CPU for VR and Heavy Physics

[Taswell]

I've been putting off my upgrade for a long time because there hasn't really been anything out there that I have needed to upgrade to play. Now I'm Super excited for bone works and the new vive controllers should be coming out around the time the game does.

 

Current: i7-4770S - 16GB Ram - Maximius Impact ITX - RTX 2070

 

Boneworks is both a vr game and a heavy physics based game and the one thing my PC sucks balls at is Heavy  physics calculations (like big crashes in BeamNG or Lots on enemies in Gorn). Throwing VR on top of that will melt my PC.

 

My plan right now is R5 2600, R7 2700X or a 9600K (about the $250-$300 mark)  (9700k at $420 USD is stupid)

Some kind of matx board to go with it (80-150)

probably 16GB Ram or 32GB if its cheap.    

already got a RTX 2070 FE (supremely bottle necked at the moment btw)

 

I think 9600K with get more FPS but the 2700X/2600 is better at multicore so I dont know which one would be better. 2700 Could be Overkill for this? 

[Firewrath9]

2600 w/ a B450M aorus pro for now, then wait for x570 mATX + 8c16t zen 2 or 10c/20t or 12c/24t.

[Turtle Rig]

19 minutes ago, Taswell said:

I've been putting off my upgrade for a long time because there hasn't really been anything out there that I have needed to upgrade to play. Now I'm Super excited for bone works and the new vive controllers should be coming out around the time the game does.

 

Current: i7-4770S - 16GB Ram - Maximius Impact ITX - RTX 2070

 

Boneworks is both a vr game and a heavy physics based game and the one thing my PC sucks balls at is Heavy  physics calculations (like big crashes in BeamNG or Lots on enemies in Gorn). Throwing VR on top of that will melt my PC.

 

My plan right now is R5 2600, R7 2700X or a 9600K (about the $250-$300 mark)  (9700k at $420 USD is stupid)

Some kind of matx board to go with it (80-150)

probably 16GB Ram or 32GB if its cheap.    

already got a RTX 2070 FE (supremely bottle necked at the moment btw)

 

I think 9600K with get more FPS but the 2700X/2600 is better at multicore so I dont know which one would be better. 2700 Could be Overkill for this? 

I would wait as Firewarth9 said.  Just hang on until Zen 2 comes out.  Before summer I hear, but that can be rumor.

[averagebilly]

34 minutes ago, Taswell said:

I've been putting off my upgrade for a long time because there hasn't really been anything out there that I have needed to upgrade to play. Now I'm Super excited for bone works and the new vive controllers should be coming out around the time the game does.

 

Current: i7-4770S - 16GB Ram - Maximius Impact ITX - RTX 2070

 

Boneworks is both a vr game and a heavy physics based game and the one thing my PC sucks balls at is Heavy  physics calculations (like big crashes in BeamNG or Lots on enemies in Gorn). Throwing VR on top of that will melt my PC.

 

My plan right now is R5 2600, R7 2700X or a 9600K (about the $250-$300 mark)  (9700k at $420 USD is stupid)

Some kind of matx board to go with it (80-150)

probably 16GB Ram or 32GB if its cheap.    

already got a RTX 2070 FE (supremely bottle necked at the moment btw)

 

I think 9600K with get more FPS but the 2700X/2600 is better at multicore so I dont know which one would be better. 2700 Could be Overkill for this? 

I think you should get a 8700K. It’s a little over 300 at most places, but supports hyper threading, and can sometimes get to 5GHz. If you can’t afford that, get a 9600K (mine is 5.05GHz, and can quite easily handle most physics with minimal slow-downs) or a Ryzen with decent clock (I don’t have experience with AMD cpus, but I hear that they are good for physics work).