OC'd Phenom II 965 BE or FX-8350 for VR?

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I'm getting preped for VR and I'm wondering if my Phenom II 965 BE could manage. I've seen the AMD statement that their 6 or 8 core cpus with a minimum speed of 3.9GHz will be sufficient and i'm aware the 965 BE can be OC'd past 4.2GHz. So my question is can I get by with 4 cores or are the extra ones neccesary? (£50 fan upgrade or £270 Mobo/cpu upgrade?)

I currently run an Asus Strix GTX 980 GPU, MIS 790GX-G65 Mobo, 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaw DDR3 and a fairly generic 750W PSU (Evo Labs is the brand on it)

Thanks for any advice you're able to provide :)

*Edit* Should probably mention that I'm aiming for the HTC Vive, not the Rift.
 
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I would highly recommend a new processor. While the 965 is a strong processor from its time (I love mine) its not exactly VR ready.
You can always give it a shot and have the possibility of it working or maybe having to upgrade.
That being said, you should look at an intel platform if you really want a quality VR experience (which is something you need)
On a side note, you are heavily bottlenecking your 980, a 965@4GHz can barely manage a 760/960.
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I would highly recommend a new processor. While the 965 is a strong processor from its time (I love mine) its not exactly VR ready.
You can always give it a shot and have the possibility of it working or maybe having to upgrade.
That being said, you should look at an intel platform if you really want a quality VR experience (which is something you need)
On a side note, you are heavily bottlenecking your 980, a 965@4GHz can barely manage a 760/960.
 
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Thanks for the response :) I'm fairly sure I'm buying a new CPU/Mobo now, I had my eye on the FX-9590 (extreme but pretty cheap now, £160 from amazon) but I can't see a better intel cpu for better value. I plan to put it in either an Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 or a Asus Sabertooth 990FX/R2.0 but through all my searching I haven't found any "useful" information, mainly just people commenting on how hot it gets without propper cooling. As for the GPU, it was a very recent upgrade from a gtx570, though that would explain why I dont see much of an improvement XD
 
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Yeah you really have nothing to gain with the 980 over a 570 in the current rig. With a new processor you will easily notice the difference.
The issue with the 9590 is its just a factory OCed 8320, both of which are relatively weak for gaming. A locked i5 (6500) would be a great choice as you wont have to spend extra on cooling, you will have access to skylake (DDR4, M.2 SSDs etc), and it would offer you better performance.
 
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