VR/Unity Build

[barondeau]

So I already have the CPU, Ryzen 7 2700, mouse, keyboard, and moniter, but I don't have any other parts. Budget is a hard $1,230 US, I am looking to be able make VR games on Unity. Also looking to overclock processor, also have a nice looking build, with side panel window if at all possible. I would also prefer if products are on Amazon 

[Taf the Ghost]

19 minutes ago, barondeau said:

So I already have the CPU, Ryzen 7 2700, mouse, keyboard, and moniter, but I don't have any other parts. Budget is a hard $1,230 US, I am looking to be able make VR games on Unity. Also looking to overclock processor, also have a nice looking build, with side panel window if at all possible. I would also prefer if products are on Amazon 

So you have CPU & Peripherals, but you have 1230USD left to spend, correct?

[barondeau]

yep

[Taf the Ghost]

31 minutes ago, barondeau said:

So I already have the CPU, Ryzen 7 2700, mouse, keyboard, and moniter, but I don't have any other parts. Budget is a hard $1,230 US, I am looking to be able make VR games on Unity. Also looking to overclock processor, also have a nice looking build, with side panel window if at all possible. I would also prefer if products are on Amazon 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor	Purchased For $0.00
Motherboard	MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ B&H
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$249.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung - 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$117.99 @ B&H
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$58.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB FTW ULTRA SILENT GAMING Video Card	$459.99 @ Amazon
Case	NZXT - H500i (White) ATX Mid Tower Case	$97.04 @ B&H
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$59.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1158.88
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-08 18:22 EST-0500

You can OC the 2700 on the included cooler, or add a separate one. I had set these things to Amazon only, but the display in the thread doesn't want to show that.

[LukeSavenije]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor	Purchased For $0.00
CPU Cooler	be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$82.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock - Fatal1ty X470 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$129.99 @ Newegg Business
Storage	Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$72.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$58.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	EVGA - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB Black Video Card	$699.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case	Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$69.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1309.61
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$1279.61
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-08 18:23 EST-0500

Bit over budget, but this would work really nice

[Guest]

I just threw this together in a couple minutes. It depends on if you need some more ram, or if you already have a copy of windows. Turns out, you can get a pretty banger system if you already have a CPU. I left some money out for you to choose on a case, since I don't really have the best opinions all the time.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
Motherboard	Asus - ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard	$192.68 @ OutletPC
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	$104.99 @ Newegg Business
Storage	Kingston - A400 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$25.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$58.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 8G Video Card	$554.01 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$79.89 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1056.45
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$1016.45
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-08 18:22 EST-0500

 

[Taf the Ghost]

It strikes me you'd want a lot more GPU, but you only have so much budget to work with.

[Guest]

lolol we all put different lists up and now we're just going to argue about what would be best

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Taf the Ghost said:

It strikes me you'd want a lot more GPU, but you only have so much budget to work with.

what do you mean?

[barondeau]

The main things that differ is 16 vs 32 gb ram and gpus

 

[Taf the Ghost]

4 minutes ago, barondeau said:

The main things that differ is 16 vs 32 gb ram and gpus

 

Design programs are notorious memory hogs, the reason for the 32 Gb suggestion. For any testing, you want as much GPU as possible. Problem is you'd have to compromise a lot of the rest of the system to improve the GPU all that much. It might be possible to squeeze a 2070 into the build.

23 minutes ago, hiitswilliam said:

what do you mean?

VR/Development stuff. VR is hard to run and in a development environment, running dual GPUs might cause more problems than it'd solve.

[barondeau]

1 minute ago, Taf the Ghost said:

It might be possible to squeeze a 2070 into the build.

 

Is a 2070 better than a 1080?

[Taf the Ghost]

1 minute ago, barondeau said:

Is a 2070 better than a 1080?

Functionally the same. For VR, it wouldn't surprise me if the 1080 was better some of the wonkiness.

 

If you can get a used 1080 for reasonable, or especially a 1080 Ti, that'd probably be best. 

[Taf the Ghost]

10 minutes ago, barondeau said:

Is a 2070 better than a 1080?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor	Purchased For $0.00
Motherboard	MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ B&H
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$139.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Crucial - P1 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$89.99 @ Adorama
Video Card	EVGA - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB Black Video Card	$699.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case	Thermaltake - View 22 Tempered Glass Edition ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.89 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$59.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1154.84
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-08 19:04 EST-0500

If you can scavenge some spindle drives from another computer and/or find things a few bucks cheaper at another website... there's a 2080 Build.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, barondeau said:

The main things that differ is 16 vs 32 gb ram and gpus

 

 

1 hour ago, Taf the Ghost said:

Design programs are notorious memory hogs, the reason for the 32 Gb suggestion.

The reason I didn't go with 32 gb is because it's so expensive. I think it might even be cheaper to buy 2 16 GB packages, at least in some cases. But 32 GB would be a good choice if you could work around that in the other parts of the budget.

[barondeau]

Would you suggest spending money on a really good after market cooler, ie 280 mm rad, should I just get a Hyper 212 Evo clone, or should I just use the stock cooler

[reubenahmed]

I've programmed in Unity on my 980TI/16GB just fine with VR. I don't think you're going to have any issues with a 1070/1080/2070. I'm researching laptops and I think a 1060 might be cutting it close regardless of what HTC/Oculus recommend.