VR Ready Laptop Options - Oculus Rift and HTC Vive Compatible

For those who travel for work frequently or just don’t have a lot of space, a VR laptop might be the best option. I’ve discovered several laptops that can handle virtual reality and are compatible at the time of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. In this video I explore the Razer Blade Stealth $999 and Razer Core $499 but was concerned that I’d still need an external monitor and splitter to boot games since the GPU is completely separate…. and that also adds to the price so I’d be looking at $2k+ and end up with more boxes and wires than I really want. The same concerns arose when I began exploring external graphics card housings from Bizon $549 which might work with my MacBook Pro but realized I didn’t have enough USB 3.0 ports. Ultimately, I chose an MSI GT Series GT72S Dominator Pro G-041 because it offered the highest level gaming hardware without going to SLI (two graphics cards running in parallel) which does not seem to offer a significant boost or be VR optimized yet. Be careful to avoid GTX 980M graphics cards as they are not compatible with Oculus Rift.

The exact laptop I chose was open box and that concerned me because the fine print on Newegg says “Newegg only guarantees your receipt of the Open Box product with the purchase of this item. Any accessories MAY OR MAY NOT be included. Newegg will NOT send you any missing accessories, even if it is required to use all of the item's functions.” which meant I could be left without a power supply. To address this I hunted down individual PSU units and found the model I’d need for $150 which would take ~1 week to ship.

- VR Compatible Hardware on Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/VR
- MSI GT Laptops: https://gaming.msi.com/products/notebook/gt-series
- Oculus Rift Recommended PC Specifications: https://www.oculus.com/en-us/rift/
- Razer Blade Stealth and Core: http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-stealth
- BizonBox External Graphics for Mac: https://bizon-tech.com/us/bizonbox2-egpu.html
- MSI Replacement Power Supply (ADP-230W-PWD-USA): https://shop.msicomputer.com/app/storefront/ProductDetail.aspx?ID=1477

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