Oculus Link capable VR PC

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Rossotron

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Hey, I'm looking for a low budget pc that I mainly intend on using with an Oculus Quest via Oculus Link. I don't need a monitor as I'll just be attaching it to a tv for now, but I may be interested in playing a few non VR games too.

I literally have no idea where to even begin so any help would be really gratefully received. Looking to spend around £800 or less if possible!

I don't mind upgrading over time so just something to get started would be amazing.

Thanks for your time!
 
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Rossotron said:
Hey, I'm looking for a low budget pc that I mainly intend on using with an Oculus Quest via Oculus Link. I don't need a monitor as I'll just be attaching it to a tv for now, but I may be interested in playing a few non VR games too.

I literally have no idea where to even begin so any help would be really gratefully received. Looking to spend around £800 or less if possible!

I don't mind upgrading over time so just something to get started would be amazing.

Thanks for your time!
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VR takes some power, you're really looking at a minimum of a 2070 Super which would put the minimum budget at around £1500, there's no real way of doing a "budget" VR pc.
 
Scott

Scott

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Can only agree. You want the 2060 as an absolute minimum, the 2070 Super would lead to a very good experience in almost every VR scenario.

Unfortunately you're looking at a £450 GPU for this. That bumps the base price of a decent PC to around £1200. The last thing you want to do is get a PC that just does what you want it with no avenue to expand or grow. You could do it on the cheap around £1k, or maybe a little less, but I wouldn't recommend it.
 
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Scott said:
Can only agree. You want the 2060 as an absolute minimum, the 2070 Super would lead to a very good experience in almost every VR scenario.

Unfortunately you're looking at a £450 GPU for this. That bumps the base price of a decent PC to around £1200. The last thing you want to do is get a PC that just does what you want it with no avenue to expand or grow. You could do it on the cheap around £1k, or maybe a little less, but I wouldn't recommend it.
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Just to add, the reason it's so specific for VR is that using the Oculus Quest as an example which is pretty much a baseline for today's VR, you need to push 2 x 1440p screens at 90fps (considered the minimum refresh rate in VR to avoid motion sickness).

That's essentially running two high refresh high pixel screens. Normal gaming would only be on one 1440p 144hz screen and even then we'd recommend a 2070 super.

Where you could provide a lower powered GPU, it would impact the performance to such an extent that motion sickness would make the experience pretty horrible. Believe me, I've had the effects on a lower spec headset and it's not pleasant to the point you just don't want to put yourself through the experience.
 
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Rossotron

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Thanks so much for the info. Could I ask what sort of build would you recommend? I do have access to a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6. Would that be useless? Does this site offer an ability to share recommended builds like pcpartpicker?
 
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Rossotron said:
Thanks so much for the info. Could I ask what sort of build would you recommend? I do have access to a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6. Would that be useless? Does this site offer an ability to share recommended builds like pcpartpicker?
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So PCS build the PCs and ship them fully configured. We can only advise on a PCSPECIALIST system.
 
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Rossotron

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Oh I know, I just didn't know if it were possible for someone to create a build on pcspecialist and then share it with me. Sorry for any confusion!
 
Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
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Access to a 2070 would have you cruising. The 2060 is decent though, comparable to a 1080 which I have in my laptop and does OK with games. You might need to turn down the settings a little in the AAA games (Project Cars 2 is a GPU killer in VR) but it'll definitely wet your appetite :D

Something like this would normally be the recommended base with no GPU....

Case
FRACTAL FOCUS G BLACK GAMING CASE (Window)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.2GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME B450-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.1, 6Gb/s) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NONE, I ALREADY HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB ADATA SX6000 Pro PCIe M.2 2280 (2100 MB/R, 1500 MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KK3-00002]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 12 to 14 working days
Price: £763.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/gTMJCwnSgr/
 
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Rossotron

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Hey Scott, sorry to bother you again. If I were to add the 2070 instead of the 2060 would I need to change anything on the build you suggested for me?
 
SpyderTracks

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Rossotron said:
Hey Scott, sorry to bother you again. If I were to add the 2070 instead of the 2060 would I need to change anything on the build you suggested for me?
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No, it will fit fine. I'd recommend a 2070 Super which has replaced the 2070, it's not much more expensive but quite significantly more powerful.
 
Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
Moderator
I always recommend base builds that will happily take anything up to a 2080 Super.

You could maybe squeeze a 2080Ti in there but you would be asking a lot of the PSU.
 
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