December 16, 201114 yr Hello Team.With the advent of XP10 and MSFlight soon, I've decided is time for a HW upgrade. Here are my current rig specs:Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 2.7Ghz4GB RamNvidia GeForce 8800GTXMoBo - Asus MaximusWindows Vista Ultimate SP2 64bitPlanning to upgrade to the following:Mobo - ASUS P9 X79 ProCore i7 2600K Quad Core16GB of 2000mhz ramEVGA GTX 570 or 580 - either oneWindows 7 Pro 64bitI am accepting any feedback you can provide.I noticedthatb mostnavailable processors only have 4 cores. I see peoplenthat have posted in the XPlane forums that they have more cores.....how is this possible?Thanks Sincerely, Dennis D. Müllert System Specs: MoBo: MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk WiFi ATX AM5. CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Memory: 128GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5600 CL-40. GPU: 24GB Asus TUF Gaming OC GeForce RTX 4090. Monitor: LG UltraGear+ 45" curved OLED. Power Supply: Corsair 1500 Watt 80+ Platinum ATX. HD: 2TB Sabrent Rocket NVME SSD. Windows 11 Pro. Flight Sim Hardware: Joystick: Thrustmaster T16000M. Rudder Pedals: Thrustmaster TPR Pendular Pedals. Yoke: Honeycomb Alpha. Throttles: Honeycomb Bravo. Controller: XBox Controller
December 16, 201114 yr The 6 core processors (Intel ones) are the I7 3930K and I7 3960X. You can't get a 2600K to go along with a X79 board:I5 2500K, I7 2600K, 2700K (4 cores)..................P67 ot Z68I7 3930K and I7 3960X (6 cores)........................X79
December 17, 201114 yr And 16 GB RAM are a bit overkill. 8 schould be more than enough. Best regards, Steffen Fight time: NGX 737-700: 37,0h; -800: 47,2h
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