Official PC which can comfortably use VR headset "Oculus Rift" "Oculus Ready PC" All models Summary

Finally the favorite of VR headset "Oculus RiftShipment will begin in March 2016. Prior to that, Oculus VR gave the certification "Official PC that satisfies the specification that can move Rift comfortably"Oculus Ready PCThe reservation acceptance of the reservation began, and a great Rift set model has also appeared.

Blog - Pre-orders for Oculus Ready PCs and Rift Bundles Start February 16
https://www.oculus.com/en-us/blog/pre-orders-for-oculus-ready-pcs-and-rift-bundles-start-february-16/

You can tell what kind of hardware the VR headset "Rift" is by looking at the following movies.

Oculus Rift Reveal - Step Into The Rift - YouTube


In order to use Rift comfortably, the graphic board is NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD R 9 290 or higher, CPU is Intel Core i 5 - 4590 or more, memory is 8 GB or more, HDMI 1.3 compatible, USB 3.0 3.0, OS is Windows 7 A PC with quite high performance, which is SP (64 bit) or later, is conditioned and it is becoming the first barrier to introduce Rift. The second barrier is Rift's own price of 599 dollars (88,300 yen in Japan, 94,600 yen with postage).


Therefore, for users who have suspicions about whether the PC currently being used corresponds to Rift, or who wants to enjoy Rift comfortably by all means "to be able to newly PC" at this time, Oclus VR Has released a certified PC "Oculus Ready PC" that meets specifications that Rift can comfortably enjoy in cooperation with a PC maker. It was announced that the release date became 8:00 on February 16, 2016 (1:00 am on 17th February of Japan time).


ASUSWhenDellIs the vendor Oculus Ready PC, the following five models.

◆ ASUS
·ROG G 20 CB


CPU:Intel Core i7-6700
GPU:NVIDIA GTX 980
memory:DDR 4 16 GB
storage:SSD (256 GB) + HDD (1 TB)
price:$ 1699 (about 195,000 yen)
PC price when setting Rift:$ 1599 (about 183,000 yen)

CPU:Intel Core i5-6400
GPU:NVIDIA GTX 970
memory:DDR 4 16 GB
storage:SSD (512 GB)
price:$ 1449 (about 166,000 yen)
PC price when setting Rift:$ 1349 (about 154,000 yen)

·G11 CD


CPU:Intel Core i5-6400
GPU:NVIDIA GTX 970
memory:DDR 4 8 GB
storage:HDD (1 TB)
price:$ 1049 (about 120,000 yen)
PC price when setting Rift:$ 949 (about 109,000 yen)

◆ Dell
·Alienware Area-51


CPU:Intel Core i7-5820K
GPU:NVIDIA GTX 980
memory:DDR 4 16 GB
storage:SSD (128 GB) + HDD (2 TB)
price:$ 2549 (about 292,000 yen)

Alienware Area - 51 that it took over 2 years to develop is such a machine.

·Alienware X51 R3


CPU:Intel Core i5-6400
GPU:NVIDIA GTX 980
memory:DDR 4 16 GB
storage:SSD (256 GB)
price:$ 1499 (about 172,000 yen)

CPU:Intel Core i5-6400
GPU:NVIDIA GTX 970
memory:DDR 4 8 GB
storage:HDD (1 TB)
price:$ 1199 (about 137,000 yen)
PC price when setting Rift:$ 999 (about 114,000 yen)

Alienware X51 R3 packed with high specifications in a slim tower type is such a machine.

·XPS 8900 Special Edition


CPU:Intel Core i5-6400
GPU:NVIDIA GTX 970
memory:DDR 4 8 GB
storage:HDD (1 TB)
price:$ 1199 (about 137,000 yen)
PC price when setting Rift:$ 999 (about 114,000 yen)

Oculus Ready PCAmazon.com,Microsoft Store,Best BuyIt is planned to be reserved for sale from February 17, 2016 (1 AM) at each shop, and those already booking Rift can also purchase at a reasonable set model price.


◆ 2016/03/22 13:20 Addendum
On Oculus' s support page, it is published that Oculus software needs to be installed in the specified folder of C drive. The folder that can be used for installation is "C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Oculus" only, and other folders will be dealt with in the future.

Can I install the Oculus Software to another drive or directory? | Oculus Help Center