Never mind, forgot that the processor landscape and the GPU landscape is so wide out there. Thoughts there would also be helpful!

 

WTB: iRacing sim starter set. There are so many options out there when trying to configure the proper Wheel/Pedals/Stand, I've decided to start small and learn a bit before going Mac Daddy on the whole thing. Does anyone have some basic stuff they will sell me cheap?

I finally upgraded my home computer to something with proper gaming capability, and ordered a Oculus Rift as my primary viewing device. Now, I need a basic wheel, pedals, and stand that I can get started with and pass along to the next newbee. I'm Ok with either 2 or 3 pedals as I run both manual and pdk on the track in real life.

Thanks, Matt

 

 

 

Micro Center rocks for building a custom PC. Their support people (most of them anyway) know what they are talking about and can build anything you want. They built our iRacing PC to spec and we have been very happy with it. I may be able to dig up the specs, but since it's now a couple years old, they may not be that relevant.

 

Yeah, that place is dangerous AF! ROFLs. Here is my haul; and I have the machine running now. Took longer than I expected, largely because it was difficult to see inside the case, and my hands are too large for this kind of thing. Installing OS now. Will post up full specs later. Probably overspent on video card, but I wanted this to last me for some time. May also use for sim flying too.

Now, I just got to get that dutch rig hardware I want!

 

Pm'd. Thanks!

 

Specs:
16 gig RAM
500 gig Solid State HDD
Intel l5-9600K Processor
nVidia RTX2080 Ti GPU/Card
ASUS Z390-H Mother Board
Windows 10 Home

Total 22: hundo. Do have one bad DIMM, so I will need to exchange. Machine build went pretty easy/well. Now, to somehow get on the fast track for that rig hardware from the Netherlands!

Thoughts on high speed 27 inch displays. I saw the non-IPS Asus at Microcenter I posted about earlier, seems slicker than ....

 

It's impossible to overdo it on graphics for iRacing -- as much graphics power as you have it will use. What's bizarre to me is that Gran Turismo 6 is about as rich as iRacing graphically and it will run effortlessly on a PS3 (which has not changed at all performance-wise since 2006 (the later PS3's were thinner, but had exact same CPU/graphics power)).

 

 

Wow that's a solid new rig you built. You really did go into the deep end.

Why triples over VR?

 

I have a G27 wheel, pedals, and shifter I would sell for 50% of retail if someone needs it

 

 

Ah. CV1 definitely a big improvement over the DK2, But I guess it also depends on what you didn't like about the DK2. There's also a couple new headsets on the market (open-source Vive based) which seem to be getting good reviews. I still don't think the overall support is there vs. the Rift but they are out there. And there's the new PiMax 5K, which has a much wider field-of-view too. To me... VR is so much ahead of triples.... but there are def folks who just don't like VR.

I think the hardware you selected will last a long time.