[SOLVED] Help me upgrade my PC for VR

[judedalla]

Hey so i wanted to upgrade my PC to a mid to high spex VR gaming rig
i bought it pre built pc with this specs off a guy yesterday. Please keep in mind i am new to PC and dont understand all the computer jargon, he has wrote as of the sale so i just want to know what i have to upgrade what i have to bin and what i can keep. :
ROSEWILL GRAM GAMING Tower Case with Side View Window and 3 - 120mm BLUE LED Cooling Fans
EVGA 450-Watt 80 PLUS bronze Certified Active PFC ATX12V v2.31 / EPS 12V v2.91 Power Supply
ASRock AB350M Pro4 AM4 AMD Promontory B350 UEFI BIOS, 6x SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.1, HDMI ATX Motherboard
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X 3.7GHz Turbo Quad-Core Boxed Processor with AMD Wraith Spire Cooler
CRUCIAL 8GB 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4-2133 (PC4 17000) Fast Desktop Memory
EVGA GAMING NVIDIA GTX 1060 Ti 3GB 128-Bit GDDR5 DirectX 12 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Video Card. Supports up to 3 Monitor Displays
ASUS DVD Burner 24X DVD+R, 24X DVD-R, 48X CD-R, 24X CD-RW, 48XCD-ROM
HGST Ultrastar 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.5" Enterprise Hard Drive

This build is for VR only so want to be able to run it with high settings this is my main objective with this build, if you could also provide links to where i can purchase each piece that would be appreciated , many thanks Jude

 

[volkgren]

Those specs should do VR. It would depend on the game and the graphics settings as to how well it will perform.

 

[greatmaharg]

The one change I might suggest would be to look for a 6GB rather than 3GB version of that card- I've heard from many people that the lower-RAM card is usually a waste of money. Alternatively, you might be able to find the similar-performance RX 580 8GB for cheaper if you're willing to bump up your power supply a little.

EDIT- noticed another thing- you may want to add an SSD, as it will be much faster than a mechanical hard drive. The Samsung 860 Evo is my personal pick, but there isn't a lot of difference across brands.

 

[Wolfshadw]

Those specs should do VR. It would depend on the game and the graphics settings as to how well it will perform.

I'd agree with this. You should probably test out the system first to see how well it will run VR. It's also going to depend on which headset you opt for as different sets have different requirements.

There are also compatibility checkers for many of the headsets on their support pages. You might want to check those out as well.

-Wolf sends

 

[judedalla]

Those specs should do VR. It would depend on the game and the graphics settings as to how well it will perform.

I'd agree with this. You should probably test out the system first to see how well it will run VR. It's also going to depend on which headset you opt for as different sets have different requirements.

There are also compatibility checkers for many of the headsets on their support pages. You might want to check those out as well.

-Wolf sends

i have tested it and it does work it just runs at not the best frame rate it currently runs at the lowest setting kind min spec i really just want an upgrade to run vr better

 

[volkgren]

i have tested it and it does work it just runs at not the best frame rate it currently runs at the lowest setting kind min spec i really just want an upgrade to run vr better

Sounds like a GPU bottleneck, but it could be the GPU or CPU or both that are the limiting factors in the game you are playing. You can use software such as MSI Afterburner to monitor CPU and GPU usage while in-game to determine which one is your bottleneck.

If the GTX 1060 3GB is struggling on low settings then I would go with at least a GTX 1070. You could probably get away with using your EVGA 450W power supply with the Nvidia GTX 1070 since it is a 150W GPU on par with an RX 570 as far as power draw. An RX 580 and even some 570s can use more power than the GTX 1070.

Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB Black Video Card ($309.99 @ Newegg Business)

If you have more money to spend, I would recommend a power supply upgrade and maybe even a more powerful GPU.

*Update: On second thought; if you decide you need a GPU upgrade, I would hold out for the upcoming RTX 2060 and see how it compares with price/performance.

 

[Wolfshadw]

If at all possible, I'd run the test again to see what the limiting factor is. If your processor is running at 100%, then it's pretty obvious. If you're at 100% RAM utilization, is it because your graphics card doesn't have enough VRAM and it's borrowing system RAM or is it just that you have too much of everything else running in the background?

Run the test again with Task Manager up and running on the Performance tab.

-Wolf sends