On 6/15/2022 at 5:55 PM, G-RFRY said:

Below MSRP and Only Getting Cheaper: The GPU Deluge Begins | Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com)

Dropping like a stone Nvidia delaying the 4090 for a month to November to clear 30 series stock.

Interesting! Thanks for the link...soooo tempting!

" I hope your machine works out for you. Interested to know how it is going.. "

If your still reading this thread, Rich, I just performed my first "test".  For me a test is booting up MSFS and checkin' 'er out, ha!  Well, what can I say but......wow-Wow-WOW.  I've never seen such detail and smoothness in my 20+ years of simming.  It seems MSFS knew what I installed and placed all my settings at ULTRA. 

I used my home airport (KSAN, San Diego, CA), and it just felt like I was there.  The detail of every building, every rooftop, tons of moving traffic, the lighting all maybe felt like I was landing on RWY 27 like I have done in real life peering out the window.

I have not done a thing with adjusting or overclocking... I might not need too.  It's at 5GHz on its own and doesn't break a sweat.  CPU idles or when I am doing simple work hovers at 23-24c.  And with MSFS it was in the 30's-to high 40's!  WHAT?  I used to be in the high 70's with my old system. While I always liked Noctua coolers, man this AIO liquid stuff made a huge difference.  Though RAM is rated at 6000, it has been around 4800.  Right now I have no need to bump it up.  I'm locked at 30FPS and I'm sure I could go higher - just not sure I need too.  Using it for work will be icing on the cake.

So all in all, yes, you could say I am pretty frickin' happy.  😆

On 6/26/2022 at 12:15 PM, Clutch Cargo said:

" I hope your machine works out for you. Interested to know how it is going.. "

If your still reading this thread, Rich,

Yes, still reading! I'm so happy it worked out for you. Sounds like you are going to have a lot of fun with MSFS and your new machine!

Now comes the hard part..stop messing with it! I know you want to, we all would, we all do. It runs perfectly yet we just overclock this, tweak that lol! 

Looks to me that you have a machine that will serve you well for quite some time. Thank you so much for the update. I loved to hear that it worked out for you. Certainly inspirational for me when I get the components together for my new build!

Happy flying my friend.

Rich.

On 6/26/2022 at 5:15 PM, Clutch Cargo said:

And with MSFS it was in the 30's-to high 40's!  WHAT?  I used to be in the high 70's with my old system.

 

That literally cannot be right. Something is wrong with your method of temp testing. 30's is an idle temp for many systems. 

Hi Martin.  I would tend to agree with you.  But I am just reporting what I am seeing.  Right now, using the PC I am at around 24c. But I see it jump up to 29c for a moment or two then back down.  I am using Real Temps app looking at that.  I also have GPU-Z running and I can see that the speed bounces around quite a bit from 1900Ghz to 5100Ghz.   I did notice as I load up more and more into MSFS the temps have risen to the 40's and the highest I have seen is 50c.   Just normal flying around checking things out.  No massive loading of add-ons or study level aircraft but settings are on Ultra.

20 hours ago, Clutch Cargo said:

Hi Martin.  I would tend to agree with you.  But I am just reporting what I am seeing.  Right now, using the PC I am at around 24c. But I see it jump up to 29c for a moment or two then back down.  I am using Real Temps app looking at that.  I also have GPU-Z running and I can see that the speed bounces around quite a bit from 1900Ghz to 5100Ghz.   I did notice as I load up more and more into MSFS the temps have risen to the 40's and the highest I have seen is 50c.   Just normal flying around checking things out.  No massive loading of add-ons or study level aircraft but settings are on Ultra.

 

If you are running flight sim with ReatTemp in the background, then when you minimise the sim to check the temp, the temp will drop. It may even be pausing the sim. You need to monitor the temp automatically while simming and check it after.

As for messing about on the desktop, Internet etc, the higher frequency you see is just brief spikes that won't push the temp up much.

GPUz is for the graphics card not CPU.

Run Cinebench R23 multicore and keep RealTemp visible at the same time. 

Sales of Motherboards Expected to Drop by 30% in 2022 | Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com)

The biggest downturn in the PC market for some time expected.

Sadly things are not going to better for the next gen hardware.

Foundry TSMC states prices of graphics cards and processors will increase by 9% (guru3d.com)