$1000 Oculus Rift-ready rig

[dialgarocksful]

Here's what I'm about to do starting July. In preparation for the Oculus, I'll be having myself a Corsair-based rig for it. Here's the specs

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PK8Xqs

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PK8Xqs/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($61.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($131.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.49 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($310.95 @ B&H) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($53.99 @ Amazon) 

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($24.39 @ Amazon) 

Total: $984.75

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-30 11:16 EDT-0400

 

Any comments or suggestions will be nice

[NInety]

If you have the extra $$$ throw a 120GB SSD for booting Windows (or any other OS you want), you can find them for about $60-$80 on Newegg.

[Manny Calavera]

I am holding fists you get good sample.