June 21, 20178 yr I've never trusted Seagates. They tend to run waaaaaaaay too hot. We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
June 21, 20178 yr Author Moderator 1 hour ago, HiFlyer said: I've never trusted Seagates. They tend to run waaaaaaaay too hot. I'm going to have to give this no-DVD/Blueray drive another look. You see, I have recently picked up a copy of FS Global Ultimate Next Generation, which comes on NINE double-density DVDs... ...that might take more than a few hours to install, expecially across a LAN... Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
June 21, 20178 yr Personally, I'd wait another 6 months. The 7700k is king right now, but Intel is releasing it's new line before Christmas and they are gonna be 6 cores to compete with AMD. Better future proofing if sims start making better use of multi-core in the next 3-4 years.
June 22, 20178 yr Author Moderator 19 minutes ago, bonchie said: Personally, I'd wait another 6 months. The 7700k is king right now, but Intel is releasing it's new line before Christmas and they are gonna be 6 cores to compete with AMD. Better future proofing if sims start making better use of multi-core in the next 3-4 years. Well, if I could have waited I certainly would have. But with the dev machine's primary HD failing ever so more often, I simply cannot wait... ...completely aside from which the newest and greatest will take another six months or so to become plentiful enough to be affordable. Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
June 22, 20178 yr 14 hours ago, n4gix said: Well, if I could have waited I certainly would have. But with the dev machine's primary HD failing ever so more often, I simply cannot wait... ...completely aside from which the newest and greatest will take another six months or so to become plentiful enough to be affordable. Understood, but Intel's pricing schemes are pretty much flat across generations based on the level of processor. The new 8700k (or whatever they call the equivalent) will still be around the same $330 that a 7700k costs today. To illustrate, the 5790k/6700k/7700k all still cost the same today and the 4790k actually costs more still.
June 22, 20178 yr There will always be the next best thing just over the horizon. Fr. Bill, looking forward to your reviews on the new system. I've been pricing out a build with very similar specs so I'll be interested to see how if performs for you. And that seems to be a very reasonable price compared to building yourself. Chris
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