Recent content by OcelotRex

I would avoid smart TVs and get a new Roku 2 or 3. Set Top boxes perform better than most smart TVs and Roku has the best selection of apps over other STBs for most people. The apple TV and Fire TV are good if you're heavily invested in Apple or Amazon's ecosystem but for most the Roku is more...

The Oculus Rift + Virtuix Omni+ motion controllers + Augmented Reality = the wet dream of gaming. Keeping everything around $500 total would be paramount for these technologies to take off. I'm interested in the Rift to replace my HDTV as the main screen for gaming.

To me this is would be a better build: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($220.98 @ Newegg) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: ASRock...

Here's a $1,000 build that will slaughter Skryrim. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($216.99 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)...

There's also the fact that the Xbox 360 was designed in 2005 and uses pretty much the same hardware only more efficient. You are buying a gaming machine designed in the early 2000's. I don't have my Skyrim Box on me so I am not sure if it is a true 1080p game but a lot of Xbox 360 and PS3 game...