samuelp63

Well i think i'm off to a good start. Now trying to figure out the most efficient way to run both racing and flight simulator with a single setup. Bert with your vast knowledge in simulators i feel as if i'm inclined to ask, are you a pilot as well? Any input, again, would be appreciated. Thank you so much for your help. Sam

Am i overly limiting myself with 1080 monitors? It seems to be the industry standard. Thank you, Sam

here are the monitor i had in mind... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-ka271-27-led-fhd-monitor-black/6233410.p?skuId=6233410

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2080 8GB GDDR6 (OC Ready) + $200.00 NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2080 Ti GDDR6 (OC Ready) + $750.00 Can i get by and be happy with my current setup? We're talking iracing and simulator x over the next year or two.

So if i've understood everyone correctly this should get me by... Alienware AURORA R8 Alienware Aurora R8 Processor 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 9600K (6-Core/6-Thread, 9MB Cache, Overclocked up to 4.4GHz on all cores) Operating System Windows 10 Home 64bit English Video Card NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2070 8GB GDDR6 (OC Ready) Memory 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 at 2666MHz; up to 64GB (additional memory sold separately) Hard Drive 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD (Boot) + 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage) Chassis Options Alienware 850 Watt Power Supply with High Performance Liquid Cooling CD ROM/DVD ROM No Optical Drive Wireless Killer™ AX1650 2x2 802.11ax Wi-Fi Wireless + Bluetooth 5.0 Keyboard Multi-Media Keyboard Mouse Optical Mouse Cable US Power Cord Driver Wireless Driver for Killer 1650X Diagnostic CD / Diskette No Resource DVD Miscellaneous $200 Promo Visa® Prepaid Card Included* Optical Software No Optical Software Required Label Regulatory Label Documentation/Disks Safety/Environment and Regulatory Guide (English/French Multi-language) Placemat Quick Start Guide Retail Software Dell.com Order Retail Packing Label Dell.com Order Packaging Shipping Material Processor Branding Intel® Core ™ i5 Processor Label Additional Software Additional Software FGA No FGA Games Thank you for Choosing Dell Service 1 Year Hardware Warranty with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) Microsoft Office 30 Day Trial McAfee Live Safe No Anti-virus Requested I've also got three 27" Acer gaming monitors, Logitech mouse and keyboard for $600. I'll need yoke, rudder controls for flying, as well as Wheel and pedals for racing. Any way to have them both set up at the same time and just move out of the way for different simulators? I also do find a lot of extra value to having a completed unit show up at my front door. I'm terrified to mess this up the first time around and would rather pay the additional cost for a little closer to a guarantee. thank you for everyones help.

Here's what i've come up with... please let me know your thoughts. 3x https://www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-ka271-27-led-fhd-monitor-black/6233410.p?skuId=6233410 PC: Alienware AURORA R8 Alienware Aurora R8 Processor 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 9600K (6-Core/6-Thread, 9MB Cache, Overclocked up to 4.4GHz on all cores) Operating System Windows 10 Home 64bit English Video Card NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2060 6GB GDDR6 Memory 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 at 2666MHz; up to 64GB (additional memory sold separately) Hard Drive 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD (Boot) + 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage) Chassis Options Alienware™ 460 Watt Power Supply with High Performance Liquid Cooling CD ROM/DVD ROM No Optical Drive Wireless Killer™ AX1650 (2x2) built on Intel WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0 Keyboard Multi-Media Keyboard Mouse Optical Mouse Cable US Power Cord Driver Wireless Driver for Killer 1650X Diagnostic CD / Diskette No Resource DVD Miscellaneous $200 Promo Visa® Prepaid Card Included* Optical Software No Optical Software Required Label Regulatory Label Documentation/Disks Safety/Environment and Regulatory Guide (English/French Multi-language) Placemat Quick Start Guide Retail Software Dell.com Order Retail Packing Label Dell.com Order Packaging Shipping Material Processor Branding Intel® Core ™ i5 Processor Label Additional Software Additional Software FGA No FGA Item Total: $1,444.99

That is killer info. Thank you so much. Sam

This is kind of what i had in mind... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-pavilion-desktop-intel-core-i7-16gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-128gb-solid-state-drive-natural-silver-brushed-hairline-pattern/6221038.p?skuId=6221038

Thank you Bert. I'm a GA pilot and will stay as such.... now don't get me wrong, i'd love to simulate some 747 and citation flights as well for fun... but as far as training goes, All GA 172/182/Mooney. 6 pack with a G430, engine monitoring, glide slope, etc. No G1000 experience as of yet and not anticipated in the near future. I apologize, i'm not family with FSX vs P3D. Furthermore, I'm open to spending more. I've had my eye on the Gleim complete set, but would have to add the racing controls in addition to the already, or atleast what i thought was, steep asking price. I assumed i could piece it together more cost effectively and hopefully with better hardware. Thank you again, Sam

Good afternoon all. I'm a 100 hour private pilot and avid gamer as well. I'm about to start my instrument training and would like to set up a simulator both for fun and training. I'd also like to set up the PC for iracing (or similar racing platform). Please keep in mind i'm brand new to this. I'd like to have a complete set for 2k or less ideally... including 3 monitors, PC, wheel/yoke, pedals/controls, etc. It may be far fetched, again i'm new to this and a little out of touch. I don't mind building my own PVC rig if need be... although purchasing a complete setup would definitely be an added bonus. I did go on to Bestbuy and find a few CPU's that seem to meet all the specs required for under $750... HP, IBUYPOWER, Cyberpowerpc... etc. Again, any and all insight would be appreciated. Thank you, Sam