June 9, 20187 yr I'm ready to do a new computer build and put my i7 3770k and GTX 970 out to media-center pasture. My budget is approx $2,000 to $2,5000. I figure the case, power supply, memory, cooler and monitor (4k?) will run about $800 or so. That leaves about $1,2000 to $1,700 for motherboard, PSU and GPU. What would ya'll recommend? I run P3D with a lot of scenery, complex airplanes, traffic, etc etc. I'm also flying XP11 more and more with an emphasis on VR. I want bang-for-buck for current sims and (hopefully) something that will be good for a couple years. My 3770k certainly was! Many thanks, Charlie
June 9, 20187 yr Moderator I'd think an 8700K CPU, ASUS ROG Maximus mobo and a 1080ti would hold you for a few years and you'd probably have some $$ left to get better memory or a 4k monitor or...... IMHO a 7700K clocked to 5ghz would do as well but newer might stay current longer. Vic RIG#1 - I9 14900K MSI Pro z790 RTX 5070Ti 40" 4K Monitor 3840x2160
June 9, 20187 yr 7 minutes ago, vgbaron said: I'd think an 8700K CPU, ASUS ROG Maximus mobo and a 1080ti would hold you for a few years and you'd probably have some $$ left to get better memory or a 4k monitor or...... IMHO a 7700K clocked to 5ghz would do as well but newer might stay current longer. Vic Agree, I've read that the 8700K is the sweet spot for now. I move from the 7700K to the 8700K and while the change was marginal I believe the two extra cores have helped qualitatively. I think the next little step will be the 8086K, which is reported to do 5GHz out of the box on air cooling.... well, we'll see how that works out. Dan Downs KCRP
June 9, 20187 yr Moderator For the future, IMHO, cores will be king over raw cpu speed but lotys of cores at 5ghz would be sweet. Main problem right now is that none of the flight sims get the best use out of multi core cpus. Vic RIG#1 - I9 14900K MSI Pro z790 RTX 5070Ti 40" 4K Monitor 3840x2160
June 9, 20187 yr If nothing wrong with PSU then use the one you have save a little money😬 Kevin Humphryes
June 9, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, vgbaron said: none of the flight sims get the best use out of multi core cpus. and thats the reason thats keeping me from blowing even more money on another PC ... really wish we had something newer to work with as far as software goes ... in my opinion in 2018 we should off had a steady 100FPS sim available now .... Image removed as image is no longer available.
June 10, 20187 yr Why do you need a new case? Save $100 to spend elsewhere! Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
June 10, 20187 yr Author 1 hour ago, fppilot said: Why do you need a new case? Save $100 to spend elsewhere! I’m giving my existing computer to my teenage kids... that way there’s no quarrel when i want to fly!
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