/tg/Station 13

Qbopper wrote:

peoplearestrange wrote:I'm starting to build a new rig (current ones getting on a bit now) and trying to build this with VR in mind.

I've got the GTX 1070 in mind, anyone got any good knowledge of what CPU's and Mobo's are good these days but not the HOLY FUCK I HAVE SO MUCH MONEY TO BURN kinda budget.

logical increments is my go to, and if you use pcpartpicker it will warn you if parts are incompatible (eg. wrong cpu for your mobo's socket, case dimensions)

you won't need a hyperfast cpu, VR is heavily GPU dependent, but pretty much any i5/i7 that's at or above 3.5ghz should do you just fine (mine is a slightly older i7 at 3.4ghz)

apparently i3s are getting better but I never paid much attention to CPUs so if anyone else knows more/if I'm wrong please chime in

i don't know when you're planning on getting a headset but here's some other shit:

- if you're looking to buy a rift be sure you have the USB ports for it, and be sure that you don't overload the hubs. I have two sensors and the Rift, and one sensor has to be plugged into one usb hub controller. the layman's method is to look at the ports on the mobo and see where the ports are - if there's a clump of ports that are further away from the others, it's probably a new hub. if this shit didn't make any sense tell me so i can take pictures
- if you're looking for a vive, the default headstrap is actual fucking horseshit and you should really really buy the deluxe strap that comes with the built in headphones, but that's like another $100 because HTC is fucked. if anyone tells you you don't need it, no, you don't, but i found that the vive started to hurt my head after an hour or so because of the headset and the weight is distributed really poorly with the default strap, and this is not an uncommon opinion. also the headphones being built in is unbelievably useful
- if you don't know which one you'd prefer, i'd recommend the rift, because it's £600 for a vive (not including the almost necessary strap which is like another 100 ontop of that) and £400 for a rift (and yes, it includes the motion controllers + 2 sensors, they're not really selling the headset alone anymore from what i understand). the two headsets are close enough that it doesn't matter what you pick, but the price difference is just way too big for not enough benefit for me to recommend a vive
- rift pros: 10000x better controllers (they have joysticks, much better buttons, and the buttons are touch sensitive so they know what you're holding, so oculus games have what they call "hand presence" where the virtual fingers sorta copy your real hands), you can play oculus games without a hack, significantly cheaper
- rift cons: 3 USB cables, 4 if you buy an extra sensor, 2 sensor setup is fairly small unless you purchase a USB extension cable, USB cable specs are often not followed well by manufacturers so you'll need to look at lists like this to figure out what will work
- vive pros: lighthouse makes it easier to set up tracking for large spaces, uses one USB port (but I think it uses like 2 or 3 power outlets), knuckles controllers on the way will have full finger tracking and look really cool
- vive cons: default headstrap is embarrassingly bad, $200 more, controllers are pretty lame, a lot of people report issues with the trackpads from what I hear (something about a piece of plastic coming loose inside? it can be fixed easily though), knuckles controllers are going to be another purchase
- if you're waiting for a "second gen" headset, you're going to be waiting a while - there's the LG headset and the Pimax ones on the way but those are more incremental and we don't know if they're any good yet
- if you tend to keep your browser open when doing other stuff you'll likely want to spring a little bit more for 16gb of RAM