PC PC building & spec check

Discussion in 'Sim Racing Systems & Troubleshooting' started by KoAStR, Jul 23, 2011.

  1. beakeroo

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  2. PaulCox

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    Hi guy’s . Found a pc local for sale. Was wondering if it would run AC smoothly or not. It’s pretty cheep so I’m expecting not. And to start off it will be connected to a tv untill can afford a good widescreen.

    Mobo MSI B85-G43 Gaming
    Gpu- Sapphire R9 380x 4G
    Ram- 8g GSkill Sniper 1600mhz
    PSU- Corsair tx 850W ( non modular)
    CPU-I5 4440S 2.8ghz
    HDD-SSD 120D WD Green
    OS- windows pro 10
    New cool master case
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  3. beakeroo

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    Personally I'd say save the $$ for your own build mate, that's going to run like a PS4.
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  4. Rolz

    Rolz ACC Nutter Team Raceonoz Gold Member

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    yeah it seems to be a few yrs old... best save those few bucks for ur own build...
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    Thanks guys. Thought 600 was abit cheep
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    $600 for that is way over priced , its probably worth $100 .

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    that is about as cheap as you would want , will run Ac single screen fine , will also run most modern triple a titles on medium settings at 1080p
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    Thank you for the effort there mate. Much appreciated only about 100 more than the ps5. Looks the way to go. Could probably go up to 1100 at this point in time.
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    Unless you want it now wait until AMD releases its new stuff later this month.
    However if you want one now then spend the rest on the best graphics card you can , 5700xt or 2070 super if you can fit that in . If you want VR or Triple screens 2080 super is the minimum you would want . But by this time next month both of those cards will probably drop in price by quite bit as well as that cpu. Now is not really a great time to build a new pc from scratch. Its a bit like buying a brand new ps4 with the ps5 due out soon so not a lot of value in it atm.
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  9. beakeroo

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    Scored a 3080 Gigabyte Gaming OC, should be here tomorrow morning. Going to be a long day at work...
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    got a 404 with that link u shared :(
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    Ok got it working this time, that's it right now but I'm moving the radiator onto the front tonight and adding the new fans below to the top and adding a second nvme (pcie4 to go with the new mobo) I've also got an Aorus Master RTX 3080 coming. When that arrives I'll sell the gigabyte to get my $$ back on that.
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    Did you buy a 3080, then bought another 3080, to sell your first 3080?
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    a good video to watch if u haven't see already about radiator placement
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    I ordered at several places but only paid at one. I then got an email from a small store in Sydney that I'd ordered with saying that they had a different card available and so I paid for that and pulled the trigger but kinda regretted it after I thought about it a bit as I was leaning towards an Aorus build. So I'm left with a paid preorder at PLE for an Aorus Master. Looking at the scalping going on for these cards in confident that I can get my money back on what I paid for the gigabyte.
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    Hmmmm, so he's saying that mine is installed best as it is right now then though possibly better if I have the tubes at the bottom rather than the side of the pump. Well I guess I have to find somewhere to put these fans
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    So, I've just had two old laptops die in quick succession and had to get a replacement anyway, so figured I'll try out a gaming laptop. Ended up settling on the Dell G5 15 so hoping this will do for ACC and I'll probably also try out the original AC with modded content. Maybe some other titles in the future. For now will just be hooked up to 37" 1080p 60Hz screen I use for the PS4 so should run fine. It's not the beast of a desktop PC that I'd prefer, but probably more versatile and suitable for my needs now.

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    Dell G5 15, i7-10750H, RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6 Max-Q, 16GB DDR4-2933MHz, 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD, 15.6" 1920x1080 144Hz LCD
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    killer lappy, will do for sure
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    And the wife can sit on the couch, browse the net and play solitaire!
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    I can only dream. I’d love a chance to have crack at the PC version
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