Ordered my first Gaming PC for DCS, here is how I did it.

I have called soo many times and got several case numbers on this issue. they told me May 27th is the last shipping date. I've been so angry about this since March 10, 2020. They also said that they are waiting on Thrustmaster to ship it... good luck getting a hold of Thrustmaster too its just about impossible.

 

So yeah .... I'm waiting to see what happens on the 27th.

I've seen a few other sites showing June 1 as the next replenishment date. In my case, the June 18 date was listed on the website prior to my order and was a couple weeks after the others so I thought it is realistic, maybe even conservative. I guess we will see.

I’ll let you know on the 27th what happens. I don’t want to frustrate you.

Might be due to the french lockdown as TM is a french owned company.

https://www.guillemot.com/?lang=en

Might be due to the french lockdown as TM is a french owned company.

 

https://www.guillemot.com/?lang=en

Thats probably correct. Today is my last production day according to DELL and suppose to ship today 5-27-2020 from TM. I've been checking my email every 5-10 mins. and nothing.... nothing damit !!!!

Hell the Warthog Hotas is back-ordered just about everywhere. I see if you buy the stick and throttle separately it doesn't seem to say they are back ordered. Damn I'm so frustrated !!!!

I've been waiting since March 10th :cry:

On 5/18/2020 at 9:22 PM, Doug_Masters said:

I wanted to go pre-built for simplicity and it turns out I can buy pre-built cheaper than I can buy the components for anyway. I have built PC's before (back in the 90's...) so I understood some of the basics (but all the details have changed!).

 

Here was my process to get started for DCS:

 

1. Lurk the forum and do a lot of RTFF. Learned challenges that people were having hardware (and software wise...). Know your enemy.

 

2. Decided on a couple key components for the build:

- 2080 Ti is a must.

- Intel is better at single core performance and is preferred by DCS.

- 32GB 3200 MHz Ram

- Minimum 512GB SSD or better (NVMe vs older SSD does not impact game)

 

3. With an understanding of the key components, I compared a bunch of manufacturers (CyberPowerPC, IbuyPower, HP Omen, Dell, MSI, etc.).

- HP Omen was not working because the motherboard would not allow RAM higher than 2666GHz.

- Several companies have bad customer service and that was a turn off.

- Liked MSI & Dell

- Ended up going with Dell because Alienware had a good reputation for using quality components.

 

4. After choosing Dell, I looked at 3 different "levels" of Alienware, all of them have 1TB SSD, 32GB 3200MHz Ram & 2080 ti...the difference is in the processors:

- Aurora R11 with new Intel i5-10600k, 4.1GHz w/4.6 Turbo.

- Aurora R11 with new Intel i9-10900k, 3.7GHz w/4.9 Turbo.

- Aurora R9 with Intel i9-9900k overclocked to 4.8GHz.

Alienware is not overclocking the i5-10600 and i9-10900k yet (there is a lot of talk of heat issues due to this but I think the chips are too new for them to offer the capability in their software yet). The single core performance of the i9-9900k overclocked was within 1% of the other two slightly newer chips. That's not even considering the issues DCS has with Intels Turbo function (know your enemy!!!). At a price difference of $500, it's a no brainer to go with the i9-9900k overclocked as a solid solution.

 

Here's the system I ordered for $2002.13 (free shipping) + $180 RAM upgrade:

Aurora 9

850W Power Supply

16GB Dual Channel HyperX FURY DDR4 XMP at 2666MHz (ordered 32GB of 3200MHz RAM to swap in for $180 and will sell the 16GB to offset the cost somewhat)

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB GDDR6 (OC Ready)

9th Gen Intel® Core i7 9700K (8-Core, 12MB Cache, Overclocked up to 4.6GHz across all cores)

Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Initial Year

512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD

Windows 10 Home

 

5. Used the $500 savings to buy the TM Warthog Stick & HOTAS.

 

6. Will get $125 in credit with Dell for future purchases.

So where are we 2 years later, as I face the same challenge. Would you stand by these choices, do you have any regrets? 

1 hour ago, Kickdrum said:

So where are we 2 years later, as I face the same challenge. Would you stand by these choices, do you have any regrets? 

If buying new, no. Two years later there's better stuff for the money out there, and requirements have increased quite a bit for DCS..

Here are some threads that may help: