daan76

Found the G.Skill's and went ahead and made the new build. In one word: awesome! Thanks for the suggestions!

Thanks for your detailed answer Martin, I appreciate The memory post was an interesting read and thanks to saab340 for taking the time to share the results! My first thought was a new build, but then I read a lot of people being satisfied with an overclocked 4790k and since it's half the money, I thought it was worth investigating. I mean, I can afford the new build, but spending money for close to nothing isn't what I'm looking for. I was afraid the PSU and cooler were not going to be sufficient, so if I have to add those to the mix I'd rather invest in a new build and keep my current machine for work only. G.Skill modules seem hard to come by here for some odd reason (2+ weeks). Are there any good alternatives or is it worth the wait?

Hi everyone! I recently came back to simming after an extensive break and loving the new Prepar3d v3. I'm looking to either upgrade my existing system, make a new build or just leave it as it is and I'd like your opinion on the matter. Right now my system looks like this: i7 4770 GTX770 2GB DDR5 WindForce X3 Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H board 32GB Kit (8GBx4) DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL8 @1.5V Ballistix Tactical Corsair Hydro H60 CPU Cooling Samsung 500GB 840 EVO Seasonic 550W G-Series For an upgrade I'm looking at: 1) I7 4790k and overclock 2) optionally replacing the GTX770 with a MSI GTX 980 Ti GAMING 6G if that makes sense Total around EUR ~1000, ~350 if only the cpu For a new build: i7 6700k Asus Maximus VIII Ranger MSI GTX 980 Ti GAMING 6G 16Gb Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4, 2400Mhz PC19200 CL14, 1.2V (memory I'm not too sure on what to pick, though) Corsair Obsidian 750D PSU Corsair Hydro H100Ti GTX Which would set me back, including case and 500Gb SSD, around EUR 2100 I've tried 1080p and 1440p and the latter looks so much better, so I'd prefer to make it work on 1440p. My gut tells me the CPU upgrade alone and overclocking the 4790k will make the biggest difference and luckily is also the cheapest option Is it worth to replace the 770GTX? If I do decide do the upgrade, would different cooler be better or will the H60 suffice? Is the PSU enough? If it turns out I have to replace too many components in my current machine, I'd rather do a new build. Please, what are your thoughts on this? Regards, Daan

Nice!I've been playing around with Orbiter for a while ('cause of the 100k limit in fs), but always figured the view would be much nicer with flight sim (Orbiter uses one huge texture glued to the Earth as far as I know (or any other planet for that matter)).That'd make for some pretty interesting flights..say, Miami to Sydney in under 90 minutes ? (how's that for a mission? ;))Looking forward to new release.Arnoud