Racing simulator PC build

[SamMorgan]

Hi we are building a racing simulator for customer games such as I racing and Corsa there will be 3 50 inch 60htz screens We have a budget of 3K can someone point us in the right direction do we go Intel or AMD and possibly the benefits of each please!

this is one suggested build that come in budget can we improve on this?

Case CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i7 12-Core Processor i7-12700KF (3.6GHz) 25MB Cache

Motherboard ASUS® PRIME Z690-P D4 (LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready

Memory (RAM) 64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 32GB)

Graphics Card 12GB ASUS ROG STRIX GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP, LHR

1st M.2 SSD Drive 250GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6400MB/R, 2700MB/W)

2nd M.2 SSD Drive 2TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2700MB/sW)

DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NOT REQUIRED

Power Supply CORSAIR 1200W HX SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® PLATINUM, ULTRA

QUIET

Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Processor Cooling PCS FrostFlow 200 Series High Performance CPU Cooler

Extra Case Fans 2x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)

Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Card 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT/ wifi 6

Wireless Network Card NOT REQUIRED

USB/Thunderbolt Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT

PORTS

Operating System Windows 10 Home 64 Bit

Biggest problem we have is lead time we only have 10 days !!!

Thanks in advance

 

[EsaT]

60Hz isn't really either modern, or fit for faster games.
And suspect they don't even support variable refresh rate adding its own issues.


Anyway that 64GB memory is useless for gaming.
32GB will be very high end for long time.
Also that 3000MHz means retro part not belonging to high end PC.
3600MHz is the choise for any higher end PC.


And filling M.2 slots with tiny drives is even more senseless, especially at that insane GB price.
At that budget level you should just start from single 2TB drive.
And I don't mean QLC Flash drive like that Intel.
That's budget PC tech and actually not even cheaper than better performing TLC Flash until getting to 4TB drives.



Because of oversizing that PSU won't ever reach its advertized efficiency and will be running at most at 80+ Gold level efficiency
And at desktop/idle efficiency will be blast from dozen years in past.
Unless you're overclocking 850W would be more proper PSU sizing for gaming purposes.

 

[SamMorgan]

Thanks for the reply Esat, We were struggling to achieve more than 60hz across 3 screen with a 3k budget!
Have you got a suggested build for our budget. The pc will only be used for the racing simulator.

 

[Craig_d1]

Unfortunately you just missed 3090FE drop at the beginning of the week, and you have time constraint, so below rough guild, from 3 well know shops

AMD 6900XT £1300...another forum member said you can get cheaper, but seen couple just below this price, on OCuk it's £1399 cheapest
Asus Tuf Gaming Z690-plus d4 with 12700k bundle £599.99...the mobo good midrange, step up from the asus board you put in, runs cooler, and bundle price means board works out £225ish. 12700k great for gaming, 12900k runs hotter , and a lot more expensive for v little gain
Corsair 5000X £140...or 5000D airflow seen for £120..could add 3 side intake fans to really keep things cool. kept same case as you put in..have it myself so know keeps everything cool and plenty of space.
Aio arctic freezer 2 360mm £94.99
Corsair RM1000X psu. £159.99..nearly meets platinum..max efficiency reached at just over 30% load so room for gpu upgrade down the line as psu with 10yrs warranty, or RM850X for £129.99...get the 2021 versions, they have magnetic levitation fans which are far more durable...air vent is square shaped made of small triangle(rather than round shape on old model)
32 gb Crucial ballistic 3200C16 £99.99(it's cheaper than the 3600, and hardware unboxed ran load of games, diff in fps at 1440p with a 6900XT was 1 fps...so negligible), or corsair 32gb vengeance rgb rt 3600C16 for £154, crucial ballistix 3600C16 £169.99 is you want the extra fps
NVME Storage
1 WD SN850 1tb £124.99(read 7000mb, write 5300) or crucial P5P 1tb £112.99(read 6000mb/write 5000mb)
2 WD SN850 2tb £239.99(read 7000/write 5100) or crucial P5P 2tb £259.99(6600/5000)

1300+599.99+140+159.99+99.99+124.99+239.99+94.99
Total £2759.94

gives you £240 to play with if items out of stock etc, or want slightly diff components. one option, corsair 360mm h150i elite capellix cooler @£145..not quite as efficient as the arctic as standard size rads(arctic has thicker) and space can be a little tight at the top of the case, and know that all fits, but comes with commander core in the box, which will help if wiring up other fans. you could add another set of 3 sp120 rgb elite then so 6 intake, 3 exhaust through aio out top...you don't need rgb etc but just trying to make thing a little simple, keeping all fans same brand/similar(ie 6 intake all the same)...they then all controlled by the icue software which can monitor temps etc as well...sure others will give different builds etc, but all within budget.

does your racing sim use raytracing/dlss? in which case with dlss the bump in fps means can swing back in nvidia favour