1.5k budget for vive

[Immitis]

so my budget goal is 1.5k, willing to go a little over if need to but wont spend more than 2k

i also plan on getting a vive within the next couple months. but thats not counted in the budget.

i already have windows, a monitor and mouse/keyboard.

i dont give a fuck about what the case looks like, or glowy shit or any of that fancy rich people bullshit, planning on putting a piece of plastic on my head so i just want the most power for my money with the least amount of vanity possible.

[Artorius]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V5 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X150-PLUS WS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($88.30 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($60.73 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $707.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-31 20:07 EDT-0400

I'd probably do something like this + the best performing AMD card that you can get. (Or a placeholder until Vega).

If you don't like the Xeon idea, then:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($49.45 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($92.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($88.30 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($60.73 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $684.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-31 20:09 EDT-0400

Something like this.


Or you can go X99 with a 5820K or 6800K, or wait for Zen. Too many possibilities.

[Immitis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V5 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X150-PLUS WS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($88.30 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($60.73 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $707.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-31 20:07 EDT-0400

I'd probably do something like this + the best performing AMD card that you can get. (Or a placeholder until Vega).

If you don't like the Xeon idea, then:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($49.45 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($92.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($88.30 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($60.73 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $684.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-31 20:09 EDT-0400

Something like this.


Or you can go X99 with a 5820K or 6800K, or wait for Zen. Too many possibilities.

how does that compare power wise to this

CPU
$369.99
Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core

CPU Cooler
$107.99
Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid

Motherboard
$193.98
MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3

Memory
$77.88
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-3000

Storage
$88.30
Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" SSD

Storage
$67.00
Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM

Video Card
$466.99
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE 3X

Case

Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case
49.99

Power Supply
$70.98
EVGA 650W ATX12V / EPS12V

total 1494.07

[Belize]

Wouldn't it be better to wait for the 1070/1080 that are coming out in June?

Their VR capabilities far outdo the 980's

[Immitis]

Wouldn't it be better to wait for the 1070/1080 that are coming out in June?

Their VR capabilities far outdo the 980's

id rather get the 1080. but my current pc is from 2003. and i really wanna play overwatch. when in june does the 1080 come out? i cant find any for preorder on newegg except bundles

[Artorius]

I see two problems with what you posted @Immitis.

The first is that I'd rather have a good air-cooler instead of the AIO at my computer. But that's personal preference.
Reason is that with air you have less things to go wrong.

The second thing is the 980. Not only it isn't worth it because of the 1070, but Nvidia is also bad at VR due to frame variance. It might pull you the frames you want, but you'll be feeling a headache after using it for some time.

If you want to go with Nvidia then buy 1070/80. If you can buy something else then the best option is to get a placeholder until Vega.

[Belize]

id rather get the 1080. but my current pc is from 2003. and i really wanna play overwatch. when in june does the 1080 come out? i cant find any for preorder on newegg except bundles

The 1080 is on sale right now, but it's basically out of stock everywhere.

The 1070 releases on the 10th.

Will more than likely be out of stock also.

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I lied Newegg still has some.

100~$ more than MSRP though, so your call.

[Immitis]

The 1080 is on sale right now, but it's basically out of stock everywhere.

The 1070 releases on the 10th.

Will more than likely be out of stock also.

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this says it will be back in stock in june 10th. should i just order from amazon?

http://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-1080-F...GeForceG_cdl_3

[Belize]

this says it will be back in stock in june 10th. should i just order from amazon?

http://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-1080-F...GeForceG_cdl_3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-861-_-Product

Newegg still has the Gigabyte version in stock.

I can't comment on the quality of the OEM though, I've really only ever bought EVGA.

[Immitis]

I see two problems with what you posted @Immitis.

The first is that I'd rather have a good air-cooler instead of the AIO at my computer. But that's personal preference.
Reason is that with air you have less things to go wrong.

The second thing is the 980. Not only it isn't worth it because of the 1070, but Nvidia is also bad at VR due to frame variance. It might pull you the frames you want, but you'll be feeling a headache after using it for some time.

If you want to go with Nvidia then buy 1070/80. If you can buy something else then the best option is to get a placeholder until Vega.

so i got the 1080. what would you suggest for the cooler?

[Artorius]

For a 5820k? If you'e going to OC and I assume that you will then a beQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 or a Cryrig R1 Ultimate. A Noctua NH-D15 would also do the job.

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You can read a Broadwell-E review here and decide for yourself if a 6800K is worth it for you instead of a 5820K.

[Immitis]

For a 5820k? If you'e going to OC and I assume that you will then a beQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 or a Cryrig R1 Ultimate. A Noctua NH-D15 would also do the job.

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You can read a Broadwell-E review here and decide for yourself if a 6800K is worth it for you instead of a 5820K.

tbh this is my first build and i have no idea what any of that means O-O

i dont plan on overclocking. atleast. not until i know more about what im doing. i dont even know how to overclock

im a pc gaming master baby

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i just want a good pc that will last awhile and play all my games real good.

[Artorius]

If you don't plan on overclocking then X99 CPUs aren't really the best options. I'd just buy an i5 6500 or a Xeon E3.

[Immitis]

CPU
$369.99
Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core

CPU Cooler
$87.99
Noctua NH-D15 SSO2 D-Type Premium CPU Cooler, NF-A15 x 2 PWM Fans


Motherboard
$193.98
MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3

Memory
$77.88
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-3000

Storage
$88.30
Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" SSD

Storage
$67.00
Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM

Video Card
735
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Founder’s Edition GV-N1080D5X-8GD-B Video Card
Case

Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case
49.99

Power Supply
$70.98
EVGA 650W ATX12V / EPS12V

total rounded up 1.7k

any changes that would make it cheaper but still relatively the same power

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If you don't plan on overclocking then X99 CPUs aren't really the best options. I'd just buy an i5 6500 or a Xeon E3.

which one do you think is best?

[Artorius]

We don't know enough about how VR games will be to be able to recommend something for sure.

If you want to future-proof yourself then HT (Hyper-threading, the main difference other than caches between an i5 and an i7) might be good, for current games it doesn't really make any difference and an i5 is more than fine for gaming.

[Immitis]

We don't know enough about how VR games will be to be able to recommend something for sure.

If you want to future-proof yourself then HT (Hyper-threading, the main difference other than caches between an i5 and an i7) might be good, for current games it doesn't really make any difference and an i5 is more than fine for gaming.

tbh i mostly plan on using my vive as a giant screen/movie watcher with desktop vr. so im not super worried about the games themselves running super duper bestest.

from what ive read just quickly googling the xeon seems to do a lil bit better than the i5 and its not a huge difference in price.

CPU

Intel Xeon E3-1240 V5 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
$269.99

CPU Cooler

be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

$49.45


Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-X150-PLUS WS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
$129.99

Memory

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory

$77.88

Storage

Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
$88.30

Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
$67.00

Video Card

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition Video Card
$699.99

Case

DIYPC D480-W ATX Mid Tower Case
$59.99

Power Supply

EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

$70.98

Optical Drive

LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer

$45.85

Total: $1559.42

any last minute suggestions before i buy?

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aw damnit >_< somebody bought the 1080 while it was in my cart.

shouldve bought it earlier

[Artorius]

Being very honest, I wouldn't buy a 1080 seeing how bad it is at DX12 and likely at VR. You could go with a 1070 that has a more reasonable price if you really want to go with Nvidia, the 1070 is still around Titan X performance which is really good.

[Immitis]

so. i ended up just going with my original build except with the nocturna cooler instead of the water cooler.

building my first pc was.. stressfull. especially since i started building it before realizing i had all the parts but the cooler. i wanted to pull my hair out and was worried i was gonna break something. when i got done building it the thing wouldnt turn on so i went to bed. woke up in the morning looked at it again and i had just put the power led cables into the wrong prongy majigger. as stressful as it was, theres a weird sense of pride and accomplishment having something i built with my own hands.

i feel like this computer is more than just a computer. its something i made and i care more about it than i would if it were just something i took out a box and plugged in

going from 5 fps on the lowest settings in wow to 200+ fps on ultra is pretty life changing. its like i can see into the future i have so many fps's, everything is so beautiful, and shiny, and smooth.

now im gonna go test some of the 400+ steam games that have been sitting collecting dust in my library because i couldnt even run them on my old pc (it was from 2003.)

pc gaming master race confirmed.

I call her, The dragon zord.

[Deleted]

Nice. Now get some proper headphones

[monasou1]

i really hope you go with the 1070 or 1080 when you can get your hands on one. beating a titan for $400 is just ridiculous.