Is this gaming PC any good? ASUS ROG G20, gtx 980, oculus ready

[Machine123]

ASUS ROG G20CB-WS71 Intel i7 16GB 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD GTX980 4GB

Here is a link to the specs: Its an oculus ready PC and it doesnt come out until march.

http://store.asus.com/us/item/201602AM170000002/A43093

[kegomin]

yes but it highly recommend just building your own one.

[Machine123]

Originally posted by HighWayne:

yes but it highly recommend just building your own one.

I dont know how to. Im sure I can figure it out with all the DIY videos out there but id rather stick with prebuilt even if it costs more.

[Scar]

Any Ram specifications? That is also crucial in PCs. Oh and do you mean a Nvidia Gtx?

[kegomin]

Originally posted by droid:

Originally posted by HighWayne:

yes but it highly recommend just building your own one.

I dont know how to. Im sure I can figure it out with all the DIY videos out there but id rather stick with prebuilt even if it costs more.

its really easy just like legos

[Kr.]

Originally posted by droid:

Originally posted by HighWayne:

yes but it highly recommend just building your own one.

I dont know how to. Im sure I can figure it out with all the DIY videos out there but id rather stick with prebuilt even if it costs more.

Its not only the cost, The preformance is way better for a cheaper price :P

[Red Shift]

One thing worth noting is that your CPU is a 6700, not a 6700k, so you're stuck at 4ghz.
Even an amateur can take the k chip up to 5.

Also, seems to be a dvd drive, not BD. And while theres nothing wrong with 2133mhz ram, theres very little reason to not have 3133 or faster.

[Radical Left Lunatic]

I would go ahead and get it if you are not comfortable building your own desktop. I personnaly own a ASUS G705-JX-DB71 and it still runs well after a couple of years. Asus has excellent design when it comes to cooling and there quality is top notch.

[AbedsBrother]

Originally posted by moistly harmless:

One thing worth noting is that your CPU is a 6700, not a 6700k, so you're stuck at 4ghz.
Even an amateur can take the k chip up to 5.

If the original poster has qualms about building his / her own computer, it's probably too soon to talk about overclocking. The motherboard has an H170 chipset, so overclocking is out of the question here anyway.

The cause for concern here is that the CPU in this instance is an i7-6700U, which is a laptop processor. Still powerful, still Skylake, energy conscious, but lower-clocked (2.6 Ghz) and with lower performance than other i7's due to power saving features. A good choice for a small form factor PC, but a strange choice for a VR machine. My guess is that Asus was trying to create a "green" machine with very low power draw.

Originally posted by moistly harmless:

while theres nothing wrong with 2133mhz ram, theres very little reason to not have 3133 or faster.

Ram speed does not have a significant impact on gaming performance (unless running an AMD APU). Video editing & rendering performance, yes, but not gaming. For VR the emphasis seems to be on ram amount, not necessarily ram speed, though this could change as the technology develops. The linked computer has 16Gb, which is more than enough.

@droid Personally, an i7 is fine, but more like an i7-6700 or 6700k. The GTX 980 is a great card with - again - very low power draw. But the 980Ti (with two extra GB of v-ram, for 6GB total, and additional cuda cores) will be more capable in VR. Add in the fact that the linked build costs $1700, and building an i7-6700k computer with a 980Ti will come in at the same price or cheaper (depending on your choice of components) - the computer you linked WILL WORK, but it is a bad value. But, then again, so are most store bought "gaming" computers.