waistcat Posted February 15, 2016 Posted February 15, 2016 If you are thinking of building a new PC to drive your VR set up as I am (and it would seem a lot of people are), I did some research on prices here in the UK. This post won’t be that useful to most but I think it will help some here and perhaps demonstrate how fortunate you guys in our old colony are in term of cost. I decided to start spec’ing my computer that I plan to build myself for VR flying. And in doing so I have compiled list of hardware I intend to buy. This system will be dedicated to VR flying and won’t be used for anything else. I spent a day researching prices of the all the components I understand will give me a suitable system. Firstly this is my planned build (from scratch) I know there will be some who will say “don’t get that get this” but the budget isn’t a bottomless pit so I appreciate you might disagree. Case - Corsair Obsidian Series 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case Motherboard - Asus H170 PRO GAMING, Intel H170, S 1151, DDR4 Processor - Intel Core i7 6700K, S 1151, Skylake, Quad Core, 4.0GHz, 4.2GHz Turbo, 8MB Cache Memory - Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX Black, PC4-25600 (3200) 16GB Storage - 1TB Samsung 850 EVO, 2.5" SSD Card - 4GB EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW+ PSU - Corsair RM750x 750Watt High Performance 80 Plus Gold Cooling - Corsair Hydro Series H80i GT 120mm High Performance Multi CPU Liquid Cooler Optical Drive - LG 14x BD-R Blu-Ray Internal Writer Drive. None of this so far will be that useful but if you were thinking of doing something similar you may like to take a look at the prices I was able to find as I strive to get the best deal I can for those components I want. I have produced an excel spread sheet on the results I found but obviously there are probably far more variations out there. I used established suppliers as opposed to some guy on eBay for obvious warranty, returns and well, hooky copies reasons! Here’s what I found in summary. I should just say there is no Oculus Rift, no keyboard or mouse etc. The most expensive (from a single supplier) £1,470.34 The best deal (from a single supplier) £1,345.76 The best deal by using the cheapest of each supplier in my list is £1,313.89 I did a comparison exercise with just one US supplier and it will come as no surprise to those who live here in rip off Britain that the savings, if I was to buy the above system in the US, would be £234.86. I have to work in the US for a couple of weeks in June and as I’m in no rush to build the system I will source the expensive items on my list that I can carry back (CPU, RAM, SSD, Video card) in the US saving £139.79. So if any of our American colleagues would like to suggest good suppliers that I can compile another comparison spreadsheet, I can start to do the same exercise and perhaps save even more when I’m working in the US? (California) Obviously the conversion rates are at todays $ to £ rates so the figures may go up or down. AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ Nvidia 4090 64gigs of RAM--TH Warthog--Crosswinds rudder--HP Reverb G2--Dedicated Sim room.
DoctorStrop Posted February 15, 2016 Posted February 15, 2016 I am in a similar position to you, I need a new machine for VR. I found the following site useful for spec'ing the parts. It also has a few OEM offerings listed. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/ My build when I take the plunge has the same mobo, but a i5 6600k, but at the moment they are only £90 less than i7 6700k, so who knows. Already have SSD's, PSU, and the case. I hope to buy similar spec DDR4 RAM, and cooler. My stumbling block is waiting to see what NVidia/AMD will offer this year as both have new GPUs supposedly out this summer. Windows 10 64bit, Intel i7 6700K, 32GB Corsair 2400Mhz, 970 NVMe 500Gb SSD, GeForce 2080 super, HP Reverb, VKB GF PRO, Thrustmaster Warthog throttle, Thrustmaster Pendular rudders, Windows + DCS :thumbup: My youtube channel
waistcat Posted February 15, 2016 Author Posted February 15, 2016 Hello Doc, I didn't know about this site so I had quick look. My spreadsheet price compared to the price on this site is very different. I physically checked each site. (It was sunday, cold and I was bored!) Funny how they don't match but the site is very useful thank you. AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ Nvidia 4090 64gigs of RAM--TH Warthog--Crosswinds rudder--HP Reverb G2--Dedicated Sim room.
Demon_ Posted February 15, 2016 Posted February 15, 2016 (edited) Get a Z170 motherboard chipset. The overclock feature is disabled with the H170. The Asus H170 PRO GAMING don't support sli. Maybe a 256MB or 512MB Samsung 850 EVO is enough. The Corsair RM series are unknown... Find something else: http://www.thetechgame.com/Archives/t=5613293/power-supply-guide-the-good-and-the-bad.html Get a quiet Noctua NH-D15 or NH-D14. Or a 240-280mm heatsink liquid cooler: http://www.corsair.com/en-ca/blog/2015/april/corsair-hydro-series-cpu-cooler-decoder-ring-and-case-compatibility-chart Sunday -24°C here. Edited February 15, 2016 by Demon_ Attache ta tuque avec d'la broche.
waistcat Posted February 15, 2016 Author Posted February 15, 2016 Thanks Demon, Some good pointers to think on. I did mean the Z170 so atypo on my part. Man thats cold! Waistcat. AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ Nvidia 4090 64gigs of RAM--TH Warthog--Crosswinds rudder--HP Reverb G2--Dedicated Sim room.
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