The Warthog Hotas is a fair package if you are picking it up at recommended retail price. (Your budget)
Any more than that and it starts to be less good as you start to move into the price range of the tier above (which can be bought direct from manufacturer and their prices didn’t rise)
Possibly one of the strongest combo’s right now is buy that warthog hotas, Sell joystick, keep throttle and buy the VKB Gkadiator NXT which is the best joystick in its class at present.
This could actually come in under your budget too.
Keeping the joystick does give you an upgrade path to a better gimbal down the line.
Virpil joystick bases are compatible with the Warthog grip straight out of the box.
VKB requires an adaptor or a bit of fiddling to get the Warthog grip to work with the Gunfighter base.
If you go the VKB road then you get probably the best gimbal on the market at any reasonable price with direct compatibility > upgrade path to what is undeniably the best joystick on the market for right handed folks… The Modern Combat Grip Ultra!
Which is supremely sexy and made of proper metal.
And one day…after you have fallen into the bottomless money pit…you will want one!!
Finally.
One of the better places to ask a question like this is on Reddit > r/hotas