RandyBoBandy Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 surely there will be a i7 price drop end of the month when coffe lake comes out.. or dont it work like that... ill wait till september before i buy anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joint hogger Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 @RandyBoBandy the 7740 is a bit of a con imo & tbh, a i5 7600k or i7 7700k is still too dear tho they are both excellent cpu's but will intel drop the price or will they keep selling them at top whack before discontinuing them. tbh, I'd go with a AMD set up as your getting more bang for your buck, also, if you do go for an i5 or an i7, get faster ram ie ddr4 3200+ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerfish Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 (edited) On 2017-8-4 at 2:51 PM, RandyBoBandy said: is it only the card that makes the system vr What games are you going to play? On 2017-8-9 at 7:08 PM, RandyBoBandy said: Intel Core i7 7740X CPU overclocked to 5.0GHz Asus X299 TUF Mk2 Motherboard Up to 32GB of 2666MHz Memory High Performance CPU Cooler options. they must love noobs like me trying to build a pc.. Sounds like massive overkill to me? Spend half that amount now, half in 5 years, you're good Edited August 12, 2017 by Gerfish If you want too go back to pre built have you considered refurbished?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyBoBandy Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 (edited) yeah im gonna forget the 299 mobo's as ive read they like to fry cpu's... im just trying to make sure i can run anything i chuck at it pretty much full on.. and also making sure i can upgrade in the future with no probelems... just wish i was techy.. im not gonna bother with pre built now.. ive watched a few youtube vids and i think if there is 2 of us on it... we should be alright.. to be honest.... ive not looked at games for a long wile.. mainly because it pisses me off that i cant play them.. so i dont look.. but id be going back and playing anything decent i missed.. red dead redemption i played far cry 3 on this on low so id like to play 4 id like to check out gta prey the witcher i can play csgo on low.. but id like to play that full on.. plus other online games ive never been able to play because ive always been very limited.. played fallout 3 on this on low.. would like to play 4 im not gonna look in to games untill i have a new pc.... im not a hardcore gamer... obviously as id have a decent pc already... but i wanna be able to just get lost in a game again... and im not getting a console... ive tried and i dont ennjoy as much.. i like online games with mouse and keys.. im not one for sitting half way across the room either.. also want something that if i feel the need to spunk 700 odd quid.. i can go get vr set.. plug n play this things just an optiplex 755... i got it free from an old job about 10 years ago.. as its one of thos slim pc's i just put a low profile amd radeon hd 5570 in to it.. and beleive it or not i managed to play quite a few games back then lol.. Edited August 12, 2017 by RandyBoBandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joint hogger Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 what size of monitor & whats its refresh rate like ? cause if your going to use a high end system, you need to have a decent monitor to give it justice, as for building it yourself, it's very easy to do & if your unsure about something, check out some vids on youtube. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyBoBandy Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 my old monitor i had was 8ms but that went green then just fried so i had to use a tv.. ill be getting a gaming monitor when i buy the pc for sure.. yeah ill deffo be watching the vids.... it deffo looks easier than it did 15 years ago when i used to watch an old mate build.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrrichiet Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 How's the build going @RandyBoBandy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrrichiet Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 @RandyBoBandy? Seeing as this thread prompted me to spend over a grand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyBoBandy Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 (edited) hey dude... Sorry mate I didn't see this! Don't think the mention on post before worked Well my old pc gave up.. the hd went... daughter wasn't happy not being able to play roblox.. its not the same on her tablet... so I needed to hurry up and get a pc.. being in a shitty place(my head) I wasn't gonna attempt to build so I just bought one... wasn't long after my last post.. Pc specialist 7700k 4.20 16 gig Gtx1080 Loving it... I've now stuck a new hd in the old one for daughter I've only just got off the pc.. been playing most of the night... Just see this msg on my phone.. Haha sorry for the spend Up! Worth it tho hope your enjoying it @mrrichiet Also edit to add sorry for wasting people's time helping me out about building one... it really was much appreciated.. I really was up for building one at the time... but I hit anxiety and depression pretty hard... Didn't even use it myself until tablets kicked in... I'm pretty much back to being me... gaming really helped me take my mind of shit too Edited December 24, 2017 by RandyBoBandy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrrichiet Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Hey no need to apologise dude, at least your head is in a better place now It sounds like your PC is VR ready then - if\when you can afford to go that route, I strongly recommend it! No worries about my spend up, it's not a problem, I just mentioned that in jest. Cheers, all the best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyBoBandy Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 got the cash not really looked in to games yet... I enjoyed resident evil 7... I bet that would have been good.. id love my daughter to check out minecraft vr ill have to look in to it what have you played so far with vr... I bet racing is something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrrichiet Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Vivecraft is pretty cool actually, your daughter would love that. Having said that, they don't recommend (i.e. they're covering their arses) them for children under 13 as it can be a bit intensive\immersive and I do wonder what will happen to their young brains if they play it too frequently. I've not really played the FPS like Doom VFR and Serious Sam, I may do those when they're on sale. Problem I see with those is that moving around isn't very good yet. I'm mostly enjoying Space Pirate Trainer and DiRT Rally, which as you say is something else. I've got one or two other titles like Blu, RecRoom and The Lab but they're not much fun for long, but the kids do enjoy them. I plan on playing some airplane games at some point (IL Sturmovic) and Elite as cockpit games are really good in VR but for now the focus is back to DiRT rally now that I've managed to get it working at last. I picked up a steering wheel and stand\seat etc. really cheaply off eBay so it's been quite a cheap way of getting a realistic simulator once you've got over the initial outlay for the HMD. It is still in it's infancy though so after the initial buzz you could be left wanting, however, having said that, I'm still not unhappy about having made the outlay and I know it's going to get used a lot tomorrow when the family come round and see it for the first time (so you get value out of it in other ways)! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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