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Itemco$tOculus VR development systemnewegg.com linknoteslink 0link 1link 2link 3link 4
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Case90Fractal 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=N82E16811352021link 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 casehttp://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-obsidian-550d-fractal-design-define-r4-gigabyte-luxo-m10,3356-13.htmlhttp://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/4844/fractal_design_define_r4_black_pearl_mid_tower_chassis_review/index.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NM81822_ag&feature=youtube_gdata_playerhttp://tinyurl.com/btrhce9
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Case PSU130PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 950W High Performance 80PLUS Silver SLI CrossFire ready Power Supplyhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703028Newegg reviews good. link 1: Hard OCP passes the unit, but not overly impressed.http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/power-supply-oem-manufacturer,2913.htmlhttp://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/08/10/pc_power_cooling_silencer_mkii_950w_psu_review/1#.UWYzjJNm3AI
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CPU300Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 2011 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73820http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115229
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CPU cooler110Corsair H100ihttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181032link 0: see crucial pictures about "impossible" install of Corsair H100i water cooler in Fractal Define R4 in comments sectionhttp://www.overclock.net/t/1356585/fractal-design-define-r4-asus-sabertooth-z77-corsair-h100i-compatibility-inquiryhttp://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/h100i-elc240-seidon-240m-lq320,3380-14.htmlhttp://www.corsair.com/us/blog/socket-2011-cooler-mounting-guide
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DVD/BR20ASUS 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 - OEMhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204Simple newegg 5-star burner for installing software and burning backups. Blu-Ray a waste of time on a PC.
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HD-SSD520SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD512BW 2.5" 512GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147194keep all VR demos on a large SSD drive for optimum performance.http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/hdd.php?hdd=WDC+WD6401AALS&id=236
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MB225ASUS P9X79 LE LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with USB BIOShttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131855front panel USB. Link 1: click link then "Intel Platform", Link 2: UEFI Win 8 install guidehttp://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P9X79_LE/http://event.asus.com/mb/windows_8/#featurehttp://tinyurl.com/caqyhlw
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Memory250[2 sets, $125 x 2] CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9Bhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168201453478GB 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=N82E16820145347http://www.corsair.com/blog/vengeance-32gb-memory-disk-performancehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RAM_drive_software
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Monitor278ASUS 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] Speakershttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236313&Tpk=asus%20monitor%2024%203d&IsVirtualParent=11 ms!!! 144 Hz!!! Read newegg comments about how to set up the monitor for the best experience.
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Monitor (3D Glasses)NVIDIA NVIDIA 3D Vision 2 Wireless Glasses Kit Model 942-11431-0007-001http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814998061Need the "kit" for the first pair for a monitor without an emitter.
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OS140Windows 8, 10% OFF with WIN40208 Promo Codehttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416552Get "Classic Shell" program immediately to make Windows 8 more like Windows 7 by bringing back the Start Menu among many other features.
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Video999ASUS GTXTITAN-6GD5 GeForce GTX TITAN 6GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card, ASUS part #GTXTITAN-6GD5http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121724&Tpk=GTXTITAN-6GD5&IsVirtualParent=1A 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.htmlhttp://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?30670-GOP-UEFI-BIOS-Available-for-ASUS-GeForce-GTX-680-Series-Graphics-Cardshttp://www.tomshardware.com/news/UEFI-GOP-Secure-Boot-GTX680,21599.htmlhttp://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-titan-performance-review,3442-3.htmlhttp://www.hwcompare.com/14058/geforce-gtx-titan-vs-radeon-hd-4830-512mb/
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handy links to Oculus VR forums
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Oculus developer forum posthttps://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=142&p=2811#p2811
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"Machine Specs for the Oculus" threadhttps://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=256
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"Museum of the Microstar - Now with Oculus Rift Support!" threadWhat 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
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Oculus SDK Performance wikihttps://developer.oculusvr.com/wiki/index.php?title=Oculus_SDK_Performance
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"Tuscany Framerate" threadhttps://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=39
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"Low Latency Video Cards" threadMulti GPU GTX690 may not be the way to go. https://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=234
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System Builder Marathon, Q1 2013: $800 Enthusiast PChttp://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-a-pc-overclocking-gaming,3440.html
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Voodoo² Accelerator Review September 1998How will the Oculus Rift be remembered 15 years from now?http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/voodoo,85.html
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Inside the second with Nvidia's frame capture tools
3/27/2013http://tinyurl.com/c6ydxg7
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Frame Rating Dissected: Full Details on Capture-based Graphics Performance Testing3/27/2013http://tinyurl.com/d3vo2sz
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As the second turns: the web digests our game testing methods1/2/2013http://tinyurl.com/ar9cyfp
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Summary page of Titan vs. GTX 690GTX 690 for single display, however, the slower Titan has the best frame to framehttp://tinyurl.com/d9lgdvg
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Latency Mitigation StrategiesJohn Carmackhttp://tinyurl.com/b9uowmr
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How to find out of stock parts like the GTX TITAN
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