u/Uranium___Potato

The title says it all!

I basically want to make a system with purely wireless drums. Something like what DW has. But when I saw how crazy expensive their system is, I was like hold up this is fairly easy tech I'm SURE it's not nearly as expensive to build. So for our drummer peeps who can't shell out 10 grand for a piece of tech that one would think is decades old (i.e. low latency wireless tech), I started researching how to do it on my own!

I'm not an electronics engineer, I am a software guy. Hence when starting out I didn't have the first clue on how to go about this. But as I kept on just building random shit, I learned quite a bit!

Anyway, stay tuned! I am hoping to get the wireless system built and tested within the week! And if there are any electronics engineers here who would like to help out, I would be more than happy!

Specs & cost:

- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D => New off Amazon for £513
- GPU: Gigabyte RTX5080 Aero OC SFF => Used off Ebay for £1035
- RAM: Crucial Pro OC 32GB 6000MHz CL36 => New off Amazon for £349
- Motherboard: Gigabyte X870I Aorus Pro ICE (ITX)=> New off Amazon for £272
- Storage: x1 Crucial P510 SSD 2TB PCIE 5.0 => New off Amazon for £179
- CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken Elite V2 280 AIO => New off Scan for £99
- PSU: Lian Li SX1200P 1200W Platinum => New off Scan for £139
- Custom Cables: MODDIY 24Pin + EPS => MODDIY for £43
- Case: Monster A45 Mini ITX (Black but painted white in acrylic) => Used off Ebay for £115

Total: £2,744. How'd I do?

Build Notes:

- Custom painted the case in white acrylic for obvious reasons. Lemme know if anyone is wondering how I did that.
- Sleeved DP + HDMI + Power in white braided sleeve and heat-shrinks.
- Hand-modded the SATA power to AIO Fans to get rid of the god-awful daisy-chained connectors.
- Got an aftermarket WiFi antenna from AliExpress to replace the dinky wifi anteanna that comes with the mobo.
- This case does not fit 280/420mm radiators, hence I had to print some adapters.

Always wanted to build a PC, but I wanted it to be slightly more unique and different from "components inside a glass box", hence an open build as my first PC ever!

I don't really game much, and when I do I use my PS5 (ikr kill me pls). But I always wanted to play DCS in VR and run local LLMs, with occasional music production and video editing. Hence this build! Would love to have a 5090 and 64gigs of RAM, but this ain't no slouch either.

Genuinely, thank you each and everyone who helped me with the research these past 8-10 months!

I am not quite sure where to ask this hence this post here, hope ya'll can help out. Here's some contex to my situation:

I'm quite new to DCS and just finished building a pc (r9 9950x3d, 5080, 32gb), bought a HOTAS setup (WinWig Orion 2 base + StrikeAce Throttle & ViperAce E stick), and got OpenTrack working with my webcam.

My goal is to experience DCS in VR. The Bigscreen Beyond 2 would be my ideal choice, but I do not have the budget for that rn and will save up for it to buy it eventually. In the meantime, i would like to get the next best thing that can get the job done, and the Quest 3 has been recommended as arguably the most attractive option rn.

These are my options:

1. New Quest 3 for about 400 bucks.
2. Used Quest 3 off of CEX (reputable company basically) for about 300
3. Used Quest 3 off of EBay (eh kinda questionable rep) for about 250
4. Used Quest 3 WITHOUT CONTROLLERS (as seen in the OP picture off ebay) for about 160

I want to spend as little as possible here since I would eventually be replacing it with the BSB2. Hence option 4 is an attractive choice.

The help I need from you guys is this:

I want to know if there are any caveats to setting up the Quest 3 without controllers and get it running with DCS. I DO NOT care for any other features that this headset provides, I just want to play DCS. There is a 30 say return option so I CAN return it if the item is faulty.

Help would be massively appreciated guys, thanks in advance!!