I didn't see any takers so I sent you a pm. I am the less fortunate you had in mind, lol. However I am a tenacious less fortunate too. I stalked eBay and landed like new CH pro pedals for $50 and found a working x52 set up for $15 plus $10 in gas.
But my OC is a Core 2 Duo Quad 2.4 with a GeForce 9600gt and 6gb ram. No match for furballs, that's for sure and I don't know how it is affecting my game play because I've never had better. I was behind the curve for aw still behind it on Aces High. I bought this beast in 2008 but I couldn't even think of playing then and now I'm trying to play once I have let this PC pass it's prime.
I see gamers fussing over the graphics, but I love the game play, and I'm glad a system capable of running it isn't any further out of reach.
Thanks, James