VR Ready Rig - Opinions

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Anyone have any opinions on the VR ready rigs for sale by littlewoods.ie?


Can't post links as i'm a new user but i've been looking at this one on littlewoods.ie



Cyberpower Enforcer VR Intel® Core™ i5, 8Gb RAM, 2Tb HDD, VR-Ready Gaming PC with 6Gb NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Graphics


It's €1240 all in, just seeing if anyone has any opinions on it's specs and if it's good value?


Ideally i'd like more RAM but could upgrade this down the line. I'll be using it for VIVE gaming.

Anyone have any alternatives?


Cheers, I'll post full specs below








The CyberPower Enforcer VR is a stylish VR-Ready Gaming PC for serious players.

*Limited to one FREE Rocket League download code per customer with purchase. Please allow 10 working days to receive your code via email. Promotion ends 25th September 2017. T&C’s apply.

Enjoy a lightning fast performance on esports (mass multiplayer games) such as League of Legends, Overwatch and Call of Duty, making this is the perfect way to showcase your skills. Glass panelling to the side also means this stylish gaming PC looks as good as it plays, so get ready to make a big impresssion.

Powered by an Intel® Core™ i5 Quad Core CPU, you can enjoy extreme responsiveness you will see and feel. A dedicated 6Gb Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060 Graphics Card with a Pascal architecture that delivers up to 3x the performance of previous-generation graphics cards.

It's even ready for virtual reality gaming, which means it will work with the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive straight out the box (headset not included).

A 2Tb (2000Gb) hard drive gives you storage space for up to 550,000 digital photos, 500,000 songs, 850 hours of DVD standard video or 240 hours of full HD video.

The Cyberpower Virtual Gamer Pro II comes with Windows 10 Home Edition pre-installed and comes with a 1 year return to base warranty. With years of experience building high end gaming PCs, quality is assured with Cyberpower. The latest technology included as standard, including USB 3.0, SATA III (6Gbs) and Gigabit LAN.

Useful info:
Windows 10 Home Edition 64-bit
Intel® Core™ i5-7400 Quad Core (7th Gen) CPU 3.0GHz
8GB DDR4 RAM
2Tb (2000Gb) Hard Drive
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX™ 1060 6Gb dedicated graphics
Gaming case with side window and Blue LEDs
No Optical Disk Drive
Realtek® Gigabit LAN 802.11n Wi-Fi
5.1 Channel Audio
Ports: 6x USB 2.0, 3x USB 3.0, 1x RJ45 LAN Jack, 1x HDMI, 1x DVI, 1x Display
Dimensions: H 426, W 190, D 492 mm
Cyberpower Enforcer VR Gaming Desktop PC Base Unit
Depth: 492 CM
Display Size: No Display
Height: 426 CM
Width: 190 CM
Dongle Required: N
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB
Hard Drive Storage: 2 Tb
Processor: Intel i5 7400 3GHZ
RAM Memory: 8 GB
Wifi Enabled: Y
Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB
Intel i5 7400 3GHZ
2TB HDD
8GB DDR4 RAM
DVDRW
Wifi included
Blue LED's
Fully Upgradble

K.O.Kiki

Rip-off price tbh.

Here's a much better deal:

OMEN by HP 870-260na - Tower - 1 x Core i5 7400 / 3 GHz - RAM 8 GB - SSD 128 GB, HDD 1 TB - DVD-Writer - GF GTX 1060
€980

If you want a tiny machine, you could also consider this:
ASUS ROG GR8 II T017Z - Mini PC - 1 x Core i5 7400 - RAM 8 GB - HDD 1 TB - GF GTX 1060
€1045.50

Dell Inspiron 5675 is better value too (especially if you want to bat for AMD)
Ryzen 5-1400, 8Gb RAM, 256Gb SSD + 1Tb HDD, Radeon RX570 4Gb - €999
Ryzen 5-1400, 8Gb RAM, 256Gb SSD + 1Tb HDD, Radeon RX580 8Gb - €1079

You don't need more than 8Gb RAM for gaming, but it's the easiest component to upgrade at a later date.

Xenoronin

Yeah, in general, avoid littlewoods for tech. They are always way above what you should be paying.

Digital Solitude

I wouldn't like a 1060 for VR, surely that's at the lowest acceptable end, along with the 290 or 970

VR Rig

Digital Solitude wrote: »

I wouldn't like a 1060 for VR, surely that's at the lowest acceptable end, along with the 290 or 970

I'm not the best at the tech side, but from searches online the minimum spec for the vive is the 970 and the recommended is anything 1060 or higher.


Anyone have any suggestions for a better rig for VR that won't need to be upgraded for a couple of years? Would be looking to spend about €1200 - €1300. Little bit of wriggle room if the quality is significantly better

Cheers

TerrorFirmer

With that money you are in GTX1070 territory which is significantly faster. The 1060 is not much faster than the GTX970 though it does have a lot more vram (assuming the 6GB version, which also has a faster core than the 3GB GTX1060)

K.O.Kiki

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

With that money you are in GTX1070 territory which is significantly faster. The 1060 is not much faster than the GTX970 though it does have a lot more vram (assuming the 6GB version, which also has a faster core than the 3GB GTX1060)

Incorrect.

The GTX 1060 is faster than the GTX 970 (on-par with 980), though the 970 has more overclocking headroom.

Have you looked at PCSpecialist?

TerrorFirmer

How is that incorrect?

I said 'not much faster' not that it was no faster - which is completely true, it basically sits between the 970 and 980 in most games.

There is most definitely not enough difference that the 970 could be a 'minimum' for VR and the 1060 be the 'recommended' as mentioned above - the performance is both is very similar.

Calibos

VR Rig wrote: »

I'm not the best at the tech side, but from searches online the minimum spec for the vive is the 970 and the recommended is anything 1060 or higher.


Anyone have any suggestions for a better rig for VR that won't need to be upgraded for a couple of years? Would be looking to spend about €1200 - €1300. Little bit of wriggle room if the quality is significantly better

Cheers

Is there any particular reason you are buying a Vive? I'm not fanboying or trying to start an argument with our Vive VR bro's but even most people on the r/vive subreddit would say that at current prices where Oculus Rift is half the price of the Vive, anyone would be mad to buy a Vive.

EoinHef

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Rip-off price tbh.

Here's a much better deal:

OMEN by HP 870-260na - Tower - 1 x Core i5 7400 / 3 GHz - RAM 8 GB - SSD 128 GB, HDD 1 TB - DVD-Writer - GF GTX 1060
€980

Only the 3GB 1060 in the above,id stretch for the 6GB if in budget.