(Audio) Podcast Ep. 3 - Building a PC vs. Pre-Built?

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Everything Virtual

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Published on September 29, 2016 12:30:00 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRguaNELzU0

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Duration: 22:15

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In today's episode we dive into the pros and cons of building your own PC for virtual reality gaming. Ronnie helped Zain recently build his and we list out the parts below in case anyone is interested in making a similar type of PC. A couple of key points from our conversation include:

- Building a PC isn't as difficult as it seems, especially with the wealth of tutorials and guidance out there on the internet.

- Buying a pre-built PC will generally be more expensive than putting one together simply because you are paying for the service.

- Ronnie gives his opinions on what the real minimum system requirements for a PC are in order to have a good VR experience. It's not necessarily future-proofing, but going cheap on certain items by buying older versions my give you sub-par VR experiences.

- Most important items are of course the GPU (Graphics Processor Unit) and CPU processors. Recommendations are at least the NVidia 1070 for GPU and the i5 or i7 series for intel processors.


List of parts used for Zain's recently built PC. You can find all of these on Newegg.com (where Zain bought his):

Motherboard
GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard

Graphics Card
ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 TURBO-GTX1070-8G 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Power Supply
SILVERSTONE SX500-LG 500W SFX-L 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply, Silent running 120mm fan with 18dBA minimum (SX500-LG V2.0)

Processor
Intel Core i7-6700K 8M Skylake Quad-Core 4.0 GHz LGA 1151 91W BX80662I76700K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 530

SSD
SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E500B/AM

RAM
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Intel Z170 Platform / Intel X99 Platform Desktop Memory Model F4-2400C15D-16GVR

HDD
WD Black 1TB Performance Mobile Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache 2.5 Inch - WD10JPLX

Case
Fractal Design Node 202 Black Slim Profile Mini-ITX Computer Case

Cooling
CRYORIG C7 - 47mm Tall, SFF Mini ITX CPU Heatsink
Noctua NF-P12 PWM 120mm Two Speed 1300/900 RPM SSO2 Bearing (x2)

Thanks for listening!

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