2 hours ago, Charlatan said:

When is the NDA lifted?

18th August release day.

21 hours ago, G-RFRY said:

18th August release day.

Cheers. Strange, you would have thought they would be trying to ramp up the hype

On 7/29/2020 at 8:06 PM, TheFamilyMan said:

I joined your new build parade, though about a month ago:

i7 10700k, OC to 5.0Ghz all cores, 4.7Ghz cache, under a noctua NH-D15S and running Win10 Pro

Asus Maximus Hero XII, g.skill 2x16GB 3600 @ 15-15-15-32 2T, Thermaltake Tough Power GF1 850W PSU, evga gtx 1070 SC (4 years old and still going strong)

3 NVMe drives: 2x 1T, 1x 500GB (in a PCIe x4 slot, used exclusively for my FSX-SE install and all its addons)

FSX-SE runs and looks like a dream on it, using a 2560x1440 60hz IPS monitor.  Awaiting the nvidia 3000 release for a gcard upgrade.

OK FS2020, bring it ON! 😆

I am trying to sort out 10600 vs 10700 vs 10900. I am concerned about power consumption of 10900 and heat, and the price. I am wondering if folks with the 10700 could mention how they chose that processor among the three. I have seen some posts that the 10600 should be fine for flight simming. My monitor will be running at 3440X 1400 with an otherwise new rig being contemplated.

 

Thanks

12 hours ago, greg100o said:

I am trying to sort out 10600 vs 10700 vs 10900. I am concerned about power consumption of 10900 and heat, and the price. I am wondering if folks with the 10700 could mention how they chose that processor among the three. I have seen some posts that the 10600 should be fine for flight simming. My monitor will be running at 3440X 1400 with an otherwise new rig being contemplated.

 

Thanks

I’m interested too. I’m slowly starting to piece together a new build as parts go on sale and am unsure which cpu to go with. I have some time to decide since I’m waiting for the 3000 series gpus to come out. 

Bottom line for my 10700k buy decision:  I wanted as many of the fastest cores on the market which a Noctua NH-D15S could handle with a reasonable OC.

That being said, regardless of the nonsense lots of 10700k reviews say about getting "an easy" 5.1Ghz all core OC, don't count on getting one that you'd use day to day, unless you have top end AIO or custom loop cooling and are comfortable with the voltage/power consumption required to do so, or your chip was among the top 20% silicon lottery draws.

Edit: IMO if you don't OC a 10700k to at least 4.8Ghz all core, there is little value in getting one over a comparable AMD build.

Edited August 9, 20205 yr by TheFamilyMan

After first users tested already the sim - are there any tendencies which cpu supplier is better for MS2020? Still unsure whether to take the 3900x or i7-10700k. Is still „more GHz“ is better or more cores. Thanks Patrick

Typically for games, and most software, higher clock is better. Because its difficult to program software to use multiple cores people seldom do it.   But full stop for this sim.  It clearly utilizes multiple cores, so the jury is still out until we see benchmarks.

I chose the 10700k because I couldn't afford the 10900, and I dont like AMD CPUs.  My first PC build was a AMD 386 in the 90s, and it was never stable.  Never really liked them since, although my last system had an AMD GPU which was rock solid.  Even there I prefer NVidia. 

The real question is a a 9th generation, or a 10th gen Intel.  I went with the 10th gen - which is a bit of a risk because it just came out this spring.  That means the Z490 MBs are newer tech, too.

Edited August 22, 20205 yr by horrido

Running 10700 at 4.8 with EVGA CLC 240 AIO, Idle/web surfing at 32-34 C and runs fs 2020 at about 55 C according to EVGA monitoring software.

Happy so far.

You should also check out the 10600K when OC it matched the 10900K in some games, and topped the charts in some in cost=performance it again tops the charts, and testers think this will be the go to CPU for gamers on a budget. finding them in stock is another story.

I chose the i5 10600K. Costs less than them all, runs liquid cooled at 55 to 70 degrees c at  4.9 ghz.