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A Free PC BUILD GUIDE for OCULUS RIFT
So it's just been a little time since the Oculus rift got released. Now this thing costs quite a fortune and also require's you to still have a fortune after you have spent a fortune on this thing :/ . But on the bright side it brings in quite an enjoyable and immersive gaming experience ! Now there are many Oculus competitors out there as well, which require almost the same specs as the 'Oculus rift' to be able to work on your PC.
To remind, there are HTC Vive , OS-VR , Steam's VR and Microsoft's HoloLens. Quite a competition, eh?
For more information about them visit this link ; http://riftinfo.com
So now lets get back to the PC-Building guide.First of all judge yourself, Do you know enough about PC building? Or are you not sure if you are familiar with all the parts and their companies? Please pay a visit to a our PC building guide to get yourself that knowledge first. For that, click on this link ; "PC BUILDING GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS"
Now lets have a look at the Specs required by Oculus.
It requires at least ;
1) Processor : Intel's i5-4590 or It's AMD equivalent or greater
2) Graphics card : Nvidia's GTX 970 or AMD R9 290 or greater
i) Graphic card's Display output : HDMI 1.3 output
3) RAM : 8 GB or more
4) Operating System : Windows 7 64-bit SP1 or newer
5) Ports : 2 USB 3.0 ports
6) MONEY! : A lot of paper! (Which I don't have :/ )
Looking at the specs , made it really really clear that You need to be earning some money or not be married :v . Or if you are a teen (like me) you can do whatever you want to get the money. (P.S. I'll do an article about it later on, about how you could earn yourself some money by using your own gaming PC ;) )
The Oculus has many competitors and if you are an enthusiast , there is going to be no doubt that you are going to try the other variants someday as well. Fortunately, all of them require almost the same specifications as the Oculus rift so we can make a perfect VR compatible PC which can go with all of them.Now , before wasting anytime lets quickly get to know what parts we are going to use.
NOTE: We are going to try to make this build as budget friendly as possible while maintaining high quality and better than the minimal requirements.
1) For the Processor , We are going to go with the core i5 4690k.This processor supports overclocking and is much much more future proof than using the i5 4590.
2) For the Graphics card, we are going with AMD R9 390.This Card has 8gb of GDDR5 Vram which means higher resolutions as well as not breaking the bank unlike the GTX 980 or 980ti.
3) We are going to slop in 12 GB of DDR3 RAM in this PC as its a little over the minimum requirements and it's worth spending a little more which makes this PC more future proof. You can go with any brand you like but be sure to get one with at-least 1600mhz of bus-speed.
4)For the Mother board , We are going to go with MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard . This motherboard is perfect for the build .MSI makes very high quality motherboards and having USB 3.0 headers and 4 RAM slots, this fulfills our need.
5)Simply go with any operating system you want but I highly recommend going with windows 10 as it supports Direct x 12 and many new features which you might benefit from.
7) For the PSU , we would go with a 650 watt PSU which should be modular so that cable management is easy and has an efficiency of 80+ gold so it means better overclocking.
6) Finally, we add in a cool looking , airy case :D .
To be precise , these are the exact parts along with their prices ;
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| PARTS LIST (Click on the picture to have a larger view) |
As you can see, all parts are of a good value as well as of a good quality , they will quite easily work properly with the Oculus rift and provide you quite a gaming experience in below 1000 dollars(100,000 PKR) being spent on a PC.
Furthermore, If you are a newbie to PC building , I hope our PC BUILD GUIDE will help you out a lot. In addition to that , if you have a little confusion About assembling your PC parts together, than have a look at the video below. :)
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