March 1, 20179 yr Hello I am buying a new system which will have an I7-7 processor and a Nvidia 1080 Graphics Card for use with P3D and FSX SE (using PMDG and FSLABS aircraft) I have a choice of Asus X99 or Gigabyte X99 motherbaords. Is there any preference (Asus is cheaper)? I have selected to have 32Gb Ram, however to save on cost I may go for 16Gb Ram. Will I have any advantage of having 32GB or will 16Gb suffice Advice welcome Clive Alexander
March 1, 20179 yr On RAM: I built a new system a few months ago and went for 32 GB RAM. 16 GB might be sufficient for FSX or Prepar3d3. However, should you ever want to run XP11 or the upcoming Prepar3d4 or Dovetail simulator which are expected to be 64 Bits you will need the 32 GB. Kind regards, Michael Intel i7-13700K / AsRock Z790 / Crucial 32 GB DDR 5 / ASUS RTX 4080OC 16GB / BeQuiet ATX 1000W / WD m.2 NVMe 2TB (System) / WD m.2 NVMe 4 TB (MSFS) / WD HDD 10 TB / XTOP+Saitek hardware panel / LG 34UM95 3440 x 1440 / HP Reverb 1 (2160x2160 per eye) / Win 11
March 1, 20179 yr 16gb will suffice just get fast ram That and a fast ssd Cpu wise Imho 7700k is the fastest cpu atm (single thread) -Roland
March 1, 20179 yr Not sure which CPU you are going to use...i7-7 is clearly a typo...but with an X99 motherboard, that means an expensive LGA2011 socket CPU. You'd get a lot more bang for your buck with an i7-7700K, but not on an X99 mobo. I agree with Michael on RAM...I put 32GB into my most recent build; I currently use half of that as a giant disk cache (makes multiple restarts when testing go much quicker), and it's future-proof for whatever may come in the 64GB arena. Regards Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
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