Help me build a vr pc, just bought a HTC vive this morning.

You know I keep going back and forth between a fury x and 980ti. The water cooling stuff is beyond my skills. The setup you have with the water pumps is just beyond my skill and knowledge and by the looks of the triple graphics card setup you have its apparent that your on another level with this stuff.

What started out as a migrane headache has turned into a ton of fun watching all the youtube videos and reading forums posts etc. The build is not set in stone and the VR head sets have now just started moving into peoples homes. I am sure once more people get them and start experimenting then new information will become available on whats going to work best with the hardware.

I watched the amd press release video from the recent gdc and its definetly left an impression. There are two main card coming. AMD has the Polaris with the small nano architecture and Nvidia has the pascal but it sucks with the timing because I cannot wait till summer for them to start hitting the market as I have to get my build done before my vive gets here in may some time.

Now I am reading about the games being exclusive for oculus rift, Damage Core and dead and buried have now got me thinking I am going to have to buy a second VR headset further bumping up the costs.

Here is another build that just because I now spotted some magpie bling on a pc case its wrecked my entire first build.This has had me completley start all over again and has exploded my brain, finances and pacience.. welcome to the world of pc gaming!

I now want to go with the Lian Li PC08 aluminum and glass case so it blends with my audiorig and looks more like a component. It does not have and proper ventilation for airflow so a cpu fan and standard graphics card are off the table going this route and I have to go for watercooling solutions that ramp up the noise and price.

I am still set on going with the intel i7 5820 because of the six core architecture vs the new skylake i7 6700k four core. The reason being is the new implementation of DX12 in gaming. The 6700k is slightly faster currently because the cpu is only maxing out one core but dx12 is spreading the load into all cores meaning in future 6 core loads will do better than 4.

Here is a look at my thoughts
GPU watercooled gtx980ti hybrid http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Cooling-Graphics-06G-P4-1996-KR/dp/B00Z0UX8TA?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_4&smid=A2L77EE7U53NWQ

The crosshair gpu closed loop water collersami posted for the cpu but also gota go with a diff SSD from samsung maybe.

I also have to get rid of the motherboard I selected and go with an ATX that can accomodate the x99 chipset so any motherboard suggestions that are a good price would be awesome.

Well its all done and dusted as parts have been ordered and on route. Everything should be here by Wednesday so I am very excited to jump head first into the deep with my water cooled pc gaming rig.

Its been so much fun researching all the different components and looking at benchmarks of components. I never thought I would have a clue on whats going on inside a pc but now I have a good grasp of things. Lets hope the assembly goes as smooth as building it on paper!

There have been so many games I have held back from buying because I always wanted to play on a pc. Games like bioshock, crysis and a bunch of others. If there is any games you can think of or pc exclusives then toss them my way.I dont think I will ever get the hang of a mouse and keyboard so its gona be an xbx pad for me.

I cant wait, I tried the first call of duty about 14? Years ago with a mouse and I sucked big time and dont know if my brain can handle it. It must be better though as many pc games make fun of game pads.

I wish my virtual reality setup was arriving this week! With that said many folks are saying it sucks right now as there is not one game that makes you wana keep playing.

I was looking ar ebay and some guys are selling the Vive for $1500.

Lol, @inverting the mouse, I really hope its all worth it as it seems like $2400 vs $350 for an extra couple of frames.

I thought I was going to have an easy time buying a keyboard and mouse but its another money pit, thanks pc gaming. Its looking like the cost is nearly on par with an xbox box one as it turns out you will suck if you do not have a mechanical keyboard? But it doesn't stop there as there is cherry soft and blue,green clunky noisy and green and brown that may need O rings to dampen the clunkin... arrgggghhhh !!!!! I want to rip my hair out over this one, so many different keys with advantages and disadvantages and so many keyboards with no number pads or blah blah.

The mouse seems a little easy as its all pointing to the corsair m65 fps gaming mouse thats a respectable $60.http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Gaming-Aircraft-Grade-Aluminum-CH-9000113-NA/dp/B014W3FHTE?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_2&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

I dont know about the keys but this keyboard comes up, the razer chromahttp://www.amazon.com/Razer-BlackWidow-Chroma-Mechanical-Keyboard/dp/B00MTWV0II?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

I have a question, how do I get windows 10 onto the unit if there is no optical drive?

I did the build using the usb and there was a whole load of problems, long story short is..... never plugged in the cpu power.

I have been using the htc vive for a few days now and its given me a fresh new way to experience gaming. The realism is truly insane, I played brookhaven where zombies come out of the bushes and come at you from all 360 degree angles. I swear you could tell the weight of these big monsters coming at you, I ended up on the floor after I turned around and saw one charging at me. I had a fight or flight reaction where I was knocked off my feet and the controler smashed into the dishwasher and I thankfully landed against the couch so its super dangerous.

I think this tecj is going to become the norm and I feel I feel like the 20 years since I watched the lawnmower man is now here and even better.