April 16, 20206 yr I am currently using iMac 2015 to run my Prepar3D V4 on Bootcamp Windows 10, heavily using PMDG 747-400. Display 27-inch (diagonal) Retina display with IPS technology; 5120‑by‑2880 resolution with support for millions of colors Processor 3.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.7GHz) Memory 8GB (two 4GB) of 1600MHz DDR3 memory (four SO-DIMM slots, user accessible) Configurable to 16GB or 32GB. Storage1 1TB (7200-rpm) hard drive Configurable to 3TB hard drive, 1TB or 3TB Fusion Drive, or 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB of flash storage (SSD). Graphics AMD Radeon R9 M290 graphics processor with 2GB of GDDR5 memory I have looked at the Prepar3d V5 requirement and trying to aim at buying a PC that can fulfil the requirement: Octa Core @ 3.7 GHz + (e.g. Intel Core i7/i9) RAM 16 GB DDR4/2666MHz + 1 TB SSD Display: 8 GB + (e.g. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2080 Ti) A company is quoting me USD2300 for these specs: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS MB! Intel Core i7-9700F (12MB 4.7GHz)+RGB! MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11G GDDR6 GAMING X TRIO!!! SSD :SAMSUNG 970EVO PLUS 500G M.2 SSD RAM: PATRIOT DDR4 3200 32GB Case:NZXT H510 SILVER STONE 700W 80+ POWER SUPPLY However I was checking on Ailenware website: 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 9700 Windows 10 Home 64bit English 16GB HyperX™ FURY DDR4 XMP at 2933MHz; up to 64GB NVIDIA® GeForce GTX® 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6 It seems to me it also fulfilling the requirement but it is only USD1500 https://www.dell.com/en-hk/shop/desktops-all-in-ones/alienware-aurora-gaming-desktop/spd/alienware-aurora-r9-desktop Am I looking over something or misunderstanding? Why is it such a big price difference? Is ALIENWARE AURORA R9 enough for Prepard3D V4 or V5 to run smoothly on a B747 with airline routine operation? Would the Prepar3D V5 recommendation be enough to have great visual effects like this?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVqdg_rAeZg Thank youv very much guys.
April 16, 20206 yr You will be disappointed. Neither the 9700 or the 9700F can be overclocked. You want something with a Z390 motherboard and either a 9700K or 9900K chip to overclock it. The Graphics card in the 2300usd dollars one is top end, the Alienware PC is frankly substandard. P3D v4.5 MSFS2020 Hisense 50" 4K TV Ryzen 9600x 64gb DDR5 6000mhz, Asrock B650m HDV/M.2 Gigabyte 16gb 9070XT, Thermalright Aqua Elite 240mm 2TB NVMe Boot/FS2020 Drive, 2TB NVMe P3D Drive. Saitek Yoke, Pedals, Radio Panel, Switch Panel, 2 x FiPs
April 16, 20206 yr Because the Alienware comes with a 1660 video card and the other comes with a 2080Ti! HUGE difference in graphics cards. Like Charlatan mentions go with a 9700K or the 9900K, or even better wait 6 more months and see what comes to fruit with the 10900K and the nVidia 3xxx series cards. There is also the desktop Ryzens 4000s desktops looming on the horizon that may once again upset Intel's crown like the Athalon did back in 2000. Now is not the day to buy hardware as the current stuff is based on 2 year old technology.
April 16, 20206 yr FYI: Alienware was always great on eye candy, and now It's owned by the Dell company. There are some better outfits out there to put your rig together. Jetline Systems is one of the top ones, but quality is not cheap. Also CyberpowerPC out in LA also does a decent job in building gaming PC's to specs...
April 17, 20206 yr Author Thank you very much guys, myself as a totally computer word not allowed, really appreciate the advice and comments. I will do some more research and bring the budget up!
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