'Oculus Ready' PC and headset bundle pre-orders start February 16

Facebook owned VR company, Oculus has announced that pre-orders for Oculus ready PC and Rift bundles will start February 16 8am pt. Oculus has partnered with ASUS, Dell and Alienware for the Oculus Ready PCs and Rift Bundles.

The PCs will be powered by Intel Core i5 and i7 processor and support either NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or GTX 980 graphics card. They come with 8GB or 16GB RAM and 1TB/2TB HDD, 128GB/256GB/512GB SSD storage options. All bundles will include an Oculus certified PC, the Rift headset, sensor remote, an Xbox One Controller, EVE: Valkyrie Founder's Pack, and Lucky's tale.

PCs and specs on offering with pricing

• Asus G11CD: Intel Core i5-6400, Nvidia GeForce GTX 970, 8GB of DDR4 RAM, 1TB hard drive—$1049, or $949 bundled with the Rift headset
• Asus ROG G20CB (model 1): Intel Core i5-6400, GTX 970, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, 512GB SSD—$1449, or $1349 bundled with the Rift headset
• Asus ROG G20CB (model 2): Intel Core i7-6700, GTX 980, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, 1TB hard drive—$1699, or $1599 bundled with the Rift headset
• Alienware Area 51: Intel Core i7-5820K, GTX 980, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, 128GB SSD, 2TB hard drive—$2549 
• Alienware X51 R3 (model 1): Intel Core i5-6400, GeForce GTX 970, 8GB of DDR4 RAM, 1TB hard drive—$1199, or $999 bundled with the Rift headset 
• Alienware X51 R3 (model 2): Intel Core i5-6400, GeForce GTX 980, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD—$1499 
• Dell XPS 8900 SE: Intel Core i5-6400, GTX 970, 8GB of DDR4 RAM, 1TB hard drive—$1199, or $999 bundled with the Rift headset

The Oculus ready PC and Rift bundle can be per-ordered from BestBuy, Amazon and Microsoft Store. The PCs will be shipped in limited quantities to select countries and region some time in April. Oculus is also offering discounts towards the purchase of a PC in select countries and regions, provided that you have already ordered the $599 Oculus Rift VR headset. This option will also appear on February 16.

Source | Via