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Sim Rigs - Let’s see yours
- Thread starter Waitey
- Start date
OK, so with no idea what I was doing I've come up with this.
Good start?
Good start?
Daz...
ClioSport Club Member
Inferno 182 Cup
Sack off the £100+ for windows, that can be had for next to nothing.
I’d be looking at 32GB RAM and going up to 2TB for storage. The Crucial P3 Plus range are good value.
You don’t really need the AIO cooler, a decent air cooler would be more than adequate. But that depends on how many flashy lights you want in it.
Clio 182
Why are you buying two of the same drive but different capacities? Just buy one that's bigger. You really don't need separate drives for OS and storage, that was only applicable when people were still using spinning discs for storage and SSDs were really expensive.
Old school init. Always keep your apps separate from your OS.
So no performance advantage of having two?
charltjr
ClioSport Club Member
Not really, no. Since everything has gone SSD it’s not a concern. I mean, I’m sure there’s a measurable difference somewhere but it’s absolutely minute.
Clio 182
Not these days. I'm still using multiple drives that I've carried over from previous builds, but if I was building from scratch I'd just get one high capacity NVME SSD and call it a day.
andybond
ClioSport Club Member
Marginal yet not noticeable unless you are maxing your read / write consistently.
Not worth the hassle tbh
SharkyUK
ClioSport Club Member
@mace¬ ,
I have a considerably better and beefier PSU (Corsair Plus AXi 860 Platinum, fully modular) that I have sat collecting dust on my shelf. Well, it's in immaculate condition in its original packaging so not collecting dust as such... I'd be willing to do you a good deal on that if you are interested.
Cheers.
Clio 182
Yeah but surely you'd buy the biggest you could afford, and then buy another when you've run out of space on it. Why waste both slots on tiny drives?
Daz...
ClioSport Club Member
Inferno 182 Cup
I’ve got 1TB and 2TB drives in mine.
I’m the sort that likes to tinker so it makes sense to keep one drive as storage.
Will drop you a PM when I have the resources in place and I decide to pull the trigger.@mace¬ ,
I have a considerably better and beefier PSU (Corsair Plus AXi 860 Platinum, fully modular) that I have sat collecting dust on my shelf. Well, it's in immaculate condition in its original packaging so not collecting dust as such... I'd be willing to do you a good deal on that if you are interested.
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Cheers.
Top man.
Clio 182
Where's the storage? 🤣 I've got a 4Tb drive of just games lol
Daz...
ClioSport Club Member
Inferno 182 Cup
I have an older 1TB SSD too, but sod having 4TB of games downloaded.
So its at 181 days now, no response from my last 3 messages to Fanatec customer service. Last email received form them was the 12th January.
UPS have said they are awaiting details from the shipper before they can process my claim.
Not sure whats going on with their forum but whenever I post on my original thread it never appears.
Anyone else see it?
forum.fanatec.com
UPS have said they are awaiting details from the shipper before they can process my claim.
Not sure whats going on with their forum but whenever I post on my original thread it never appears.
Anyone else see it?
Order - Day 132 and counting.....
It has been 132 days since I placed my order, 29th August 2023 12:31 to be precise and still don't have everything.
Clio 182
I can see your latest post from about 10 minutes agoSo its at 181 days now, no response from my last 3 messages to Fanatec customer service. Last email received form them was the 12th January.
UPS have said they are awaiting details from the shipper before they can process my claim.
Not sure whats going on with their forum but whenever I post on my original thread it never appears.
Anyone else see it?
Order - Day 132 and counting.....
It has been 132 days since I placed my order, 29th August 2023 12:31 to be precise and still don't have everything.
Can you see it on the forum though?I can see your latest post from about 10 minutes ago
General Discussion / News and Announcements
Fanatec news and announcements, general discussion topics, product reviews...
That is where it should be.
Clio 182
I can only see it if I search for itCan you see it on the forum though?
General Discussion / News and Announcements
Fanatec news and announcements, general discussion topics, product reviews...
That is where it should be.
Hidden then I guess.
I'll just start spamming everyone else's threads I think.
Might even try this social media thing if I can figure out how it works.
Have a look through their forum on their website. Terrible.
People just getting orders with random things in boxes or nothing at all.
Starlet_gt
ClioSport Club Member
VW T5.1
Their forum is enough to put me off ordering from them. Seems to be a complete lottery.
I just looked back over the payment I made in Aug 23.
It was done via PayPal with my debit card.
Don't think there is anything I can do now.
Heez
ClioSport Club Member
Superleggera'd Bean
Raise it with PayPal, they might be able to do something. Forget how long you have though
120 days,
Bank said they'll just raise it with PayPal so should probably try paypal first.
Been on the phones to try and speak to someone at paypal to explain the situation and all I get is some automated prick who tells me to raise a dispute online and then hangs up. I can't raise a dispute as its over 120 days. Anyone know the best way to talk to someone at paypal?
Going to sit down and apply for a job at Fanatec tonight, got some customer service ones and see if I can get an interview. Try that.
Matt Cup
ClioSport Club Member
Leon Cupra
Get a job, refund yourself, quit.
Where would the fun be in that.
Place your orders here......
Will do as many as I can for free until I'm fired.
Heez
ClioSport Club Member
Superleggera'd Bean
Just checked my own PayPal as I was sure it was more than 120 days, I can raise a dispute on something 30th of August but not the 25th of August 👎 only has options to contact seller
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
And that's where Paypal completely and utterly fails beyond comprehension.
They do not listen. They do not try to help. They do not offer realistic choices.
I would rather deal with Fanatec for another 5 years than to speak to Paypal for the next 5 days. They retained over £30k of my work's funds due to THEIR fcuk-up - and even with documented proof, they simply ignored every correspondence.
After 180 days - we got the money back. But they would do nothing prior to that.
I've had a moment of weakness.
A Moza R9 V2 and ES wheel are on preorder from OCUK. Would have bought direct but they wanted £130 in shipping. I'll keep using the Logitech shifter and (modified with a trubrake) pedals though for now.
Been wanting to go DD forever and was going to go CSL DD but Mace's experiences have put me totally off. I know the Moza has some issues with overheating on long runs (but only some units?) but I'll never get the opportunity to drive that long anyway.
A Moza R9 V2 and ES wheel are on preorder from OCUK. Would have bought direct but they wanted £130 in shipping. I'll keep using the Logitech shifter and (modified with a trubrake) pedals though for now.
Been wanting to go DD forever and was going to go CSL DD but Mace's experiences have put me totally off. I know the Moza has some issues with overheating on long runs (but only some units?) but I'll never get the opportunity to drive that long anyway.
Matt Cup
ClioSport Club Member
Leon Cupra
@mace¬
Something to possibly consider? Least it’s in the UK.
fanatec csl dd 8Nm Sim Racing Xbox PC | eBay
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;"> Fanatec CSL DD 8 Nm racing wheel base Designed for PC and Xbox .</p> <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">Bought 5 months ago and in perfect condition still within warranty comes in original box's </p>
www.ebay.co.uk
Something to possibly consider? Least it’s in the UK.
Nice one. Watching that now.@mace¬
fanatec csl dd 8Nm Sim Racing Xbox PC | eBay
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;"> Fanatec CSL DD 8 Nm racing wheel base Designed for PC and Xbox .</p> <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">Bought 5 months ago and in perfect condition still within warranty comes in original box's </p>www.ebay.co.uk
Something to possibly consider? Least it’s in the UK.
That is all I'm after. Comes with a bit of warranty as well, although don't know if that is transferrable.
Matt Cup
ClioSport Club Member
Leon Cupra
They are fairly local to me too. So if you needed someone to collect it so you can arrange a courier from mine I’d be happy to help.
