So I want me some ED VR. I'm going to start putting a new build together in the next few weeks and I have a few questions that I haven't been able to answer on my own.
So my goal is to be able to play ED in VR at as high of settings as is currently practical. I would like to do this for the least amount of coin possible(shocking I know). I am willing to spend what it takes to get there, I see no point in spending as much as it takes to make VR work and not go the rest of the way and make it as epic as it can be. However I have a family to support, and so don't want to throw away money on flagship parts that wont bring proportionate returns. For now assume that I'm only looking at Elite.
My current planned build is as follows.
I have a case, 1000w PSU, CM Hyper 612 v2 cooler, and a 1T HDD that I will be recycling from an older build. So the list of parts yet to be purchased is...
GPU:ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 DUAL-8G 8GB 1500-1700Mhz
CPU: i5 6600K
Mobo: best z170 I can get for under $120$ at the time of purchase(I'm not too picky on Mobos) right now there is an open box Asrock extreme4 on newegg for $115$
RAM: vengeance DDR4 3200 16gb(2x8)
SSD: SamSung 850 evo 500gb
win 10 pro 64
Oculus Rift
X-56 HOTAS
My main concern is that I might be over spending in some places and under spending in others. I find a lot of info about minimum build requirements for VR , and it's easy to just buy the most expensive parts, but I'm trying to find the (current)minimum specs for high performance.
particular areas of concern are:
Am I correct that the real world performance difference in ED between the 1070 and 1080 are negligible? Do I need to go up to the 1080? could I get away with an even cheaper card without sacrificing any real performance. (note that I'm not much interested in spending extra for "future proofing")
Am I correct that the i7 is unnecessary for a high end experience? I know that ED is a fairly CPU heavy game and I'm worried that I've scalped the build with i5.
Help me Slash the red ink! Where can I save? Have I gone as cheap as I can? Am I already sacrificing too much in performance?
So my goal is to be able to play ED in VR at as high of settings as is currently practical. I would like to do this for the least amount of coin possible(shocking I know). I am willing to spend what it takes to get there, I see no point in spending as much as it takes to make VR work and not go the rest of the way and make it as epic as it can be. However I have a family to support, and so don't want to throw away money on flagship parts that wont bring proportionate returns. For now assume that I'm only looking at Elite.
My current planned build is as follows.
I have a case, 1000w PSU, CM Hyper 612 v2 cooler, and a 1T HDD that I will be recycling from an older build. So the list of parts yet to be purchased is...
GPU:ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 DUAL-8G 8GB 1500-1700Mhz
CPU: i5 6600K
Mobo: best z170 I can get for under $120$ at the time of purchase(I'm not too picky on Mobos) right now there is an open box Asrock extreme4 on newegg for $115$
RAM: vengeance DDR4 3200 16gb(2x8)
SSD: SamSung 850 evo 500gb
win 10 pro 64
Oculus Rift
X-56 HOTAS
My main concern is that I might be over spending in some places and under spending in others. I find a lot of info about minimum build requirements for VR , and it's easy to just buy the most expensive parts, but I'm trying to find the (current)minimum specs for high performance.
particular areas of concern are:
Am I correct that the real world performance difference in ED between the 1070 and 1080 are negligible? Do I need to go up to the 1080? could I get away with an even cheaper card without sacrificing any real performance. (note that I'm not much interested in spending extra for "future proofing")
Am I correct that the i7 is unnecessary for a high end experience? I know that ED is a fairly CPU heavy game and I'm worried that I've scalped the build with i5.
Help me Slash the red ink! Where can I save? Have I gone as cheap as I can? Am I already sacrificing too much in performance?