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Phreaqin
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Alright, so my friend just pre-ordered the Oculus Rift that is releasing in May, but I've been reading a lot of comments on some of the videos from CES talking about how the hardware right now won't suffice for a great gaming experience. So, I'm wanting to make a build that is still going to run it pretty close to the best we can get right now, but can be upgrades later to accommodate the Oculus Rift later for a better experience. Budget between $1,500-$3,000 but around 2k would be preferable. Nvidia is a preferred choice, but if there's going to be a benefit to AMD then of course, AMD. 

 

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I'd wait for Pascal/ Arctic Islands/ Polaris before getting a GPU.

Since it's not coming out for some time.

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I don't know, but make sure you can have enough plugs for five simultaneous oculuses! battle block theater (the game) supports up to five at the same time. check the trailer out on steam. 

also, make sure you get good RAM if you decide you want to play that game, I hear that game has RAM throttling powah.

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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I don't know, but make sure you can have enough plugs for five simultaneous oculuses! battle block theater (the game) supports up to five at the same time. check the trailer out on steam. 

also, make sure you get good RAM if you decide you want to play that game, I hear that game has RAM throttling powah.

holy shit, bbt up to 5? that`s awesome, now I`ll have to get a Oculus too

to game or not to game, that`s the question

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If you're the kind of person who wants it now:
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($329.89 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($117.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($107.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 Fury 4GB Triple Dissipation Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($499.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 Fury 4GB Triple Dissipation Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($499.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($115.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1957.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-10 13:18 EST-0500
 

Do you know when the Pascal GPUs are set to release?

Around Q3 this year (July - Aug - Sept)

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If you're the kind of person who wants it now:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($329.89 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($117.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($107.88 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.88 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 Fury 4GB Triple Dissipation Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($499.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 Fury 4GB Triple Dissipation Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($499.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($115.98 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1957.46

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-10 13:18 EST-0500

 

Around Q3 this year (July - Aug - Sept)

explain your GPU choice.

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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Do you know when the Pascal GPUs are set to release?

Rumored Q2 2016.

Just remember: Random people on the internet ALWAYS know more than professionals, when someone's lying, AND can predict the future.

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I just thought Furys would be appropriate for this (Seeing as they beat 980s are higher resolutions)

fair enough. 

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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