$550(USD) VR PC???

[jman116]

AMD FX-8350
AMD Wraith Cooler
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 (rev 6.0)
8GB (2x4GB) HyperX Fury DDR3 1600
AMD RX 480 8GB Reference
500GB Seagate HDD
EVGA 100-W1-0430-KR 430W
Fractal Design Core 1000

 

This is pretty cool. Should I wait for Zen though?

[TheRandomness]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($28.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.00 @ Amazon) 
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($28.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 
Other: Cheapest 4GB RX 480 ($200.00)
Total: $581.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-05 14:11 EDT-0400

 

I prefer that. Mainly because it's on a socket which isn't dead and the PSU won't blow it up.

[Dackzy]

3 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($28.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.00 @ Amazon) 
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($28.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 
Other: Cheapest 4GB RX 480 ($200.00)
Total: $581.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-05 14:11 EDT-0400

 

I prefer that. Mainly because it's on a socket which isn't dead and the PSU won't blow it up.

Well that is also the 4gb version and 8gb if way better to get for VR.

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, Dackzy said:

Well that is also the 4gb version and 8gb if way better to get for VR.

Yeah, but I can't fit an intel CPU (that won't bottleneck) as well as the 8GB version at $230 without going over 600

[TriFlix Films]

Dang, still amazing deal.

[ForsakenLive]

I'd get a locked i5 instead of the FX CPU, you get a very similar price, with better performance and new features. 

The low-budget VR thing, doesn't really make sense to me, as in order to get an ejoyable VR experience (headset + controllers), you need to spend anywere from $650-1000. And anyone spending this amount of money on gaming, can surely save some more and spend an extra $200-300 to build a PC that actually achieves 90fps across all games, instead of being hit or miss like the midrange GPU is. 

[Curufinwe_wins]

23 minutes ago, jman116 said:

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You'll notice he didn't come anywhere close to a locked proper experience with the 8350.

[Energycore]

I don't get why so many people use the FX-8350 when the FX-8320E is 30 dollars cheaper and is basically the same die, just slower closkspeed (which you can OC on any motherboard).

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320E 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  ($118.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock 970M PRO3 Micro ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($65.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: *G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($31.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 4GB Video Card  ($200.00)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $547.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-05 14:36 EDT-0400

 

*The Wraith Cooler is only available with the $200 FX-8370 AFAIK

[lukart]

12 minutes ago, Energycore said:

I don't get why so many people use the FX-8350 when the FX-8320E is 30 dollars cheaper and is basically the same die, just slower closkspeed (which you can OC on any motherboard).

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320E 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  ($118.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock 970M PRO3 Micro ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($65.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: *G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($31.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 4GB Video Card  ($200.00)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $547.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-05 14:36 EDT-0400

 

*The Wraith Cooler is only available with the $200 FX-8370 AFAIK

 

 

True that, specially having a good board like that would go well.