Advice for putting together new flight sim

[Flyboy]

A pilot friend from work is wanting to put together a flight sim primarily for DCS and MSFS. He is looking at a rig from microcenter and asking for advice. He’s planning on using a Quest 3. While I know a little, I’m not an expert especially with AMD so asking what you guys think. I’m hoping to have him over in next couple days to try mine out.

He sent me the following pics of what he’s looking at. 

[Moxy]

5080 should rock. The only annoyance I saw was the high back chair. lol . If you get an after market head strap for the Quest, it hits the high back looking up lol

[Vonrd]

I doubt that Microcenter would have other quality rudder pedals such as MFG Crosswinds but the Thrustmaster ones seems a bit steep. Also, there are now better HOTAS sets than the Warthog out there (but Tariffs ) although it's still a pretty good HOTAS. Seems like a good deal and he will have good tech support from Microcenter. I sure wish there was one in my neighborhood. 

I have an AMD CPU Ryzen 5 and no issues so far. I couldn't make out the Power supply. Is it 850W? I would seriously consider upping that to 1000W and make sure it's, at the least, Gold certified. That 5080 is going to suck a lot of juice.

[Heinrich]

I would advise buying a haptic seat/cushion or at least a vest, feeling the vibration of the A/C makes flying so much easier and real. I'd rather hand over the VR than the seat.

I use this one https://simshaker.com/hardware/jetpad/ , but with all the boycotts, against Russia it may be a problem to get one.

[Ludwig]

Virpil has been pummeling my inbox with ads for their sales. Certainly worth considering. I have been using their stuff for the non-F-16 sim now for years and have found it to be quite reliable and easy to use. (FWIW)