VR spec - For new to PCs

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sinR-8

Active member
Hi there,

I’m another Mac user forced to looking PC-ward. Some friends have knocked out this specification and suggested posting it for assessment.

My principal interest is VR gaming, looking for something to accompany a Valve Index. And that’ll be relatively easy to upgrade as and when. With a view to also using it for illustration, probably some video editing, and exploring whatever creative avenues VR has potential for. Or just trying Star Wars Squadrons in VR should any HOTAS controllers ever become available again.

I’m assuming that if it can run VR at recommended or better, it’ll do pretty much whatever else I ask of it. But I’m not assuming I’m right about that assumption.

This is kind of pushing my budget, but if it’s a good setup, that’s fine.

Any help / insight gratefully received.

John

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 220T RGB AIRFLOW MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor i7-10700K (3.8GHz) 16MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF Z490-PLUS GAMING (LGA1200, USB 3.2, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2070 SUPER - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 120 Series RGB High Performance Liquid 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 [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Price: £1,613.00 including VAT and Delivery

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sinR-8

Active member
Grumpywurzel said:
Not an expert here but not sure about that GPU, it might be "ok"

Which HOTAS joystick are you looking for?
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Probably a Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS. Variations of which seem the cheapest of this kind of thing, while being supported by SW: Squadrons.
 
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Grumpywurzel

Bright Spark
Thats what I have and it's "OK", it does the job but it's a budget (I've got the xbox/PC version). I've found it on Argos but the closest store to me is Chatham in Kent... I live in Plymouth so if I needed one it's a bit of a trek lol

Litterally joysticks are flying out of the stores as I wanted to upgrade mine but stocks are limited
 
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sinR-8

Active member
Grumpywurzel said:
Thats what I have and it's "OK", it does the job but it's a budget (I've got the xbox/PC version). I've found it on Argos but the closest store to me is Chatham in Kent... I live in Plymouth so if I needed one it's a bit of a trek lol

Litterally joysticks are flying out of the stores as I wanted to upgrade mine but stocks are limited
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I’m hoping that’s a different “ok” to the one about the 2070? I hope?
And yes; I’m also in Devon - and dang, there’s no HOTAS around to upgrade or otherwise it seems.
 
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Grumpywurzel

Bright Spark
If you are wanting to go down the VR route, deffo wait for one of the MODs to double check your rig. If you get it wrong then you will be throwing up, not sure if it's motion sickness or what but some people get ill when the GPU isnt powerful enough to display the correct FPS.

Dont get me wrong, that Thrustmaster HOTAS is fine and it does the job. According to Amazon there are stocks arriving later this month for some other joysticks.
 
SpyderTracks

SpyderTracks

We love you Ukraine
So a few things, firstly, Intel are now the really poor option for CPU's and platforms for so many reasons which I'll link below:

AMD Vs Intel

So some of you aren't aware of the reasons why so many people are heading away from Intel to AMD, so thought it would be important to lay that out for people to refer back to. A lot of you will go to cpubenchmark or userbenchmark to find performance metrics for CPU's. These sites are complete...
www.pcspecialist.co.uk www.pcspecialist.co.uk

I would suggest the RTX 3070 for VR, the 2070 Super while being "Ok", is really only just going to be enough and isn't very future proofed.

The RTX3070 will be significantly better at the same price point.

AMD are just about to release some new CPU's on the 5th November which would be worth investing in also, they put intel to bed in all areas including single core gaming.
 
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sinR-8

Active member
SpyderTracks said:
So a few things, firstly, Intel are now the really poor option for CPU's and platforms for so many reasons which I'll link below:

AMD Vs Intel

So some of you aren't aware of the reasons why so many people are heading away from Intel to AMD, so thought it would be important to lay that out for people to refer back to. A lot of you will go to cpubenchmark or userbenchmark to find performance metrics for CPU's. These sites are complete...
www.pcspecialist.co.uk www.pcspecialist.co.uk

I would suggest the RTX 3070 for VR, the 2070 Super while being "Ok", is really only just going to be enough and isn't very future proofed.

The RTX3070 will be significantly better at the same price point.

AMD are just about to release some new CPU's on the 5th November which would be worth investing in also, they put intel to bed in all areas including single core gaming.
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Interesting - thanks! I think it’s the lack of current availability that’s put the 2070 there instead of the 3070.
 
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