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What are the best prebuilt PCs and laptops to use with an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive for VR?

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Best prebuilt PCs and laptops to use with an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive for VR	Price	RAM	CPU
39 CYBERPOWERPC Gamer Xtreme GXIVR8020A4	$719.99	8GB	Intel Core i5
38 MSI VR Ready GT62VR Dominator Pro-240	$1,598.00	32	Intel Core i7-7700HQ
-- Razer Blade Pro	$3999	32GB	Intel Core i7-6700HQ
-- Dell Inspiron 5675	$699	8GB	AMD Ryzen 5
-- Build your own PC	-	-	-

CYBERPOWERPC Gamer Xtreme GXIVR8020A4

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Great gaming performance for the price

The CYBERPOWERPC Gamer Xtreme GXIVR8020A4 uses an RX 580 as a GPU which provides great gaming performance, comparable to the GeForce GTX 1060 while costing much less. It manages to play most AAA games at ultra and at 1440p with great framerates. Battlefield 1 for example never went below 60 FPS at 1440p and ultra-high detail settings. See More

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Slow read/write processes

Even though it has a luxuriously large 1TB HDD, it's unfortunately very slow when opening, saving, or moving large files and it's easy to see why. The CYBERPOWERPC Gamer Xtreme GXIVR8020A4's HDD has a read speed of 190MB/s and writing speeds of 195MB/s this is quite slow compared to pre-builts that use SSDs capable of hitting read speeds of 500+MB/s and write speeds of 448MB/s. See More

Specs

CPU:Intel Core i5

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 580 4GB

Storage:1TB 7200rpm HDD

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Great performance for daily tasks

The 8GB of RAM and the Intel Core i5 are more than enough to complete daily tasks such as browsing the web, editing files, or streaming videos without any issues. See More

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No optical drive

Does not have an optical drive, although to be fair it's not really needed nowadays since games are installed using digital services like Steam or Origin. See More

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Great design

The Gamer GXIVR8020A4 uses an all-aluminum case that is colored black along the front and top, with air vents underlain by red lights. Tempered glass panels cover the sides and front which lets you view the inner components. See More

MSI VR Ready GT62VR Dominator Pro-240

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Excellent gaming performance

It goes without saying but the GTX 1070 handles most AAA games perfectly. Most games consistently hit 120+ FPS on high settings at 1080p. On ultra settings, most games average about 70+ FPS with the Witcher 3 for example reaching 82FPS. Like other GPUs that use the NVidia Pascal architecture, the GTX 1070, and by extension the GT62 Dominator Pro also supports VR gaming. See More

Top Con

Rather heavy

At around 6.4 pounds, it falls on the heavy camp for laptops. Even for gaming ones. See More

Specs

CPU:Intel Core i7-7700HQ

GPU:NVidia GeForce GTX 1070

Storage:256GB SSD + 1TB HDD

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Perfect cooling

Even under heavy use, the GT62 Dominator is cool enough to be kept safely and comfortably on your lap. See More

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The audio is not very loud

The speakers found in the GT62 Dominator Pro produce clear sound that's lacking in volume. See More

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Great build quality

Most of the laptop is made of brushed black aluminium with some chrome highlights. Overall, this is a very sturdy and durable laptop. See More

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Comes with some bloatware

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Excellent display

This laptop's display is beautiful. It reproduces 105.8% of the sRGB color gamut, beating the average of 91% for laptops at this price. The display is also extremely bright, averaging 301 nits, which means that you can easily take it and play outside during the day and the sun will not give you any trouble. The laptop also comes with a special software from MSI which lets users adjust their screen colour temperature. See More

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Excellent keyboard

This laptop's keyboard is the closest thing to a mechanical without it actually being a mechanical keyboard. Keys have a travel distance of 1.9mm and 66 grams of actuation force. It also goes without saying that the keyboard has a backlight that can be turned on and off. See More

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Lots of storage space

Comes with 1 TB HDD and 256GB SSD. See More

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Excellent design

The GT62 Dominator manages to straddle the line between elegance and the bulkiness gaming laptops are known for perfectly. On the back it has a pair of glossy red strips embedded into the black, aluminium-brushed case. The red accents on the all-black body are found throughout the laptop but without overdoing it, which helps giving this laptop a sleek look. See More

Razer Blade Pro

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Great gaming performance

While from the outside Blade Pro looks like an ordinary 17 inch laptop, it packs serious gaming laptop performance. It is because Razer has equipped this laptop with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 and one of the fastest mobile processors you can buy today. It can run almost any modern game in 4K resolution in high or maximum settings at upwards of 30 FPS. See More

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May need some time to getting used to the position of the touchpad

The touchpad is located on the right side of the keyboard, and can take some time to get used to. See More

Specs

CPU:Intel Core i7-6700HQ

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

Storage:Up to 2TB SSD

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One of the best displays on the market

The Razer Blade Pro has easily one of the best touchscreen displays that can be found in any laptop. The colors look accurate and vivid, as it covers 185% of the sRGB color gamut. Brightness goes beyond the industry average and can provide a very bright picture. The screen also supports NVIDIA G-Sync that helps eliminate screen tearing and smooths out movement. See More

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No 802.11ac support

The wireless network card does not support 802.11ac, a wireless standard with significant improvements over the previous 802.11n standard. See More

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Great build quality

The chassis is made from aluminium and is very solid, giving the feel of a premium laptop. See More

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Built to be portable

At 22mm thin, this is the thinnest laptop that has the NVIDIA GeForce 1080 and one of the thinnest gaming laptops overall. See More

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Uses an actual mechanical keyboard

Razer uses ultra-low profile mechanical switches in the Blade Pro, which replicate full-sized mechanical keyboards. While it certainly makes the familiar, though noisy, clicking noise and is stiffer than a Chiclet keyboard, the travel is still too shallow compared to a regular mechanical keyboard. See More

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Customizable RGB keyboard backlight

The keyboard’s RGB backlight can display 16.8 million colors on each key and the touchpad border. The included Synapse software lets you program the lights with different patterns and color profiles and is shareable to other Razer devices. See More

Dell Inspiron 5675

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Great gaming performance for the price

The Inspiron 5675 uses an RX 580 as a GPU which provides great gaming performance, comparable to the GeForce GTX 1060 while costing much less. It manages to play most AAA games at ultra and at 1440p with great framerates. Battlefield 1 for example never went below 60 FPS at 1440p and ultra-high detail settings. See More

Top Con

Not very easy to customize

While it's rather easy to open the case (you need to remove four screws), it's hard to feel welcome. Admittedly there's some space to make some expansions, like adding some extra RAM. But the Radeon RX 580 GPU is bolted in with a metal bracket and that requires a bit of extra patience to remove. The bracket itself is perfectly sized for the RX 580 GPU and might not work for a larger graphics card. See More

Specs

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 580

Storage:1TB HDD

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Plenty of ports

There's a wide array of ports available on this PC. The back has ix USB-A ports, an Ethernet port, five audio input/output jacks, a pair of PS/2 ports, and two HDMI and DisplayPorts. On the front there are four more USB-A ports, an SD Card reader, a headphone jack, and a single USB-C port. See More

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Slow read/write processes

Even though it has a luxuriously large 1TB HDD, it's unfortunately very slow when opening, saving, or moving large files and it's easy to see why. The Inspiron 5675's HDD has a read speed of 190MB/s and writing speeds of 195MB/s this is quite slow compared to pre-builts that use SSDs capable of hitting read speeds of 500+MB/s and write speeds of 448MB/s. See More

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Great understated design

The Dell Inspiron 5675 mixes a gaming rig design with a office-friendly look which surprisingly works. The case is made of metal shrouded in a silvery plastic shell and accented with angled vents that surround almost half of the case itself. Under the grills there's a bright blue light that looks great from all viewing angles. See More

Top Con

Daily performance could be a little better

The Inspiron 5675 uses an AMD Ryzen 5 as a CPU which unfortunately falls a bit behind as far as performance goes compared to Intel CPUs around this price. This is reflected even on third-party benchmarks such as the Geekbench score, where the Ryzen 5 scores 3377 points compared to Intel Core i5's 4500 score. All of this means that for day-to-day tasks like web browsing, editing files, etc. is kinda good but could have been better without increasing the price by much (if anything). See More

Build your own PC

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Cheaper than pre-built

Buying parts separately and then assembling them yourself can be up to two times as cheap as a pre-built with the same specs. This way, you can get something that meets the Oculus Rift recommended specs for about $1000. See More

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No dedicated tech support

If you run into problems, you might need to get help from a knowledgeable friend or online forums. Try Reddit. See More

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Easier than it seems

Every piece has its own unique place which can be figured out by looking at the shape. Sometimes cables are also color coded so you know where to connect them. In a way, it's similar to legos. See More

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More warranties

Each component has its own warranty, so you don't have to get a whole new machine if something goes wrong. See More

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Higher quality

Higher quality components, less likely to die after a year or two. See More

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