sigh why am I doing this?
I've never been a particularly enthusiastic gamer - I mostly buy consoles and I fully plan on taking advantage of cloud streaming, especially if and when XCloud launches later this year.
But I've taken a certain affinity to VR and particularly Beat Saber over the last 12 months and there are certain things I just can't do with my current setup - a modest step up to a RX570 - based system would seem to be all I really need. But nothing I currently own can handle a video card that draws that much power.
So I've started thinking about starting over from scratch - I built my own PC's 30 years ago but I don't have the time now that I did then. I'm not totally unwilling to build, just somewhat resistant.
OK so to cut to the chase - I'm looking for a Motherboard / Case / Power Supply that won't break the bank but will also be fully upgradeable if and when I need to step up again. Oh and cost is a huge factor. I'm really looking to go all in at less than $600 - the RX570 is supposedly an excellent value so I'm hopeful this is something that can be done.
I've never been a particularly enthusiastic gamer - I mostly buy consoles and I fully plan on taking advantage of cloud streaming, especially if and when XCloud launches later this year.
But I've taken a certain affinity to VR and particularly Beat Saber over the last 12 months and there are certain things I just can't do with my current setup - a modest step up to a RX570 - based system would seem to be all I really need. But nothing I currently own can handle a video card that draws that much power.
So I've started thinking about starting over from scratch - I built my own PC's 30 years ago but I don't have the time now that I did then. I'm not totally unwilling to build, just somewhat resistant.
OK so to cut to the chase - I'm looking for a Motherboard / Case / Power Supply that won't break the bank but will also be fully upgradeable if and when I need to step up again. Oh and cost is a huge factor. I'm really looking to go all in at less than $600 - the RX570 is supposedly an excellent value so I'm hopeful this is something that can be done.