November 16, 20196 yr ...of needing to upgrade my CPU+RAM+MB combo. I was hoping I could wait until the release of MSFS, but P3D is showing the limits of my 4790k + 1070ti + 16GB DDR3. It's not just MSFS..... RDR2 is also giving my system a hard time it seems, getting occasional freezes (not stutters real freezes)... I was really hoping to blame Rockstar Games for that, but it does seem it's time for a CPU upgrade. Anyway will keep the 1070ti for the time being as I see it still as good enough to keep the price tag a good bit lower. Here is what I have come up with so far: i7-9700k ASUS PRIME Z390-A G.SKILL RipJaws V DIMM Kit 16 GB, DDR4-3200 NOCTUA NH-D15 CPU-Cooler That sums up to about €774, I would like to keep it under 1000 if possible. My question of course are, is the cooler going to do it and does it fit within my midi desktop case?! What's the best power unit for this setup, consider I do intend to upgrade to an xx80 GPU in the future. Or maybe you have other ideas, but generally the CPU decision is final. Amadeo Araujo
November 16, 20196 yr I'm kind of in the same boat. It might be worth waiting for Black Friday. the price of the i9-9900K is not much higher, about €150. It would be annoying for the sake of such a price different to forsake such a better CPU. Jude BradleyBeech Baron: Uh, Tower, verify you want me to taxi in front of the 747?ATC: Yeah, it's OK. He's not hungry. X-Plane 12 and MSFS2020 🙂 System specs: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, Ubuntu Linux 20.04 i7-13700KF Gigabyte Z790 RTX-4060-Ti , 32GB RAM 1X 2TB M2 for X-Plane 12, 1x256GB SSD for OS. 1TB drive MSFS2020
November 16, 20196 yr This was about the time I was going to upgrade as well. I've been running a measly 6600k with 1060 GPU. Works alright but I would like better. I'm not sure if newer hardware will be out by time the new sim comes out so I'm stuck debating if I should upgrade now with black friday sales or wait. 5800x3d Asus 4090 ROG Strix OC 2TB SSD 32GB Ram
November 18, 20196 yr If you want to avoid stuttering in Rockstar games, the last thing you want to buy is a 9700k. Get a chip with more than 8 threads or you run the risk of stuttering.
November 18, 20196 yr Don't upgrade your CPU just because of the Red Dead 2 freezes! Their latest patch fixed that, using the launch argument they explain how to use here: https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/360038940333/Graphics-stuttering-or-stalling-in-Red-Dead-Redemption-2-on-PC I've got a 6700k (i7, 4 physical cores) and was also getting the hard freezes (and stuttering) and that's completely fixed now. It wasn't a hardware issue, it was a software issue, which they've seemingly figured out how to fix. James
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