System Hardware: PC | MOBO | RAM | CPU | HDD | SSD | PSU etc

Hey guys hoping everyone is having a good day. With Black friday coming up and Christmas around the corner. I would like to upgrade my PC to get the most out of P3D V4. I currently have a GTX1060 6GB dual fan, I7-7700 at 3.6ghz (with very good CPU cooler), 8gb of ddr4 ram, 700 watts PSU, a H110M PRO motherboard and one 256gb ssd for the system and a 1TB ssd only for P3D V4. i am currently looking to buy maximum a GTX1080TI 11GB (is a 'used' buy from somewhere such as amazon ok?) paired with an I7-9700K. Any suggestions, I'd love to hear them 🙂

Hello. I am considering an upgrade of my i5-8400 in my Dell XPS 8930. For primarily flight simming, can you please advise on whether an i7-8700k or i5-9600k would be the better upgrade? The i5-9600k is literally half the price. Thank you in advance, Glenn

I am looking for good quality memory sticks for the Asus Maximus IX Hero motherboard. What are the recommended options for memory for this board? I would be looking for 16GB (2x8GB sticks).

Hi, I have nearly 4 year old I7-4790k overclocked to 4.6ghz with Corsair H80 water cooler. I am finally moving from FSX to P3D and am interested in getting the best system for performance. Is it worth upgrading the GPU from GTX 770 to GTX 1070 and ram from 8GB to 16GB to 32GB or upgrading the processor and motherboard? Thanks

Can anyone kindly suggest a midi-tower that has 2 x 5.25 front-mounted drive bays, so I can use my existing optical drive and card reader? I had in mind a Fractal Design Focus-G midi-tower,but the e-Seller site had one fairly positive review and the other quite a negative review re:water cooling, audio cabling, etc Added to which, the water-cooling radiators are not of sizes that would ideally cool a i7-8086K CPU. I was looking for 240mm-360mm. Thanks in advance.

Hello everyone. Does anyone how good could perform an External HDD like the WD Elements for addons such as FS Global and all that kind of stuff?? Thx

The review embargo ended today. MSRP: $513 Bottom line: the fastest gaming (and therefore sim) CPU you can buy today

I run P3D latest version, ORBX and addon sceneries, ActiveSky, PMDG/FSL and so on planes, and lots of AI. I don't have a clue about computers (I don't even know what a motherboard is) nor want to build a computer, I just want to buy something new and run my FS on it smoothly. Here is what I have found: ASUS GL12CX-CH011T i7-9700, 3.6 GHz 16GB RAM NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2070, 8GB 1x SSD 256GB 1x HDD 1TB Makes sense?

Hi all, I am looking to upgrade from a 8600k (@5.0) to a Ryzen 7 3800x because the 6 cores/ threads are slowing me down in CAD, modeling and rendering. For p3dv4.5 the 8600k and rtx 2080 is doing a fine job and I’m able to maintain 35-40 fps in resource heavy airports, fslabs a320, activesky, etc. The 3800x seems to score higher on single core benchmarks than any other ryzen 3000 chip... so the big question is...will the 3800x be a good replacement for the 8600k? Also, for memory, would there be a big performance impact... 3600 cl16 vs 3600 cl18? Thanks in advance.

I was just perusing some ads and I noticed I could snag an i9-9900K for $450 locally today. I'm currently running an i5-8600K @4.8Ghz on a Gigabyte Z370 Gaming 7 MB with 16GB HyperX Fury DDR4-2666 PC4-21300 CL16 memory and an RTX2080Ti GPU. The 2080Ti was a $1K impulse purchase. The CPU would be an impulse purchase, too. I'm pretty happy with how my system runs P3D, but I've been throwing hardware at flight sims since the monochrome graphics days so it's a habit. Gigabyte says the current version of BIOS supports the i9-9900K. I'm pretty sure I can get away with swapping the CPU only and not have MS deactivate Win 10. Later on, I'll upgrade the RAM to 32GB of so…

Currently, have an Antec TP 650w PSU silently powering the current rig.Never had a single issue in the 5 years in usage; have an OCZ StealthXStream 700w PSU, as well as a Be Quiet! 650w. A friend has just pointed me to some Black Friday Deals. I'd like some opinions of experienced rig-builders of the following: Antec HCG Gaming 80 Plus Bronze Certified Power Supply 850W Corsair RM850, RM Series, 80 Plus Gold Certified, 850 W Have the other previous listed PSUs got all I need for a Z390 Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero mobo, i7-8086k CPUI, MSI GTX 1080Ti, SATA Hard Drives, SATA Optical Drive, SATA SSDs? Or do I need the 850w PSUs? Thank you.

I am thinking about upgrading my computer. It is as follows: Asus Z170-K M/board - Intel Skylake i5 6500k - EVGA GTX 1070Ti with 8g gdd6 not overclocked - 2 x 8gb Corsair DDR4-3200 - XFX XTR 750w PSU - Corsair Hydro H80iGT cooler - Samsung 43" UHD HDR TV - Thermaltake V71 Case - Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 500GB - SanDisk 240GB Extreme Pro SSD I wonder what would be the best item to upgrade (or items) with MS Flight-sim 2020 in mind sometime next year? I think a new Motherboard could be on the cards but then I am not very clever about these matters. Intel or AMD CPU? or just get a up market graphics cards? All questions I am unsure about and so would very…

With much anticipation I am deciding whether or not I should save up now so that I can start piecing together parts for a brand new computer build so that I can run the sim as smoothly as possible. My current setup is in my signature. Do you guys think I will be able to run this sim fairly smooth in 4k with my current setup? Or do you guys recommend I spec out parts for a new computer build from the ground up for this upcoming sim? Do you guys think I can build a pretty beastly machine with a $1500 budget? The CPU and GPU alone will cost the most. I plan on going for an i9 with RTX 2080 unless something new and better comes along by the time I have saved enough money…

Hi everyone, I'm looking at two MB choices for a i9900K purchase: ASUS ROG Strix Z390-E Gaming LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel Z390 SATA 6Gb/s ATX Intel Motherboard https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813119151 GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel Z390 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813145091?Item=N82E16813145091 I have an ASUS MB in the past and have had good luck with them. However, I'm seeing a trend in ASUS MBs that I do not like, especially from comments on line. Another possible option is this one: GIGABYTE Z390 DESIGNARE LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel Z390 HDMI SATA 6Gb…

Hi everyone, I very rarely if at all post in these forums but I feel this area is going to hopefully give me the best answer, advice or at least point me in the right direction. A few years ago I purchased a new system for myself from UK company ‘Chillblast’. This was a Matt Davies PC and built especially for Flight sim and it really has done well since I’ve had it but I’ve noticed it’s ever so slowly getting lower FPS as of course scenery and aircraft add-ons get better and require more processing and/or power. My current system is as follows: Intel i7-6700k Skylake at 4.0-4.2 overclocked by 20%. Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Graphics Card Corsai…

Hello everybody, i'm getting i9 9900k and want your thoughts about the new motherboard. I have maximus x hero, i know it's compatible with i9 but i want a new one. Thank you.

Hello there fellow aviators. I'm thinking about building a new rig for p3d v4 and for the upcoming MSFS 2020. Need some real professional assistance that'd help me save some bucks. The planned setup is as follows: - CPU O1: I5 9600k - O2: Ryzen 7 2700X - Cooler: O1: Sycthe Mugen5 - O2: Arctic Freezer 34 eSports - MOBO: Z390 Chipset or X370 - GPU (really confused) : O1: RX 5700XT - O2: RX 590 - RAM: 16GB DDR4 3200mhz Gskill SniperX - SSD: 1TB m2 ADATA (TLC memory, 3500/3000mbs) - PSU: 700W BeQuiet 80+ Gold Screen resolution for now 1920x1080p, but may go for a 2k monitor as well.

Is this a good pc for m Smooth game play Refurbished by: MICOMP Brand: HP Model: Elite 8200 Form Factor: Tower Processor: Intel i5-2400 3.10Ghz Quad Core Installed Memory: 8GB Installed Hard Drive: New 250GB SSD drive and secondary 500GB Hard Drive Optical Drive: DVDRW Drive Graphics: Fast Nvidia GTX 1650 2GB - HDMI, DVI, Displayport outputs Other Ports: 8 USB Ports, Audio In/Out, Ethernet Port Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64 BIT Warranty: 30 Day Money Back Guarantee and 1 Year Mail-In Warranty In the box: Desktop, USB WIFI Wireless Adapter, and Power Cord" NEW GTX 1650 (Turing Technology) -NEW 250 GB SSD -Quality Refurbished By MICOMP -100% Gen…

The first of I am sure many benchmarks for PCIe 3.0 versus 4.0 -- https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/phison-pcie-4.0-ssd-amd-ryzen-3000,6173-2.html

Being that P3D tends to hammer Clock 0 the hardest... Is it best to max out the clock for my core 0 or OC all cores evenly? The reason I ask is I’m somewhat voltage and cooling limited in OC’ing my i7 6700 (@ stock 4.0) and was wondering what was the best way to max the clock as I believe I can go slightly higher on core 0 than if I spread the clock over all cores... Right now the highest I can go with the system remaining stable is 4.7 on all cores. Thanks!

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...of needing to upgrade my CPU+RAM+MB combo. I was hoping I could wait until the release of MSFS, but P3D is showing the limits of my 4790k + 1070ti + 16GB DDR3. It's not just MSFS..... RDR2 is also giving my system a hard time it seems, getting occasional freezes (not stutters real freezes)... I was really hoping to blame Rockstar Games for that, but it does seem it's time for a CPU upgrade. Anyway will keep the 1070ti for the time being as I see it still as good enough to keep the price tag a good bit lower. Here is what I have come up with so far: i7-9700k ASUS PRIME Z390-A G.SKILL RipJaws V DIMM Kit 16 GB, DDR4-3200 NOCTUA NH-D15 CPU-Cooler …

Am currently running 6700K @4.5, on a Asus Maximus VIII Ranger MB with a 1070ti EVGA card on a Samsung 27" 1920x1280 monitor. If I have to choose between upgrading the CPU and MB or upgrading the GPU and monitor, what would you do?

How much of a performance increase, regarding texture loading and FPS smoothness can I reasonably achieve if I upgrade my non SSD HDD to an SSD and my 1080 GPU to a 2080ti GPU on an i7 6700 @ 4.5...? Thanks!

How reliable is this source? i have an i9 9900k I have switched off all c states and HT all cores show 4.7ghz with a 1.23ghz V core and bios shows 1.24. thoughts?? and is this a good chip at this V core min planning to overclock to 5ghz all cores thanks