My old PC is working pretty well for us, but now we want to buy an Oculus Rift and it’s craning it’s neck up gazing at the minimum requirements so time for an upgrade. Obviously I’d like to reuse as many components as possible.
Here are my specs:
Intel Core i5 2500K (1155 - The compatibility tool says it meets the minimum requirements but I’m not convinced.
Asustek P8P67 Pro - I’m guessing if the CPU goes, this goes as well?
8 GB DDR3 - will these work with a modern MB?
Nvidia Geforce GTX 750ti - this goes away
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB - please say this can stay
Samsung 103SJ 1TB - same
Assuming I only replace the GPU, will a new RTX 2060 fit in an older MB?
Should I expect any problems fitting a new motherboard into a 7 year old case. Hopefully these stayed more or less the same…
Thanks in advance all. There’s an 11 year old very keen on me building this as fast as possible :)
Scenario 1 - You only change GPU: the thing will be if you have sufficient power. One, the form factor is different plugs. Back in the day there were only those molex thingies and obsolete 3.5" plugs, and SATA power. Now there’s all these weirdo things just for video cards. I think there’s converters. But then you have to deal with rails and whatever.
So you need to figure out if PSU delivers enough power, as well as plugs. Seems to be a 160 watt card which is not awful. Your old card is 60 watts TDP.
Scenario 2, Motherboard replacement will physically fit, no changes. I think new MB means new ram new CPU, those standards change so quickly.
Personally I bought Gigabyte last year. I think because 1) dual BIOSes make me feel safe because once in 25 years I had a corrupted BIOS flashing. 2) i think they use solid capacitors so in theory more reliable. Don’t know if it’s marketing. 3) they tend to be pretty good about not using shitty noisy little fans.
But MSI, Asus are all solid choices. Asrock is more budget I believe.
edit: I would also consider looking at bundles and compare prices. Also because I’m lazy and a bundle means they know the RAM/CPU will work with that motherboard.
We’ll, I ended up replacing everything but the 2 harddrives. Finished building it and installing windows yesterday. Tried running Nier which my old PC was struggling with at low settings, and it runs smoothly with everything turned to 11.
Funny thing is it tried to run it in some 4k resolution, i couldn’t see what because the TV was displaying maybe a quarter of the screen. I need to find how to enable resolutions higher than 1080p.
Another snag was that i found that the GPU has only one HDMI output, which both the TV and Oculus need. There are 3 DP outputs, so I’ve ordered a DP to HDMI cable. Hopefully that will work.
