The Definitive Sim Racing PC Buyers Guide (For ALL Budgets!)

A PC Buyers Guide Curated Specifically for Sim Racing!
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⚠️ SIM RACING DISCOUNTS & GEAR ON SALE ⚠️
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🟡 $500 Build 🟡

🟡 $750 - $1000 Build 🟡

🟡 $1K+ Build 🟡

➤ Sim Racing Discounts/Affiliate Links

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:40 $500 Range
4:00 $750-$1k Range
6:07 $1k+ Range
8:15 Conclusion

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[OCRacing]

⚠ ALL GEAR MENTIONED IS LINKED IN THE VIDEO DESCRIPTION! ⚠

[ReRy]

Not the 3050!!!😭😭😭 go with a used Rx 5700xt. Performs like the RTX 3060 and even beats is sometimes. (Not by much but it does) it goes for around 150 used. Very cable and budget friendly card.

[Milanyt]

This video comes at a great time where I’m looking to get a PC myself for Simracing, really good and helpful thanks!

[Zascar_]

Nice builds to get anyone started down the sim racing rabbit hole.... wheel, pedals, rig are already a big investment.... and yeah, a gaming PC can get pricey with GPU prices lately... a decent pc doesn't have to break the bank though to work for racing. Shop around good prices for good equipment is out there...

I recently added triple 32" monitors to my GT DD Pro with V3 pedals and to run it all a new PC... ryzen 7800x3d, rx 6800 (non xt], ROG Strix b650 mobo, 64 gb ram, 3x 2tb nvme, watercooled!

Love it for ACC on triples...whole new level of immersion 😊

Great content.... coulda used this a couple months ago....but still useful and not many sim racers talking about this side of the hobby 👍

[piero]

An often overlooked part of simracing. Thank you for your work lol

[Henrix]

Dont buy 3050 EVER. There are better used and new options

[baacon]

first time "firsting", binge watching all your videos man.
although i can't get decent simracing gear in my country, i hope one day i will be able to!. You're an inspiration for me!

[DOWNTOWN]

remember kids assetto was made in 2014 iracing 2008ish and the i7 6700 was made in 2015 old man knowledge of the day.

[Leynad]

App. 20% of sim-racers are mainly using VR while the RTX-cards perform better in VR than the Radeon, so I would rather suggest AMD for the CPU and Nvidia for GPU for a high-performance build.

[notamorningdragon]

Great and well thought out video. i started Simracing with a good PC, but I found this video informative.

[jmannby]

The fact that this guy recommends a 3050 says how much he knows about PC parts

[MicShay]

I don't know computers well, but I feel more informed on this subject now that you covered it. I've been waiting on making the jump to PCs so I can build my rig up more. Thanks again. 👍 🙏🏼

[darrellbyes]

i know i’m a year late but i appreciate this video rn just got a direct drive wheel and now i want to bump up the quality of the games im playing assetto with mods and some i racing have been calling my name 😂

[arthurnunesc]

the RTX 3050 is BAD, its only good if your limited by your power supply and can't upgrade it, buy a RX 6600 for a little bit more or a used GPU if you can.

[Olly__]

This is a great video but I have a couple of points

Instead of buying the 14400f u can instead buy the 13400f for much cheaper. I would do this so u can put more of Ur budget on things like gpu, ram, SSD etc. The 14th series processers are only 'boosted' versions of the 13400f and not worth sacrificing your budget on.

Instead of buying the 3050 instead I would buy a 6600 (if u want to buy new) or a 5700xt (if u want to buy used). The 6600 has better performance than the 3050 and also being cheaper. The 5700xt (which are starting to get harder to find on 2nd hand marketplaces) is an extremely capable card even beating the 3060 in titles

The WD blue is quite a cheap option and not that fast, instead I would buy I WD black instead which is much FASTER for a bit more. This means less waiting time and more time on the track.

this still is a great video so pls dont take this as a hate message

[theblowupdollsmusic]

Also no one ever seems to cover the topic of the actual games and software. There's so many screenshots and videos of so many games. I'd love for you to cover some of the best games for new people to look into.

[bikelifemar]

I’ve been looking for a video like that for so long

[Thraakull]

It took you some time Oscar to do such video and focus on PC build but I think that you have nailed it down nicely - my addition to this is that chances are that if you like me are an "older" person "aka boomer or whatever" and you was born in 90s or 80s then I bet that you have notice the fact that imho there is a lot of HW that includes RGB lights and other fucking bullshit that yes is awesome for visual effect, but adds way too much on the price - which is a GOOD thing! If you care about performance rather than visuals then I would say that the hardware market has grown nicely in comparison to 20 years ago, where a decent hardware was expensive and it was considered as high-end for like 2 years, whereas in comparison to today where even like 5 years old top-tier hardware is still pretty much budget friendly and gets you still some amazing performance, not to mention that most of the Sim Racing games that are most famous and give you the best of sim racing experience are somewhat "old" and thus imho with a build for around 1k (my is about 500 eur build and it runs Assetto Corsa flawlessly) you get somewhat reliable build and all the money that you have saved you can then put into all the other peripherals and that is where imho a budget comes at its peak, as in what use it does if you have a fanatec wheel, pedals, and gearbox if your monitor is small, old and with a low refresh rate? Just to narrow down my thought, if you are about to build a proper mid-range sim racing unit and are on a budget (aka your monthly expense allows you to buy only one component per paycheck) then I would strongly recommend to make a plan where all your expenses pc-wise are mid-range, monitor or TV are the best that you can afford, cockpit the best that you can afford (you can always modify or change components on top tier aluminium profile cockpit), and the rest (wheel base, wheel rim, pedals, handbrake, gearbox) somewhat mid-range but also something that you have had your hands on and like it personally the most - the best investment is imho experience and time, as in think of it that it may take you like half a year to build your own dream sim rig, until it is in a stage where you can actually enjoy it.

[hupe]

this video reminds me of videos from the youtuber named ''Tech By Matt''

[ThieoKok]

Hé bro great vid gained a sub and btw what kind of monitor do you recommend with the mid-high end Build