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by VikingCoder 3765 days ago
You will need a full computer with at least a GTX 970 (or an AMD r9 290) and at least an i5-4950 (or maybe an AMD FX 8350). Here's [1] a good guide, but roughly $800 for just the machine.

Then you need keyboard, mouse, monitor, internet, power...

Then you need Windows 10 (roughly $100).

Then you need games, which you will probably get through Steam [2] or through Oculus [3].

That's on top of the ~ $600 for an Oculus Rift, or ~ $800 for an HTC Vive.

[1]: http://logicalincrements.com/articles/vrguide/

[2]: http://store.steampowered.com/search/#vrsupport=101

[3]: https://share.oculus.com