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1 | Item | co$t | Oculus VR development system | newegg.com link | notes | link 0 | link 1 | link 2 | link 3 | link 4 | |||||||
2 | Case | 90 | Fractal Design Define R4 with Window Black Pearl Silent ATX Mid Tower Case, see H100i links below + $20 off w/ promo code EMCXSXS34, ends 4/10 | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352021 | link 2: 40 minute video. Corsair H100i cooler claimed to be “impossible” to install in this case. See Corsair H100i links and notes for how it's done. Link 3 shows front panel USB cabel on case | http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-obsidian-550d-fractal-design-define-r4-gigabyte-luxo-m10,3356-13.html | http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/4844/fractal_design_define_r4_black_pearl_mid_tower_chassis_review/index.html | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NM81822_ag&feature=youtube_gdata_player | http://tinyurl.com/btrhce9 | ||||||||
3 | Case PSU | 130 | PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 950W High Performance 80PLUS Silver SLI CrossFire ready Power Supply | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703028 | Newegg reviews good. link 1: Hard OCP passes the unit, but not overly impressed. | http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/power-supply-oem-manufacturer,2913.html | http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/08/10/pc_power_cooling_silencer_mkii_950w_psu_review/1#.UWYzjJNm3AI | ||||||||||
4 | CPU | 300 | Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 2011 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73820 | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115229 | |||||||||||||
5 | CPU cooler | 110 | Corsair H100i | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181032 | link 0: see crucial pictures about "impossible" install of Corsair H100i water cooler in Fractal Define R4 in comments section | http://www.overclock.net/t/1356585/fractal-design-define-r4-asus-sabertooth-z77-corsair-h100i-compatibility-inquiry | http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/h100i-elc240-seidon-240m-lq320,3380-14.html | http://www.corsair.com/us/blog/socket-2011-cooler-mounting-guide | |||||||||
6 | DVD/BR | 20 | ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204 | Simple newegg 5-star burner for installing software and burning backups. Blu-Ray a waste of time on a PC. | ||||||||||||
7 | HD-SSD | 520 | SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD512BW 2.5" 512GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147194 | keep all VR demos on a large SSD drive for optimum performance. | http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/hdd.php?hdd=WDC+WD6401AALS&id=236 | |||||||||||
8 | MB | 225 | ASUS P9X79 LE LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with USB BIOS | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131855 | front panel USB. Link 1: click link then "Intel Platform", Link 2: UEFI Win 8 install guide | http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P9X79_LE/ | http://event.asus.com/mb/windows_8/#feature | http://tinyurl.com/caqyhlw | |||||||||
9 | Memory | 250 | [2 sets, $125 x 2] CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145347 | 8GB OS, 8GB RAM cache, 16GB VR cache :-) 2 sets of this item for a total of 8 sticks of SDRAM to enable full four channels of quad channel memory on motherboard. Link 0: RAM Disk setup, Link 2: Asus page about GTX 680 BIOS upgrading (use at your own risk) | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145347 | http://www.corsair.com/blog/vengeance-32gb-memory-disk-performance | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RAM_drive_software | |||||||||
10 | Monitor | 278 | ASUS VG248QE Black 24" 144Hz 1ms (GTG) HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD 3D Monitor Height&pivot adjustable 350 cd/m2 80,000,000:1 Built-in [terrible] Speakers | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236313&Tpk=asus%20monitor%2024%203d&IsVirtualParent=1 | 1 ms!!! 144 Hz!!! Read newegg comments about how to set up the monitor for the best experience. | ||||||||||||
11 | Monitor (3D Glasses) | NVIDIA NVIDIA 3D Vision 2 Wireless Glasses Kit Model 942-11431-0007-001 | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814998061 | Need the "kit" for the first pair for a monitor without an emitter. | |||||||||||||
12 | Speakers | have | |||||||||||||||
13 | OS | 140 | Windows 8, 10% OFF with WIN40208 Promo Code | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416552 | Get "Classic Shell" program immediately to make Windows 8 more like Windows 7 by bringing back the Start Menu among many other features. | ||||||||||||
14 | Video | 999 | ASUS GTXTITAN-6GD5 GeForce GTX TITAN 6GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card, ASUS part #GTXTITAN-6GD5 | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121724&Tpk=GTXTITAN-6GD5&IsVirtualParent=1 | A single Titan board is a single GPU and is not SLI which should give the lowest latency and 50% improvement over GTX680. Link 4: compare two cards. Also consider the NVidia GTX 780 which is shipping as of May 23, 2013 for $650. | http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-titan-performance-review,3442.html | http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?30670-GOP-UEFI-BIOS-Available-for-ASUS-GeForce-GTX-680-Series-Graphics-Cards | http://www.tomshardware.com/news/UEFI-GOP-Secure-Boot-GTX680,21599.html | http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-titan-performance-review,3442-3.html | http://www.hwcompare.com/14058/geforce-gtx-titan-vs-radeon-hd-4830-512mb/ | |||||||
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17 | Sub Total 1 | 3062 | |||||||||||||||
18 | shipping | 11 | |||||||||||||||
19 | Sub Total 2 | 3062 | |||||||||||||||
20 | Tax (CA) 7.25 | 231 | |||||||||||||||
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25 | handy links to Oculus VR forums | ||||||||||||||||
26 | Oculus developer forum post | https://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=142&p=2811#p2811 | |||||||||||||||
27 | "Machine Specs for the Oculus" thread | https://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=256 | |||||||||||||||
28 | "Museum of the Microstar - Now with Oculus Rift Support!" thread | What I can see looks really cool. I couldn't see the Microstar, snif. I may be ordering all of this stuff Monday. | https://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=197 | ||||||||||||||
29 | Oculus SDK Performance wiki | https://developer.oculusvr.com/wiki/index.php?title=Oculus_SDK_Performance | |||||||||||||||
30 | "Tuscany Framerate" thread | https://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=39 | |||||||||||||||
31 | "Low Latency Video Cards" thread | Multi GPU GTX690 may not be the way to go. | https://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=234 | ||||||||||||||
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35 | System Builder Marathon, Q1 2013: $800 Enthusiast PC | http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-a-pc-overclocking-gaming,3440.html | |||||||||||||||
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39 | Voodoo² Accelerator Review September 1998 | How will the Oculus Rift be remembered 15 years from now? | http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/voodoo,85.html | ||||||||||||||
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43 | Inside the second with Nvidia's frame capture tools | 3/27/2013 | http://tinyurl.com/c6ydxg7 | ||||||||||||||
44 | Frame Rating Dissected: Full Details on Capture-based Graphics Performance Testing | 3/27/2013 | http://tinyurl.com/d3vo2sz | ||||||||||||||
45 | As the second turns: the web digests our game testing methods | 1/2/2013 | http://tinyurl.com/ar9cyfp | ||||||||||||||
46 | Summary page of Titan vs. GTX 690 | GTX 690 for single display, however, the slower Titan has the best frame to frame | http://tinyurl.com/d9lgdvg | ||||||||||||||
47 | Latency Mitigation Strategies | John Carmack | http://tinyurl.com/b9uowmr | ||||||||||||||
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