December 29, 20169 yr Hi everyone. Hope you all has an amazing Xmas...... Just a little time poor in getting information on a good system to run P3D. I have a budget of $1.8K and looking to make the switch from FSX to P3D. If anyone out there can put together some specs I would greatly appreciate it. A few months ago I picked up a GTX 970 4GB so was thinking of using it in the new system to save some $$. I also intend to use my existing 27inch monitor and not looking to go into 4K just yet. I have all the ORBX range (pretty much) and run PMDG, high quality scenery addons etc....... Appreciate your help guys. Jas
December 29, 20169 yr 1 simple advice: go for the fastest cpu ! You may want to wait a month or 2 for the new i7-7700K With OC it will run at 5GHz easely AMD 7 7700X, 32GB DDR5, RTX 5060ti 16GB, 2 x Samsung 1TB NVMe, 1 x 4TB sata SSD, Windows 11 Prof
December 29, 20169 yr Your GTX970 GPU should be ok for a while. So focus on spending your budget on the best CPU, RAM and motherboard. You can then always upgrade your GPU down the line, maybe in a year, should you feel it is necessary. It is much easier to swap out a GPU than a motherboard or CPU. Either a i7 6700K or as Willy647 suggested, hang ten another month or two for the new i7-7700K. We have to assume it will be better for P3D, but no telling just how much better. Probably marginal I would guess. You will need DDR4 RAM. Go with minimum 16GB and look for RAM that can run at 3000MHz or higher. On the RAM, go with 2 x 8GB over 4 x 4GB. Even if the motherboard has 4 slots, using only 2 is generally better as there is less demand on the memory controller (potentially more stability, especially on an overclocked system). Also consider a decent CPU cooler to allow for some overclocking head room. The Corsair H100i series is a good option and easy to install. Probably need to budget for a new copy of Windows 10 too, unless your current copy is not locked to your current system. Don't install Windows 7/8 unless you have a specific reason to want to stay behind. GregH Intel Core i7 14700K / Palit RTX4070Ti Super OC / Corsair 32GB DDR5 6000 MHz / MSI Z790 M/board / Corsair NVMe 9500 read, 8500 write / Corsair PSU1200W / CH Products Yoke, Pedals & Quad; Airbus Side Stick, Airbus Quadrant / TrackIR, 32” 4K 144hz 1ms Monitor
December 29, 20169 yr Looking at the Benchmarks -> it makes no sense to wait for the 7700K, the 6700K is quite as good. 6700K vs. 7700K: IPC-Performance (@ 4.5 GHz) 100% 100,3% (+0,3%) Overclock a 6700K and you good to go.
December 29, 20169 yr I am waiting for the Kaby lake. You can overclock a 6700 to 4500Mhz but a 7700 stock clock is 4500 and is overclockable to near 5000Mhz. Higher clock speeds are the most important factor in P3D performance.
December 29, 20169 yr Basically KabyLake is a Skylake with better production yield. So I am not too excited for KabyLake even though I could use it on my mainboard.
December 29, 20169 yr Some early reports on the web say that Kaby Lake does not overclock all that well due to high temps. Don't ask me for a reference though and I know you can't trust everything you read on the web but don't ignore it either. My 6700K is running a 24/7 OC of 4.7GHz. so a 7700K running at around 4.8 - 4.9 is unlikely to make a difference you can actually see. Only synthetic benchmarks will measure those differences. Thus I would say that i7-7700K makes sense over the i7 6700K only if the price difference is not too vast. Almost all Sky Lake boards will run Kaby Lake. Just a BIOS update that might be required. GregH Intel Core i7 14700K / Palit RTX4070Ti Super OC / Corsair 32GB DDR5 6000 MHz / MSI Z790 M/board / Corsair NVMe 9500 read, 8500 write / Corsair PSU1200W / CH Products Yoke, Pedals & Quad; Airbus Side Stick, Airbus Quadrant / TrackIR, 32” 4K 144hz 1ms Monitor
December 30, 20169 yr Some early reports on the web say that Kaby Lake does not overclock all that well due to high temps. OC to 7GHz ! Ok, this is not for all of us, but I think that 5 - 5.5 Ghz is realistic and will give a noticeable boost to P3D https://www.techpowerup.com/229007/intel-core-i7-7700k-cracks-7-ghz-bench-stable-overclock AMD 7 7700X, 32GB DDR5, RTX 5060ti 16GB, 2 x Samsung 1TB NVMe, 1 x 4TB sata SSD, Windows 11 Prof
January 1, 20179 yr Author Thanks everyone for the info. I really appreciate it. Hope you all have a great 2017 and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Jas
January 2, 20179 yr I would definitely go for the 6700k, performs amazing in P3D, it's the chip I'm currently saving for.
January 2, 20179 yr OC to 7GHz ! Ok, this is not for all of us, but I think that 5 - 5.5 Ghz is realistic and will give a noticeable boost to P3D https://www.techpowerup.com/229007/intel-core-i7-7700k-cracks-7-ghz-bench-stable-overclock Yeah, 7 GHz with 2 cores disabled :-D Nice "overclocking". I think 5 GHz should be ok with watercooling, everthing above will result in high temperatures. But hey, let's hope for the best. If it's good I'm gonna sell my 6700K....
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