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I have the crystal and it was sold as a wireless or cable headset but it seems now if I want to make it work properly I need to spend an additional $200.00 WTF. I'm more than a little Pissed.

From what I'm seeing the Somnium VR1 is going to be over 2k and most likely will need a 4090 - 5090 to run it the 12K will most likely need the same.

Just my luck the return window on my Crystal ended last week. I wonder if they are going to keep the Crystal as a middle headset or drop it. I'm thinking the 12K is going to be over 2K.

Memory is a matched set I would never mix memory. If I go to 64gb it would be on a new mother board with DDR5. I'm thinking this might be a cheap way to get some more FPS in DCS and X-Plane.

I currently have 32gb DDR4 3200 CL18 a friend wants to sell me his 32gb DDR4 4000 CL15 for about a $100 as he is building a new rig with DDR5. I fly in DCS in VR with setting maxed out using my system below 13700K, RTX 4090 and Pimax Crystal getting about 90 FPS. Can anybody tell me if I would notice any difference in frame rate and would it be worth putting in more money in this pc. Thanks

After installing the 4090 I noticed my WIFI signal was doping from 5 bars to 2 it was driving me nuts I replace the motherboard antennas with a wired one about 2 feet from the PC now I have constant 5 bars. I first noticed when playing MSFS figured I'd pass this on.

Well I kind of changed everything I had the 13600K which worked really good but last week I found a 13700k for $50 more so I returned the 13600K also found a Gigabyte 4090 OC for list price so I went for it. I only had the 13700k in for one day biggest difference I notice is it's faster and cooler then the 13600k when the 13600 is over clocked. I can run DCS using my G2 headset at 100% with maxed out settings and get 60 + FPS also noticed less shimmering on the ground when doing a barrel roll everything seems a little smother or it's just me. Wondering if DCS has a 60 FPS limit for VR but so far things are good now on to X-Plane 12 and MSFS.

Being I only do VR I decided to cancel the 7900XTX and keep the MSI 4080 Trio on order if I can find a 4090 I'll cancel the 4080. Might as well go for broke wife's not happy. Again thanks for the help

I Just put in a order for a MSI - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING X TRIO from Best buy or would the 4080 Fe be just as good. $109 price difference for the MSI

I got myself in a weird position I promised my grandson my 3080 FTW video card when I can get a 7900XTX or a 4090. I found an XFX Merc310 7900XTX 24gb for list price and ordered it which is the same price as the Nivida reference 4080 card now It seems 7900’s are not living up to expectations. I don’t know what to get the XFS Merc310 7900XTX 24gb or grab a 4080 which are pretty available now I refuse to pay $2000.00 plus for a 4090. I play 95% simulations in VR like DCS, X-Plane 11 & 12, MFSFS 2020, F1-22 and some others. One thing that I like on the 7900’s is the 2.1 display port I think the next generation of VR headsets will most likely be going with it. Any advice or help will be appreciated

Thanks a lot Its working again. Maybe I should not do any more up dates until this is all worked out.

If its $2500 he will be keeping his X5700. I heard about $1500 even that's still expensive maybe a 4080 but I will try to keep my word. With out that what else do we have.

Already upgraded GPU to a 3080FTW a few months ago should have waited could get a Ti for what I paid for it. Plan on getting a 4090 when they come out. Promised my grandson the 3080 when the 4090 comes out but never planed my system dying. It looks like the 5800x3d is out preforming just about everything in DCS, MSFS 2020 and a lot of racing Sim's do to the 96 meg of L3 Cache. That's the reason I'm looking at the R9 7900x it has 64 meg L3 the 12700K has 25 meg.

First thanks for the reply's. This is getting confusing I'm trying to future proof as much as possible. I can wait for a month or so using laptops for now no Simms. I'm thinking of the AMD R9 7900X because of the 5.6mgz boost and the 64gb level 3 Cache it should out preform the x58003d and 12700k only 25mg Cache by a good amount. I'm looking for the best for the system for the simms I love DCS, X-Plane, MSFS 2020 and a few racing simms. I'm in my 70's and this could be my last rig.

My 8700K and Asus Maximus Hero are now dead from a water leak so I need a new motherboard and CPU. I ordered a AMD 5800x3d but returned it after I discovered that AMD and Inter are realizing there new CPU’s very soon. I only play Simms in VR HP Reverb 2 with a 3080 FTW mostly X-Plane 11 and X-Plane 12 when new rig is up and runing, DCS MSFS 2020 and racing Simm’s. These are the 3 CPU’s I’m thinking about. AMD R7 7700X 5.4mhz Boost L3-Cache 32MB ASUS Strix 670E-E Gaming WIFI Motherboard 32gb 5200 DDR5 New AMD CPU Socket AM5 New socket and new memory AMD R7 5800X3D 4.5mhz Boost L3-Cache 98MB ASUS Strix 570E-E Gaming WIFI Motherboard 32gb 3200 DDR4 Discontinued AMD CPU Socket AM4 Can use my DDR4 3200 memory Intel 12700K 5.0mhz Boost Or the new 13700K 5.3mhz Boost coming out in October L3-Cache 25MB and 30MB ASUS Strix 690E-A Gaming WIFI Motherboard 32gb 3200 DDR5 1700 Socket will be replaced after the 1300 Series Can use my DDR4 3200 memory I never used AMD but I’m leaning to the R7 7700X mainly because of how long the motherboard socket last. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.