Old trucker

[overeasy2011]

Man I'am hooked! Been driving open road for 22yrs. New to this gaming community but love the videos on youtube for ATS. Now ready to buy my first gaming pc. Need help, too many options. $750.00 -$1000.00 to let loose but want quality product. Suggestions welcomed. Thx.

[Gizmosellsbunnys]

i5 7400 with 1060gpu 8gb ram will be plenty for ATS cost around $900 probadly one selling on Amazon or you can build your own. I would avoid 1060 gpu and below and get I5 cpu or ryzen r5 1500x for cpu. People blow money on 16 gb of ram and 8gb will be plenty for ATS and majority of games

[Mechadude]

Hello! You should definitely go to the Build A PC subreddit. Reddit.com/r/buildapc they and their partner subreddits can definitely help you get sorted out. Especially with that healthy price range.

[Nomad]

welcome overeasy2011; used to drive myself few years back.......drove a gas tanker in Maryland, Va, DC .........this game really brings back some memories of the driving days........as far as good pc specs try http://www.tomshardware.com ......there is a wealth of info in the forum too......best of luck.....;-)

[Mike]

I just love it when truck drivers, especially veterans like you, join the virtual trucking community!

[Twelvefield]

There should be some reputable computer stores around that can help you. I say it's better to make a custom build than some pre-packaged PC, since you'll be far less likely to buy stuff you don't need.

Are you budgeting for game controllers? You'll likely want a decent wheel and pedals, and I really hate buying a driving or flying game that does not support TrackIR (ATS and ETS both do support TrackIR!).

[Stoneslinger76]

Originally posted by overeasy2011:

Man I'am hooked! Been driving open road for 22yrs. New to this gaming community but love the videos on youtube for ATS. Now ready to buy my first gaming pc. Need help, too many options. $750.00 -$1000.00 to let loose but want quality product. Suggestions welcomed. Thx.

Good to hear another "old trucker" getting into this game. 30+ years driving, I miss being on the road. The game ATS helps fill the hole in my heart.

As for a less than 1k computer, its a challenge. You may want to consider some of the Supermicro "bare bones" (need to buy CPU, RAM, Hard Drive, Video seperate) but a few of the "gameing" bare bones can be be found for about 4-500 (motherboard, power supply, case)
Take a look at the Z270, Z170 motherboards or a barebones with one installed.

http://www.supermicro.com Main site
http://www.supero.com Gamer specific

[Stoneslinger76]

some more info for you

Supermicro C7Z270-CG-L Motherboard

Motherboard and Intel I7-7700 CPU egggy combo 474 US
"Tested Memory" SMC (made by Micron)DDR4-2400 8 Gigabyte eggg 119 each x2= 240 US
Intel SSD600P 256 GIG M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0 x4 (can run 2) eggy 109 each 109US
Western Digitial WD1003FBYZ (RE4 enterprise class) 1 terrabyte (NEW) eggy 93US

so far total 916 US buckazoids
Case and power supply (get a good Power supply 750watt min) 100-150US

The above base will make for a very good reliable/stable system.

You will still need a video card and possibly a dvd drive (pioneer)
Video.... eh well video mfg's seem to think we all won the loto yeterday...

evga-gtx970 I have one runs ATS great, if you go Nvida GTX try to get a *70, *80, or nifty Ti after the *70ti or *80ti (read some reviews)
Amd RX480 (powercolor, xfx, read reviews)

Link to Motherboard specs
Supermicro
https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Core/Z270/C7Z270-CG-L.cfm

Links to eggy
YOUR PLACE OF PURCHASE IS UPTO YOU (for price only)
Motherboard and CPU
https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.3441744
Mem
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5EM4ZM3780&cm_re=MEM-DR480L-cl02-_-9SIA5EM4ZM3780-_-Product
ssd
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167411
hd
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7U153D8450&cm_re=WD1003FBYZ-_-0H9-00YY-00G56-_-Product

[Stoneslinger76]

Originally posted by Stoneslinger76:

some more info for you

Supermicro C7Z270-CG-L Motherboard

Motherboard and Intel I7-7700 CPU
"Tested Memory" SMC (made by Micron)DDR4-2400 8 Gigabyte
Intel SSD600P 256 GIG M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0 x4 (can run 2)
Western Digitial WD1003FBYZ (RE4 enterprise class) 1 terrabyte

The above base will make for a very good reliable/stable system.

You will still need a video card and possibly a dvd drive (pioneer)
Video.... eh well video mfg's seem to think we all won the loto yeterday...

I forgot to add in a a most important piece....

Steering Wheel and peddles

[HGV Driver]

Originally posted by overeasy2011:

Man I'am hooked! Been driving open road for 22yrs. New to this gaming community but love the videos on youtube for ATS. Now ready to buy my first gaming pc. Need help, too many options. $750.00 -$1000.00 to let loose but want quality product. Suggestions welcomed. Thx.

Only 22yrs your a young pup. I`ve been driving HGV`s for the last 38yrs.

[Hemorrhoids]

Hey "overeasy2011"
This is my recomendation.m The game as of right now favors more of the cpu rather than the graphics card, so put more money on that side... My recomendation with a cpu would have to be a intel broadwell e family line great cpu along with the new intel max turboboost 3.0 is great but the price on them is pretty high..
Then theres ryzen wich is a very good cpu but there still a little lackluster in performance with intel cpu's.. I think alot of it is just compalibility promblems with hardware at this time..
If you plan on someday though for any reason you would like to do game streaming. A Ryzen cpu will completely beat out a intel cpu in better quality and perfprmance. Then for the gpu i would go with a 10 series card ..
Just a quick note leave the FX cpu 's alone there pretty cheap but you have to ovetclock them to a great extent just to get any kinda good performance with this game.
if you have any question or what not just send a message or something i tested this game with all types of hardware even up to the i7 6950x cpu
Anyways good luck and welcome to the community

[Leigh]

bought my last 2 gaming rigs from these guys, no complaints! http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/

[gscharenbroch]

Glad to hear other road drivers are getting into ATS. I was a road driver for 30+ years and miss the freedom and comradship of the road. I'm running an I7-3770 @3.40GHz and ATS runs just fine.

[Rogue]

Take a look at CYBERPOWERPC at Amazon. They specialize in Gaming computers. I bought one. It's a fantastic machine.

[Zig-Zag-Man]

processor i5 6600k or higher, motherboard asus Z270, video card gtx 1070, and 16 gigs memory the 4 most important things then you will be good to go

[overeasy2011]

Originally posted by RoadHog:

Take a look at CYBERPOWERPC at Amazon. They specialize in Gaming computers. I bought one. It's a fantastic machine.

I didnt do Amazom but I did buy CYBERPOWERPC : intel i7-7000k 16gbs ram, geforce gtx 1060 8gbs, 2tb hd, 128 gbs ssd, all running at 4.2 ghz. It should work well. Happy trucking.