX 1080ti, i7 4790K, 16GB RAM ect)
However, I am going to want to make full use of PC VR (room scale). Where my PC is now I will only have the room for a seated experience. I don't want to move my PC to my bedroom to be honest. I keep a lot of scrap components and after digging through some old stuff. I found an LGA1155 motherboard. As well as a few sticks off RAM (1x 4GB and 2x 2GB 1333mhz). As well as a few PSU's and a G1610 CPU. Now I did hook the CPU and motherboard and ram up to see if it's all powers up and they do all seem to be appearing in the bios.
I know for a fact the G1610 CPU won't be powerful enough for VR. Looking at both the Rift and Windows Mixed Reality. Both recommend at least the Intel i5 4590 CPU. I believe that is a LGA1150 chipset which won't work with this motherboard I have. So I had a look and the 4590 only seems to be around 6% faster than a i5 3550. The i5 3550 is cheap to buy these days (around £40).
So am thinking of buying a i5 3550 and using it with the spare motherboard and ram I had lying around. I just need a GPU and possibly another PSU (best one I have is only 350w). If I was to track down a cheap GTX 970 or a R9 290 will this give me a decent VR experience on PC? |
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