GregVandy88

Also, using any bracket to support your gpu won't harm it as long as it isnt touching something it shouldn't, like causing a short or hitting a fan. Just use your judgement, if it seems solid, it should be fine. I've used all manner of devices on the market to support massive GPU's, never damaged one.

I know its been a month, but both of my 3080s came with the evga anti sag bracket that attaches to the end of the gpu. Now that alone isnt enough to stop sag as theres nothing in my case to attach the bracket/card to. I saw on youtube where a guy used a very small metal L bracket, which is like a $1 part at most, he drilled holes then drilled hole in case so he could attach teh gpu to the case. I simply looked at my gpu, attached the bracket, took a ruler, measured the distance from the bracket to my case. I went to the hardware store and bought 2 L brackets of slightly different sizes with holes already drilled. Got home and picked the one that fit best. Its really simple if you look at the gpu with bracket installed that evga ships with it. You'd see right away how simple it is to fasten that to a case. I drilled no holes, one of my brackets i bought had like 5 holes already drilled on each side of the L bracket. I used a small nut and bolt to attach that bracket to the evga bracket, then did the same to attach the bracket to my case. You'll need to look at your case, you may have a suitable hole available or may need a small self tapping screw. Every case will be different but it took me like 30 mins including going to the hardware store which was 20 mins of that.

I know I'm a little late to the party but for sim racing only, i only run iRacing, i would recommend triple 1080p monitors over everything else unless you plan to upgrade to a new rtx 3080 or something along those lines to push triple 1440p panels. 3 good 1080p 144hz 27 inch Monitors can be had for like $150 each and getting 3 panels for $400-600 can be done easily. I set my friend up with 3 asus 27s 144hz as he already had 1. We got one refurbished for $120 and paid 160 for the other new. He runs a 7700k/5700xt and iracing he is typically around 200fps, dips around 140 with alot of cars/night race/ settings on high. He now runs everything on high with the exception of a couple settings on medium and locks his rate at 144, it stays there. The 7700k has a good OC with a 280mm AIO. I was running a 5700xt and went to a 1080ti then 2080ti. I run triple 27 inch 240 hz 1080p monitors, paid $800 for all 3 last black friday. With a 9700k/2080ti i can lock em at 240, all settings high which was my goal. The cpu usage is only like 30 percent or so. Its low. The gpu with triples is maxed. With 1080ti i paid $300 for i was getting average of 240fps but sometimes seeing 150fps or so depending on track/car numbers and settings all on high. When people went unloading 2080ti's, i snagged a FE for $450 and limit fps to 240 in game, it never ever goes lower. I tried without setting the 240hz limit and it was 300-400 high settings with the lowest fps i saw was high 200s. TLDR; your cpu is fine, you may get more fps with a good overclock so a good cooler is cheap, get one, mainly get a good gpu, 1080tis are cheap nowadays, get a good one and 3 1080p 144+hz monitors and have a killer setup. I had my triples mounted on a desk with $20 monitor arms prior to buying my 8020 rig and it was solid. I'd find a decent monitor stand and 3 displays. Triples are the best unless you like VR but 1 of the 2 is the only way to go. I had the 49 inch superultrawide prior to getting the triples. It cost more than all 3 of my 240hz panels and the experience was not comparable. I sold that suw, next upgrade will be 1440p or 4k monitors along with a monster gpu but not for a year or 2, i love my setup.

I didnt like the arctis wireless at all. Sound was disappointing and they were very uncomfortable. hyperX cloud flights are real comfortable and they sound great. No 7.1 but 7.1 is garbage anyway. The cloud flights are in a whole other league and are only $100. Just my opinion but i hate the steelseries headphones.

I dont care for the sound quality of the hs50 at all. Kind of like the cloud, cloud 2, lacking low end punch and lacking high end clarity to a lesser extent. The hyperX cloud alpha sounds better than both just slightly and the hyperX revolver sounds way better than any corsair headphone and is the best hyperX headset. Id get the hyperX cloud revolver. Better highs, mids, thumping yet clean bass. Better mic than all those too and can pick it up for $100 or less. It does have the different style headband some like, some don't. I like it. Its far better quality than hs50 or cloud 2. If you want cheap, get the hyperX cloud stinger. $50 This is all only if you insist on a gaming headset. You could pick up the audio Technica ad700x for less than a hundred and have an awesome headphone. Id pay a few dollars more and get the ad900x plus a cheap mic. You could get one of the audio technicas and a cheap mic for under $100. If you dont like the headband design then look at the philips shp9500 plus a cheap mic

I use open back headphones for gaming and music. For years i used Audio Technica Ad900x for gaming. I have a modmic 5 attached and these sound great, super comfortable, never get tiring or hot. Recently i tried my Sennheiser hd660S for gaming and i can pinpoint sounds better with them. I will switch to hd660s foe gaming once i decide on a mic for em. i use em for music with a soundblaster g5 now and i recommend both, a g5 or g6 plus hd660s or hd58x to save some money. The hd58x is awesome for music, pretty close to hd660s and for games im blown away at how good hd660s is at imaging. The hd650, hd6xx are not great for gaming at all but hd660s makes pinpointing where sounds are coming from so simple, feels like cheating lol. As far as an amp/dac, the g5 is $100 and cant be beat for that kinda cash. Its more amp than most will ever need. It has enough power to drive high impedance cans and with soundblaster software you can EQ to the max. It just is an awesome device.