Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
The first question I'd ask would be with regards to the monitor/TV and the resolution that you'll be outputting to. What you pick here will go a lot towards your requirements for a graphics card and from that, the CPU and memory to do it justice. It's quite easy to get a cheap CPU being a bottleneck for a comparatively much more powerful graphics card. The likes of Assetto Corsa Competizione are quite CPU demanding and with a low-spec processor, you'll be reducing the overall quality of the game just to maintain a smooth experience.Looking for some advice from the PC experts
Potentially looking at getting a decent PC for sim racing mainly, Iracing etc
Doesn't need to be super amazing spec, On a budget and been looking at something second hand tbh
What sort of basic spec would one require, Not touched a PC in about 10 years due to macbook so pretty clueless [emoji23]
Haply with older stuff if it works
Started on iRacing tonight, tried it many moons ago and I don't think I got out of rookie. Following the advice of some YouTube channels I've had 2 races so far and have done qualifying, then just started from the pits to make sure nobody ruins my safety rating thing
First race I finished 4th.. was carnage. Second race I think I was 10th out of 11th and didn't see anyone aside from 1-9 maybe who all came past me
It's pretty fun though, even finishing near enough last. Qualified 7th then 8th. My lines are all wrong on some of the corners but I'm getting there. Still trying to get a feel for the MX-5 and the track, and my wheel isn't the best (Still rocking a Driving Force GT!)
Sounds dead - could even be that the heads are scraping away at the disc platters as you're trying to access them. You can send drives off for professional recovery - but they are extremely expensive - the last one we used was over £1k for one corrupted hard drive. That said, there was only three JPG images from the entire hard drive that they couldn't recover.It arrived today and managed to get into 2 hard drives (full of absolute shite)
The 3rd just clicks really loud, pings on my laptop as F then disappears. If I click on it when it's up it crashes the folder and then comes up with Parameter not accessible. Is it fucked then? Or is there any way of changing parts over from the one that works with them being mechanical drives?
If you're happy to focus more on the 'racing' part of well, erm... racing - I'd definitely recommend checking out Assetto Corsa Competizione. It lacks cars with it being focused on one racing series and as a knock-on, circuits also.What sort of money is iracing? Hear mixed reports online. Currently enjoy Assetto Corsa. Just bought a new PC to benefit from the extra DLC as opposed to xbox content.
I can't even remember what was on them. Not sure if it's just the OS drive which could possibly explain why it wasn't booting up when I set it up the other day.Sounds dead - could even be that the heads are scraping away at the disc platters as you're trying to access them. You can send drives off for professional recovery - but they are extremely expensive - the last one we used was over £1k for one corrupted hard drive. That said, there was only three JPG images from the entire hard drive that they couldn't recover.
Depends on just how valuable the drive contents are to you, I guess?
Love it mate - real nice setup.In an amazing piece of pre-lockdown luck, I gave my study a once over and went for the twin desk wide setup too. In common with SharkyUK, I also have a sofa bed, TV and FreeSat so I really can just let wife/daughters have the run of the rest of the house and live in here
I do prefer to spec and build my own but have used both of these without issue on behalf of family and friends...can anyone recommend a reputable PC supplier i can have a look at?
Every day and night pretty much. I do like to keep it tidy though as it helps me concentrate. Too much clutter and it winds me up!Look at those home setups, so neat, do you ever actually use them? 😂
Hi, I recently bought a setup from box.co.uk. I found it to be cheaper than anywhere else.Noob question pros!
getting the little’uns play room sorted but with a cheeky PC desk area.
The last time i built my PC (with some help from CS.) around 2008 ish.
this time i just want to buy a PC made and ready to go.
gaming wise I only really play(ed) RTS or city building/FM so nothing mega graphic heavy. Main thing will prob be the C&C remastered (mega C&C geek here)
i only wanted one screen at the moment due to space and nothing massive.
can anyone recommend a reputable PC supplier i can have a look at?
budget wise i don’t want to spend crazy money as the mrs is already raising her eyebrows. £600-800 ish then say a cheaper monitor for around £100?
any advice much appreciated.
Oh one last thing... don’t really want a massive tower, something a bit more compact would be great as space not great. Appreciate this might be tricky though.
The home office is almost complete. I'm just awaiting the arrival of my new chair (thanks @Darren S) and, once the ceiling has dried following the recent leak, the new lighting system and repainting of said ceiling.
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I'm really happy with how this room has turned out and the sofa/bed means I hardly ever have to leave now! It's an arrangement that suits both myself and my good lady! The section of the room behind the double doors is currently housing filing cabinets, books and goodness knows what else but the plan is to potentially make that into a dedicated sim/vr area. Maybe.
Look at those home setups, so neat, do you ever actually use them? 😂
Absolutely correct, sir. I have a few as they never seem to breakdown or fail. The one in the photo is about 19 years old!Is that a cheeky intelli mouse I see?
I bought my lad one for Xmas from these, pretty good service, and had a good range to choose from :-Noob question pros!
getting the little’uns play room sorted but with a cheeky PC desk area.
The last time i built my PC (with some help from CS.) around 2008 ish.
this time i just want to buy a PC made and ready to go.
gaming wise I only really play(ed) RTS or city building/FM so nothing mega graphic heavy. Main thing will prob be the C&C remastered (mega C&C geek here)
i only wanted one screen at the moment due to space and nothing massive.
can anyone recommend a reputable PC supplier i can have a look at?
budget wise i don’t want to spend crazy money as the mrs is already raising her eyebrows. £600-800 ish then say a cheaper monitor for around £100?
any advice much appreciated.
Oh one last thing... don’t really want a massive tower, something a bit more compact would be great as space not great. Appreciate this might be tricky though.
Be 3x what is wanting to be spent. Lol.Think @Typhoon is selling his setup which could be good for you?
I'm almost done on mine, some parts i did end up changing. I have only fired it up just to make sure fans and lighting worked, I'm still waiting for RAM which will be this week! I have never done RGB, in fact it's the first PC build in ages and tidying the additional wires was a bit of a pain. Apart from that its reasonably tidy, but I would like some custom cables and to re do it at some point. I will post better pictures once it's up and running fully
Full spec list
AMD Ryzen 3700x
Corsair Vengeance RGB 3600mhz CL18
MSI B450 Tomahawk Max
Coolermaster ML360R
3 x Coolermaster MF120
Lian Li O11 Dynamic
1TB Samsung 970 Evo nvme ssd
4TB WD Black 7200 HDD
Seasonic Focus 750 GX PSU
Gigabyte Gaming OC 2070 Super
Asus ROG Strix XG279Q
Logitech G502 Hero wired
Corsair K70 MK2 RGB
Steel series thick desk mat
Will need a new desk and a chair next and I'm sure there will be tweaks as we go. Will be OC the GPU and look at the memory and CPU as well once I'm familiar. Let me know what you think!
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Lian Li - nice!Think @Typhoon is selling his setup which could be good for you?
I'm almost done on mine, some parts i did end up changing. I have only fired it up just to make sure fans and lighting worked, I'm still waiting for RAM which will be this week! I have never done RGB, in fact it's the first PC build in ages and tidying the additional wires was a bit of a pain. Apart from that its reasonably tidy, but I would like some custom cables and to re do it at some point. I will post better pictures once it's up and running fully
Full spec list
AMD Ryzen 3700x
Corsair Vengeance RGB 3600mhz CL18
MSI B450 Tomahawk Max
Coolermaster ML360R
3 x Coolermaster MF120
Lian Li O11 Dynamic
1TB Samsung 970 Evo nvme ssd
4TB WD Black 7200 HDD
Seasonic Focus 750 GX PSU
Gigabyte Gaming OC 2070 Super
Asus ROG Strix XG279Q
Logitech G502 Hero wired
Corsair K70 MK2 RGB
Steel series thick desk mat
Will need a new desk and a chair next and I'm sure there will be tweaks as we go. Will be OC the GPU and look at the memory and CPU as well once I'm familiar. Let me know what you think!
What temps are you getting? I’ve never looked too closely but will check them out this afternoon when I’m doing a bit of gaming.Not sure if anyone else has ryzen, but even idle temps are high on these chips! Might need to mess with voltages
What temps are you getting? I’ve never looked too closely but will check them out this afternoon when I’m doing a bit of gaming.
OK mine is showing similar, but after 90 minutes F1 2019 racing which is pretty demanding it was sitting around 62. That was mesaured using corsair icue.Idling you can get 45 degrees easy, but AMD say the monitoring software is causing this. So I'm not using it and set to amd ryzen balanced and using ryzen master atm.
OK mine is showing similar, but after 90 minutes F1 2019 racing which is pretty demanding it was sitting around 62. That was mesaured using corsair icue.
Interestingly ryzen master is showing consistently 4 degree lower