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Re: Looking to buy a new computer.
Posted: 07 Dec 2018, 21:40
by GHD
Good luck Nigel.
I bought my most recent pc from a local shop:
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Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
PSU: Dark Power Pro 11 1200W Platinum
Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 Intel Socket 1151 Coffee Lake ATX DDR4 HDMI/DisplayPort M.2 USB 3.1
CPU: Intel Core i7 8700K Unlocked Coffee Lake Desktop Processor overclocked to 5GHz.
RAM: 32GB VULCAN Red Heatsink (4 x 8GB) DDR4 3000MHz DIMM System Memory
Cooler: Noctua NH-D15s Air cooler
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX1080 Ti Gaming OC 11GB GDDR5X VR Ready WINDFORCE 3X Cooling System
Disks: Samsung PM961 Polaris 512GB M.2 PCIe 3.0 (x4) NVMe High Performance SSD
2 x 6TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3.5" SATA III
Samsung 850 EVO 2 TB 2.5 SSD + 2Tb Xp compatible
It worls great with FSX and P3D V4.4.
Unfortunately, the shop has since gone out of business
Re: Looking to buy a new computer.
Posted: 08 Dec 2018, 07:44
by ChrisHunt
That's one he'll of a PC George. I could almost drool.
Re: Looking to buy a new computer.
Posted: 08 Dec 2018, 14:24
by Nigel H-J
Wow George, now that must be fantastic in flight sims not to mention other platforms. One other point I read not so long ago was that the GTX 100Ti wasw either in short supply or discontinued.
As that is the GPU I am thinking of having, as for the new 20X something or others are very expensive!!
Regards
Nigel.
Re: Looking to buy a new computer.
Posted: 08 Dec 2018, 15:14
by ChrisHunt
Hi Nigel, the 1080ti is an excellent card but sadly you'll probably be able to pick one up for the price of a 2080 or as near as dammit as to make little difference. There are some useful comparisons here:
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digi ... marks-7001
On these figures you're ultimately better off with a 2080.
Sadly I've yet to see anyone do performance comparisons using flight simulators.
Re: Looking to buy a new computer.
Posted: 08 Dec 2018, 16:18
by Charlie Bravo
The 2080 is just so expensive though (apx £650) and you'll be having to watch what is spent elsewhere in the spec.
One thing I'd say is I've just upgraded my laptop to 32gb RAM and XP seems smoother.
I'm getting anything from 25-40 FPS. Not bad on a previous generation i7 unit that can't be overclocked.
Re: Looking to buy a new computer.
Posted: 08 Dec 2018, 18:05
by Nigel H-J
one thing I'd say is I've just upgraded my laptop to 32gb RAM and XP seems smoother.
I will have to see how the costs spread out first but have been thinking about RAM initially 16Gb but might make more sense to up it to 32Gb if a 2080 is out of reach.
Regards
Nigel.