Hello fellow pilots. I ran my cockpit on a slightly overclocked 12700K, DDR4 board, cooled by 280 AIO. 3080ti drives pair of 1080p projectors + an instrument screen. I am happy with the setup and the performance, at the end of the day it all maxes out at 60 FPS / 60hz refresh rate of the projectors (I do run vsync on) on highest settings. no dips even on servers like Through The Inferno .
The board, however, can use 14th gen CPU, and my Microcenter lists a 14900K for a very reasonable price. I know these run hotter and pull more W, I think my PSU (, enclosure and cooler can deal with it.
additional consideration: in the future I am considering upgrading to 4K projectors (benq x500i) and either 5080/90,
Question: What am I really getting by upgrading? one side of me thinks "I'm leaving performance on the table". on the other hand I suspect all this upgrade will achieve is leaving me 350$ lighter. I was briefly considering switching to 9800x3d, but held off.
thanks!