Posted September 26, 2017 I'm thinking of spending about €1,500 - 2,000 on a nice PC with a VR setup. However with the GTX 1080 having come out in May 2016 and the HTC Vive having come out in April 2016, I can't help but feel like I would be investing considerable money on somewhat outdated hardware. I don't know if I should buy now and risk a new generation of GPUs (Volta) and VR headsets (Vive 2) coming out in a month or two. Or if I should hold on and risk waiting 6 - 12months when I could've been having tonnes of fun in the mean time. Any thoughts? Thanks! Setup Video -----------Peasant Crushing Specs----------- 4K Benchmarks -CPU- i7 3930k @4.8GHz 1.4v -Mobo- Asus Rampage IV Extreme -GPUs- 2x GTX Titan Hydrocopper SLI -RAM- 32GB (8x4GB) Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz -Storage- 500GB Samsung 840 SSD | 2TB WD Green HDD -Monitors- 3x BenQ XL2420T | 1x Dell U2713HM -Mouse- Steelseries Rival -Keyboard- Corsair K70 Cherry MX Brown -Headphones- Audio Techinca ATH-M50 -Microphone- RØDE NT1-A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 26, 2017 You should wait for the CPU (coffee lake), but not the GPU. Nvidia has delayed Volta and Vega is still new from AMD. I dont know about VR stuff though. CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1 Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync Desktop benching: Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 26, 2017 Get something from the 10 series by Nvidia, best GPUs to buy right now. As for the CPU, wait for Coffee Lake, only a few weeks away IIRC. Quote me to see my reply! SPECS: CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X Motherboard: MSI B450-A Pro Max RAM: 32GB I forget GPU: MSI Vega 56 Storage: 256GB NVMe boot, 512GB Samsung 850 Pro, 1TB WD Blue SSD, 1TB WD Blue HDD PSU: Inwin P85 850w Case: Fractal Design Define C Cooling: Stock for CPU, be quiet! case fans, Morpheus Vega w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 2 for GPU Monitor: 3x Thinkvision P24Q on a Steelcase Eyesite triple monitor stand Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3 Keyboard: Focus FK-9000 (heavily modded) Mousepad: Aliexpress cat special Headphones: Sennheiser HD598SE and Sony Linkbuds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 26, 2017 If you can, I would wait if I were you. GPU and memory prizes are absolutely bonkers at the moment. It probably won't get better before the end of the year, but if you can wait 6-12 months I'd stick with the i7 and sli Titans for a bit (that really shouldn't be much of a burden). PSU tier list // Motherboard tier list // Community Standards My System: Spoiler AMD Ryzen 5 3600, Gigabyte RTX 3060TI Gaming OC Pro, Fractal Design Meshify C TG, 2x8GB G.Skill Ripjaws V 3200MHz, MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max, Samsung 850 EVO 512GB, 2TB WD Blue, Corsair RM850x, LG 27GL83A-B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 26, 2017 1 hour ago, martward said: If you can, I would wait if I were you. GPU and memory prizes are absolutely bonkers at the moment. It probably won't get better before the end of the year, but if you can wait 6-12 months I'd stick with the i7 and sli Titans for a bit (that really shouldn't be much of a burden). Well GPU prices are bonkers in some places for some cards, the 1080 and 1080 ti are not outrageous, and memory is only overpriced compared to the really low prices we all got used to. Historically the memory prices are actually fairly good (going back into the '80's and '90's for comparison). It's just that since about 2000 until the last 8 months there was a glut of memory production so we got used to cheap memory, and well demand had caught up to production. As for the OP question, I would wait for Coffee lake (5th of Oct release date) to see how it compares to the R7 but sometime in the next couple of months would not be a bad time to jump on a VR ready PC and maybe VR if you are interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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