JSal16 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Morning - I'm going to be that guy and ask those questions (thanks in advance!): I'm brand new to this space and passionate about flying. I've been looking forward to entering this space and have been slowly planning and gathering hardware to jump in. I will be a casual gamer but want to make my time and $$ worth it. I'm going to use my Oculus Quest 2 VR Headset and I'm considering the following PC. Any tips, tricks, suggestions, etc are welcomed as I take the next and big $$ step: PC I'm considering: Apex: The Sidewinder Customized: Growling Sidewinder Sidewinder CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 CPU Cooler: Stock AMD CPU Cooler Motherboard: AsRock B450M-HDV RAM: 16GB DDR4-3600 (Non-RGB) (Highly Recommended) GPU: NVidia GeForce RTX™ 3060 SSD: 500GB SATA SSD (Up to 500 MB/S) Power Supply: 450W/500W 80+ Power Supply (EVGA, Corsair, Apex) Operating System: Windows 11 Home I also have the Thrustmaster T16000M FCS Flight Pack (Windows) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverdevil Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 5 minutes ago, JSal16 said: Morning - I'm going to be that guy and ask those questions (thanks in advance!): I'm brand new to this space and passionate about flying. I've been looking forward to entering this space and have been slowly planning and gathering hardware to jump in. I will be a casual gamer but want to make my time and $$ worth it. I'm going to use my Oculus Quest 2 VR Headset and I'm considering the following PC. Any tips, tricks, suggestions, etc are welcomed as I take the next and big $$ step: PC I'm considering: Apex: The Sidewinder Customized: Growling Sidewinder Sidewinder CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 CPU Cooler: Stock AMD CPU Cooler Motherboard: AsRock B450M-HDV RAM: 16GB DDR4-3600 (Non-RGB) (Highly Recommended) GPU: NVidia GeForce RTX™ 3060 SSD: 500GB SATA SSD (Up to 500 MB/S) Power Supply: 450W/500W 80+ Power Supply (EVGA, Corsair, Apex) Operating System: Windows 11 Home I also have the Thrustmaster T16000M FCS Flight Pack (Windows) two suggestions. get at least 32 RAM (64 better) and larger PSU. later on when you decide on another GFX card it will help. 3060 is good but could be better. 1 AKA_SilverDevil AKA Forums My YouTube “It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” — Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverdevil Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Quote Apex Custom Build Apex Build CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 6-Core 3.9 GHz | $130 CPU Cooler: Apex 120MM AIO Liquid Cooler Motherboard: ASUS A520M-K (AMD) RAM: 32GB DDR4-3600 (Non RGB) | $139 GPU: NVidia GeForce RTX™ 3060 | $280 SSD: 512GB NVMe SSD | $55 Secondary SSD: No Thanks! Hard Drive: No Thanks! Power Supply: 750W 80+ Gold Power Supply (EVGA, Corsair, Apex) | $99 Wireless Card: No Thanks! Bluetooth Capability: No Bluetooth Capability Operating System: Windows 11 Home Bundle and Save Peripherals: No Thanks! Case: Cooler Master TD500 White Bundle and Save Bluetooth and WiFi: No Thanks! Mouse: No Thanks! Keyboard: No Thanks! Headset: No Thanks! Monitor: No Thanks! Case Fans: Full Front and Back Apex High Performance Fans RGB Lights: No Thanks! Power Supply Cables: No Thanks! Overclocking: No Thanks! Anti-Virus: No Anti Virus Labor Warranty: Lifetime Labor Warranty Hardware Warranty: 1 Year Hardware Warranty Thermal Paste: No Thanks! Support Service: Standard Support Service Microsoft Office: No Office Software AKA_SilverDevil AKA Forums My YouTube “It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” — Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSal16 Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 6 minutes ago, silverdevil said: I appreciate the advice and the recommended specs/machine. Thank you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverdevil Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 5 minutes ago, JSal16 said: I appreciate the advice and the recommended specs/machine. Thank you! no problem. always glad to help. come back if you have questions. DCS is great. it takes time to learn and good gear to run it. AKA_SilverDevil AKA Forums My YouTube “It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” — Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSal16 Posted August 16, 2022 Author Share Posted August 16, 2022 I'm still doing some shopping and would love anyone's opinion on the following: https://deals.dell.com/en-us/productdetail/f48a Processor AMD® Ryzen™ 7 5800 (36 MB total cache, 8 cores, 16 threads, up to 4.60 GHz Max Boost Clock) Operating System Windows 11 Home, English Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060 Ti, 8 GB GDDR6, LHR, 3 DP, HDMI Hard Drive 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD (Boot) + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage) Memoryi 16 GB, 1 x 16 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, XMP Wireless Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 5.1 Case Dark Side of the Moon chassis with High-Performance CPU Liquid Cooling and 1000W Power Supply Microsoft Office No Microsoft Office Included Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXsenna Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 1 hour ago, JSal16 said: I'm still doing some shopping and would love anyone's opinion on the following: https://deals.dell.com/en-us/productdetail/f48a Processor AMD® Ryzen™ 7 5800 (36 MB total cache, 8 cores, 16 threads, up to 4.60 GHz Max Boost Clock) Operating System Windows 11 Home, English Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060 Ti, 8 GB GDDR6, LHR, 3 DP, HDMI Hard Drive 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD (Boot) + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage) Memoryi 16 GB, 1 x 16 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, XMP Wireless Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 5.1 Case Dark Side of the Moon chassis with High-Performance CPU Liquid Cooling and 1000W Power Supply Microsoft Office No Microsoft Office Included Get 2GB as minimum for storage. You can split it up and have 512 GB as your boot drive with Windows and AT LEAST 1TB for DCS/games. But seriously forget about spinning drives unless for a storage server/NAS with redundancy. No less than 32GB of RAM. And if possible get Windows Pro, not Home. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSal16 Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 Thank you for the tips! I'll be a casual gamer at best, do you still think this (will bump it to 32gb) will be ok? Or am I completely barking up the wrong tree? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXsenna Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 38 minutes ago, JSal16 said: Thank you for the tips! I'll be a casual gamer at best, do you still think this (will bump it to 32gb) will be ok? Or am I completely barking up the wrong tree? Others can answer more clearly about the CPU and GPU. I've kinda lost track of that until I'll get a new computer myself. As for what I answered on, it comes from experience, and DCS had really started to like 32 Gigs of RAM. When I build mine, I'll at least go for 64GB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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