Needing Knowledgeable Input On PC Build

[speed-of-heat]

glad you are happy, word of warning, the more complex RGB software can have a really crappy effect on performance in DCS...  depends on the software nut it was certainly true of my corsair fans, i just set them on "blue" in BIOS and left them there... i would  get stutters every 0.5 second otherwise as the led software monitored changes to see if it needed to do something.

[rwbishUP]

@speed-of-heat no kidding? I knew RGB effects had a little performance draw, but always thought it would be completely negligible! I'm not a big RGB fan, but I couldn't help myself. And I wanted a higher performance case fan setup. I will setup a lighting profile for DCS, probably just to go dark. Thanks for the info. 

[SharpeXB]

I never had any trouble from my RGB software. Corsair iCUE

[speed-of-heat]

16 hours ago, rwbishUP said:

@speed-of-heat no kidding? I knew RGB effects had a little performance draw, but always thought it would be completely negligible! I'm not a big RGB fan, but I couldn't help myself. And I wanted a higher performance case fan setup. I will setup a lighting profile for DCS, probably just to go dark. Thanks for the info. 

not kidding, YMMV run it without run it with, see if you get any difference

[rwbishUP]

@speed-of-heat I tried it, it actually does use resource from the cpu. It's a small amount, and I can't feel it in play. But, still I'm not willing to give up any headspace for flashy lights. I set up profiles for DCS & XP to just kill all aesthetic effects on launch. 

In other news, I now have to replace my HOTAS! I use an x56  HOTAS, that I've heavily modded. I went ahead and grabbed the;

WINWING Orion2 StrikeAce EX Throttle Combo

WINWING Orion2 ViperAce(EX) w/ shaker Joystick Combo

I know there are mixed reviews and such, but the only HOTAS I have to compare it too, is my x56. And I know it's better than that, also had to factor in my budget and after doing comparisons, going over reviews and looking at my budget. I just went with all WinWing.

plan to upgrade rudder pedals later in the year, Lord willing I'm still kickin. Thoughts?

Edited May 30 by rwbishUP

[speed-of-heat]

good stick choices ... the winwing pedals are pretty solid as well, also MFG crosswinds, which i had before the started making pedals.

 

[rwbishUP]

So, I got my WINWING HOTAS and I love it.