Packaged Price?

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• Phry Member LegendaryPosts: 11,004

  February 2016

  SEANMCAD said:

  If you have zero plans to ever 'build your own machine' ever in your life and under no circumstances otherwise, is the following a good price for all that is involved?
  
  http://www.bestbuy.com/site/oculus-rift-virtual-reality-headset-asus-g20cb-b13-desktop-package/9999260600050000.p?id=pcmprd259000050000&skuId=9999260600050000
  
  

  I have no doubt that the equipment necessary to power the OR really does cost that much, maybe in a few years time that kind of gear will cost a lot less, and maybe so will whatever incarnation of the OR at that point will also, at the moment, its well beyond the finances of the average gamer.
  
• SEANMCAD Member EpicPosts: 16,775

  February 2016

  Phry said:

  SEANMCAD said:

  If you have zero plans to ever 'build your own machine' ever in your life and under no circumstances otherwise, is the following a good price for all that is involved?
  
  http://www.bestbuy.com/site/oculus-rift-virtual-reality-headset-asus-g20cb-b13-desktop-package/9999260600050000.p?id=pcmprd259000050000&skuId=9999260600050000
  
  

  I have no doubt that the equipment necessary to power the OR really does cost that much, maybe in a few years time that kind of gear will cost a lot less, and maybe so will whatever incarnation of the OR at that point will also, at the moment, its well beyond the finances of the average gamer.
  

  I suspect it will come down rather fast or at least as fast as PC tech always does.
  
  I read Palmer saying that 'we are thinking of releasing budget versions of Oculus (aka Dk1?)" but then not but two days later he said 'there is little chance'
  
  I think being 21 he says things to the press before talking with everyone involved.

  Please do not respond to me, even if I ask you a question, its rhetorical.

  Please do not respond to me
• Quizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,531

  February 2016

  Building your own with those specs (excluding the Oculus Rift) would cost around $1000-$1100.
  
  Though building your own with those specs is doing it wrong, as you don't want to pay the large price premium to get Intel, only to get a very low clocked version of the CPU and miss out on the performance benefit.  The last time Intel released a lower stock clocked Core i5 than the Core i5-6400 in that system came way back in 2009 if you exclude the low power S and T versions, or 2011 if you include S but not T versions.  And both S and T versions of chips would be dismissed out of hand as ridiculous for gaming desktops.
  
  To my eyes, it looks like an extra thin case, so it likely can't handle off-the-shelf replacement parts.  That, to me, makes a desktop a poor value unless you value the form factor very highly, or get it at a very deeply discounted price.
  
  I also wouldn't bet on the power supply or motherboard being especially nice since they don't tell you what they are.