Golf Simulator PC

Dobbo207

Dobbo207

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I am looking for some help in building a PC to drive a Golf simulator using GC2 products.

The Spec is very unclear it needs to be water cooled and have the best graphics cards, I am not at all technical and the company are being very cagey about the full spec needed.
 
@Dobbo207 Hi and welcome to the forums

Firstly, no gaming/sim pc needs to be water-cooled - many are but it is by no means necessary. A good air cooler will do the job just fine.

A quick google (link - https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum/foresight-sports/163498-pc-specs-for-fsx-2018 ) shows that pretty much any decent gaming spec pc will do so really you'll have to decide on a budget and whether you want a pre-built system or build it yourself. Building yourself will get you more for your money and we'll all help if you need it.
 
Many thanks for your help, very useful indeed.

I guess I will buy one already built to make life easy, if you could recommend one and where to buy it I would really appreciate it.
 
Again, this depends on the amount you have to spend as £2000 gets you a very different machine than £700. Will you also require a monitor? Keyboard/mouse?
 
Here's a build to think about. Keyboards and mice are subjective but there's enough left in the budget for you to select ones that fit your needs best. You could also edit the configuration to add wifi if needed

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,363.08 (includes shipping: £23.10)
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@orbitalwalsh will be along soon with a few more ideas for you I'm sure :)
 
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Dobbo207 said:
Hi again,

I noticed in the link you provided that the system should not use AMD, I had a little go at building my own from the OCUK site but was wandering if this is actually a good price for this spec or if i have chosen some subpar parts that could be improved.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/tita...!MHf1.5ySiR1y~yTfm1V2;TQf1#V*bnTm2x@5bqCF2V)5

Thanks again for the help.
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avoid, its old tech !

Find it odd mentioning about AMD GPU's, only thing I can think of is driver wise, AMD havent supported or as much as NVidia . In theory @ExRayTed machine is a powerhouse!

***okay, found out, its been built to use NVidia from the ground up. Guessing when its patched for Turing GPUs, it'll take advantage of Tensor cores as well as Ray Tracing which would make the game look bloody incredible ! might have to get my old man and uncle into this!

Which GC2 product are you using as well ?

https://foresightsports.eu/gc2/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIh4HYgdmS4AIVB5ztCh1fEAIiEAAYASAAEgJV_fD_BwE

QC Quad with 4 cams, USB C looks like it'll hold a lot of telemetry data

https://foresightsports.eu/gcquad/

is this also for personal use or business wise ?

also is the Golf Sim FSX 2018 or a different one ?

https://foresightsports.eu/play/

your budget should allow RTX 2070 and with a screen... get a BIGGER sized one! unless again you'll be using projection and monitor is just as a user interface etc
 
This will be for personal use but by staff members and probably some visitors too, i would like it to run smoothly as we have a lot of competent golfers that would like to improve their game.

it will have 4 cams in the room seperately but its not the QC quad with 4 cams. (edit-sorry it will be the GC2+HMT)

it will be for 2014 software but will be wanting to upgrade that in the future so if it was 2018 proof we should be golden.

we will have a projector and a monitor for some information

as my build was using old tech what would you recommend i changed so i would be using better more modern parts
 
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Will.spec one in the morning, but sure others will post up in mean time

As this is almost work critical and needs to be an eye catcher with performance as well as reliability , I'd recommend Gigabyte and Corsair for parts .

Corsair rep on here @Corsair Nick has confirmed that their RMA is basically, replace the faulty unit with a brand new one ! Instead of repairing :)

Gigabyte also is UK based RMA and rep support
 
Pushing pure power.. I have a feeling g the projector will be 1080p ?

Using Nvidia Geforce Experience , try to push in game rendering for 1440p to display at 1080p . In a nut sshell will render 1440p quality to 1080p screen to sharper details. Turn every in game detail to max !
Intel is faster then ryzen at 1080p , with a powerful GPU, you'd want a fast Intel core . To save from overclocking and fussing, just enable MCE in bios and motherboard will run the CPU as fast as it can .
SSD for fast OS and game loading .
Quiet case, non flashy unless you want that sort of thing . Also WiFi card if needs be, if not remove

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,444.43 (includes shipping: £19.62)
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Unfortunately couldn't find gigabyte rtx 2070 ... They sell out fast !!!

To save £100+ and bring g build to your lowest point of the budget, RTX 2060

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-1an-gi.html

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,345.43 (includes shipping: £19.62)​
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Still a very powerful card and enough to play at 1440p resolution
 
get some picks up, back swing and all!!!!!

interested in seeing this, old man use to love playing sport with his brother - time and cash factor on gold course, would be neat to treat to an indoor sim
 
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