New Computer Advise

[JohnOmaha 0]

 

I’ve been away from flight summing for a few years now and want to get back into it. I’m purchasing a new system and I would like to know if these specs are good or overkill. I’ll be running p3dv4, PMDG products and maybe soon MSFS.   Advise would be appreciated. 

CPU: Intel® Core™ Processor i7-10700K 8/16 3.80GHz [Turbo 5.1GHz] 16MB Cache LGA1200

MOTHERBOARD:  GIGABYTE Z490 AORUS EXTREME E-ATX, ARGB, WIFI 6, Aquantia 10GbE+ 2.5GbE Dual LAN, 3 PCIe x16, 6 SATA3, 3x M.2 SATA/PCIe, TB3

RAM / System Memory: 32GB (8GBx4) DDR4/4000MHz Dual Channel Memory (GSKILL Trident Z RGB)

VIDEO CARD: GeForce RTX™ 3080 10GB GDDR6X (Ampere) [VR Ready] (Single Card)

Primary Hard Drive: 1TB WD Blue Series SATA-III 6 GB/s SSD - Seq R/W: Up to 545/525 MB/s, Rnd R/W up to 100/80k (1TB x 2 (1TB Capacity) RAID 1 Performance with Data Security)

Thank you

John

[MartinRex007 390]

Looks like a nice system, just make sure you get a power unit that is sufficient. Enjoy!

Cheers

Martin

[iwebber 207]

Looks good, I'm sure you'll be very happy with it, just some comments...

That's a seriously expensive motherboard, do you need 10Gbe or Wifi6? You could save some cash by going for a 'lesser' board. The money saved could go towards a CPU upgrade (10900k?).

That motherboard (and most Z490 boards) has NVMe m2 slots, going for a couple of NVMe SSDs instead of the SATA SSDs would speed things up a bit. It should support the RAID config as well if you want it.

And as Martin said... don't skimp on the power supply.

Food for thought...

[JohnOmaha 0]

25 minutes ago, iwebber said:

Looks good, I'm sure you'll be very happy with it, just some comments...

That's a seriously expensive motherboard, do you need 10Gbe or Wifi6? You could save some cash by going for a 'lesser' board. The money saved could go towards a CPU upgrade (10900k?).

That motherboard (and most Z490 boards) has NVMe m2 slots, going for a couple of NVMe SSDs instead of the SATA SSDs would speed things up a bit. It should support the RAID config as well if you want it.

And as Martin said... don't skimp on the power supply.

Food for thought...

Thanks. Yes I chose a good power supply.  I also have this motherboard as an alternate option and it’s a little cheaper. 
 

ASUS ROG Maximus XII Hero WiFi 6 ATX, ARGB, Aqtion 5GbE+ Intel 2.5GbE Dual LAN, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 6 SATA3, 3x M.2 SATA/PCIe

John

[kevinfirth 1,396]

7 minutes ago, JohnOmaha said:

Thanks. Yes I chose a good power supply.  I also have this motherboard as an alternate option and it’s a little cheaper. 
 

ASUS ROG Maximus XII Hero WiFi 6 ATX, ARGB, Aqtion 5GbE+ Intel 2.5GbE Dual LAN, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 6 SATA3, 3x M.2 SATA/PCIe

John

maximus XII hero is a good mobo, just got one myself..

have you considered the 10850K?

[JohnOmaha 0]

9 minutes ago, kevinfirth said:

maximus XII hero is a good mobo, just got one myself..

have you considered the 10850K?

No I haven’t, I’ll take any advise I can get. I’m a little rusty with the new tech as I’ve been using apple products lately.

John

[overspeed3 410]

Looks like your new rig will  be able to run any darn sim out there... Good Luck! 

I may actually purchase a PC with  similar specs to run the MSFS2020 beast. 

BTW.  You are asking for advice (a noun)  Someone will advise you on a new rig. (a verb).  Sorry.  My better half is a retired English teacher.🙄

 

[MartinRex007 390]

14 minutes ago, JohnOmaha said:

No I haven’t, I’ll take any advise I can get.

Good summary of the Comet processor line up!

 

[RobJC 2,069]

I would get the 10850K if you can since it is just as good as the 10900K but cheaper. 

[ryanbatc 12,857]

Looks great!  Congrats