ElCuco68

So if you look at my signature block, I've included everything that I've recently bought. I'm going to swap out MB, CPU, PSU, assemble everything, and install windows 10 Pro, DCS, and Oculus on the new NVMe on Saturday. Any advice on setting up for maximum performance with DCS and others using the Oculus? Overclocking, etc.? Where would you go from here in terms of upgrades?

I ended up sniping this on eBay for $190: https://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-XG5-KXG50ZNV1T02-Single-Sequential/dp/B07B4J17KT/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1536290257&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=toshiba+xg5&psc=1

What about this?: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C8NNQ4Q/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 Or should I spend more on the WD Black NVMe, or less on a bigger SATA SSD?

What do you think of this, or should I spend more on the WD Black NVMe (or just get an SATA SSD)? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C8NNQ4Q/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

Okay, so my 5.2 GHz 8700K and Maximus X Hero MB, 32Gb 3200 MHz DDR4 RAM are coming in tomorrow. I have the OS on a 120GB SATA SSD, DCS and Oculus on a 512 GB SATA SSD, and 3 HDD's between 750 and 2TB (My Steam library on the 2TB HDD), and all of these are about full. I was contemplating getting either a WD M.2 NVMe 240GB for the OS and/or a 500GB of the same type for the OS, DCS, and Oculus, re-tasking the 120 and 500 GB SSD's, or maybe just a 1TB M.2 NVME (about $340) to put that stuff on, which would yield even more room. I wouldn't say that money's no object, but if that's something that might matter in a few years, I might opt for the NVMe, but otherwise I could save some money and get a 1 or 2 TB SSD or an M.2 SATA (if doing so would allow me to have room for the drives I already have, because I'm running out of power cords). Any thoughts on this?

What do you think of this?: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C8NNQ4Q/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

exactly what type of RAID setup? By the way, what do you think of this? It doesn't have those high (3.5Gb/sec) read/write speeds, but it seems plenty fast, and seems cheap for an NVMe stick: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C8NNQ4Q/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

Why not do a GoFundMe, and we could set it up somewhere in the forum? Maybe we could elect a senior member to be sort of a conservator, and when there's enough money in the account, the executor could buy the equipment and send it to you or whoever the beneficiary is? Maybe this could be a community thing, where when members who have been around here for some years (to keep it from being taken advantage of by outsiders who happen to hear of it and are being opportunistic) can appeal to for help when unforseeable events like this happen? Given the massive investment in time and effort that it takes to become proficient at this, it would truly be a shame to have to abandon it because of some bumps in the road. We had all kinds of things like this when I was in the Navy, especially in the smaller commands I was at like the submarine I was on from 85-89. No one ever had to do without; we were always there for each other. Why not make this a place like that, with real camaraderie?

If I had to choose either putting the OS on an NVMe or my games on a bigger NVMe, which would you choose? In other words, which would benefit more from that speed?

Yeah, i screwed up; meant to say 1.4 volts. What is SVID ? LLC6? What's the SATA 5+6 trap? Sorry, I'm a Luddite.

Hey Goa, you don't have VR with that rig of yours?

Also, do you think the Corsair H100i watercooler will be enough to OC that 5.2Ghz CPU I just bought? It was delidded, lapped, binned at 5.2GHz/4.2V. What about the EVGA 1000W PSU I just got? It's this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EKJQM5E/?coliid=I1YX8O8G8ER3DP&colid=96CTP6TLMOOS&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it I'm thinking about adding this to put the OS on, or maybe even getting a 1TB one to put the OS, Oculus, and DCS on. I've already got the OS on its own SSD, and Oculus & DCS on a bigger SSD (both SATA), so do you think, considering the CPU and GPU I'm going to be using, that getting these would improve performance and/or loading times? What about your other HD arrangements (RAID-0 and so forth)? How might that help? I don't want to piss money away, but I figure that if I'm going this far, I'd might as well do it right, if it would really help.

Turns out the pictures of the settings are in page 2 of this thread, and I can't reattach them.

Hey, it looks like you've got more or less the same system I'm getting! How well does everything work with Oculus/DCS? Can you give me some pointers on the best ways to squeeze performance out of this rig? By the way, here's my current settings, and what I'm getting for specs:

Price update: $400 Selling an Asus Crosshair V Formula Z motherboard, AMD FX-8350 CPU, Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 MHz RAM (4 X 8 Gb for 32 Gb total), Gigabyte GTX-970 GPU, and EVGA Gold 750W PSU. I'm selling because I ended up buying a GTX-1080 TI graphics card, then realized I needed to upgrade the CPU for it for Oculus Rift. This setup did work for using DCS in VR, but didn't seem quite fast enough for a few of my Oculus games to run perfectly. Will definitely work great for any non-VR game and most VR games. $500

Well, I just bought a binned (5.2 GHz at 1.41V) and delidded 8700K with copper heat spreader, and an Asus ROG Maximus X Hero MB, an EVGA 1000W PSU, and 2 X 16Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3000MHz memory sticks. Is there still a way to download Windows 10?

okay, here's the settings and the CPU and GPU utilization. FPS never exceeded 30 fps during this.

In your opinion, am I just putting off the inevitable by waiting to change to the 8700k? I mean, if I'm not seeing what this card can do in the Oculus because of that old CPU, then I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and do this overhaul. With the DDR4, if I indeed need that, What point frequency-wise is the point of diminishing returns? 2400 MHz or so? In other words, I don't want to shell out hundreds of dollars more for super-fast memory if the only yield is on paper.

So you can't use DDR3 in a new MB? Damn!

Thank you! Yes, parts of Enfield are pretty. Of course, we have our ghettos, and this is Connecticut's prison town (we have about 8 or so prisons here, including the "supermax" and Osborn, where we have our "death row".This town used to be the property of the Shakers, which I believe was a religious sect that was relatively prominent here around 1900 or so. Then for some reason they sold the property to the state, and the state took this pristine land and turned it into a prison complex. My family is originally from Naples, Italy. Do you live anywhere near there? I visited there once when I was a crewman on a submarine, back in the 80s. I'd like to see more of Italy. How does that 8700k work with Oculus? I'm going to replace my 8350 with an 8700k, but I'm hoping I don't have to get new RAM right away (I have 32 GB of DDR3 1866 MHz.

I'll get a screenshot of the settings. By the way, I have an opportunity to get a 7820x i7 for the same price as an 8700k. Should I get that instead? It expires in an hour...

I downloaded MSI Afterburner, so I could monitor processor usage in game while in VR. I'm currently using an AMD FX-8350 until I can get an 8700k or 7820X (which is better for VR, by the way?), which I overclocked to 4.6 GHz at 1.5V. I have a watercooled EVGA GTX-1080Ti, 32Gb of DDR3 1866MHz RAM, and various SSDs and HDDs. While flying, both CPU (all cores roughly the same percentage) and GPU stayed between 30-40% (!). Not at all what I was expecting. DCS never went above 28 fps while flying; looking at the ground at low altitude brought it down to about 20-22 fps, which was making me nauseous. CPU went up to about 65 degrees C, at 4.61 GHz, and the GPU stayed below 55 degrees C. I'm using that mod that raises framerate, btw. What's going on, and how do I fix this? Or, does this mean that that 8350 is strangling that card?

I downloaded MSI Afterburner, so I could monitor processor usage in game while in VR. I'm currently using an AMD FX-8350 until I can get an 8700k or 7820X (which is better for VR, by the way?), which I overclocked to 4.6 GHz at 1.5V. I have a watercooled EVGA GTX-1080Ti, 32Gb of DDR3 1866MHz RAM, and various SSDs and HDDs. While flying, both CPU (all cores roughly the same percentage) and GPU stayed between 30-40% (!). Not at all what I was expecting. DCS never went above 28 fps while flying; looking at the ground at low altitude brought it down to about 20-22 fps, which was making me nauseous. CPU went up to about 65 degrees C, at 4.61 GHz, and the GPU stayed below 55 degrees C. I'm using that mod that raises framerate, btw. What's going on, and how do I fix this? Or, does this mean that that 8350 is strangling that card?

I did this, and both CPU (all cores roughly the same) and GPU stayed between 30-40% (!). Not at all what I was expecting. DCS never went above 28 fps while flying; looking at ground at low altitude brought it down to about 20-22 fps. CPU went up to about 65 degrees C, at 4.61 GHz.

This card is fantastic! I can't help but wonder if I'm strangling it with the FX-8350 I'm using, though?