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Hi guys,

 

Mr. Pilotasso's Rig inspired me to build a new computer... and abusing insanity... LOL

 

Took me a while to gather all the parts I wanted. Every trip to USA I'd bring one or two parts. Now I got all I wanted. I'm gonna post here the spec and I'd gladly accept any tip about building it or setting it up. This is not my first build, but it is by far, the most advanced I ever made.

 

Today I will do my backups and tomorrow I will start to built it.

 

Here goes the specs:

 

NZXT Case S340.

Intel I7-7700k

Kraken X62

ASUS ROG Formula IX

Memory Corsair Vengeance 64GB at 3600Mhz

NZXT internal HUB 2.0.

HD SSD 960GB Sandisk Ultra II

Windows 10 Home

2 Termaltake Ring 12

Gametrix KW-908 Jet Seat

 

What I will use from my old rig:

PSU Corsair 850W

GTX 1080

SSD 1T (the one with DCS 1.5 and 2.0)

HD 3T 7200rpm (space storage)

SSD 50GB (was OS, now will be storage space)

 

These are the new parts:

 

IMG_8165.jpg

 

Now is the moment I have to thanks my wife for leting me do this "insanity". As she says "I preffer you flying the sim than in the bar or somewhere else I don't know". :helpsmilie:

 

I think she's smart!!! :D

 

Anyway, I count on YOU for any tip about the rig. I hope it runs like a rocket!!!

 

All the best,

 

Sydy


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Congratulations!!! Nice, I have something like yours, and it´s wonderful...

Your wife is a wise person...

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Congratulations!!! Nice, I have something like yours, and it´s wonderful...

Your wife is a wise person...

 

Hey Colmillo,

 

Cool! If you can, post your DCS set up, please.

 

I read your post to my wife and she thanks you... (I thank you even more! LOL)

 

Take care,

 

Sydy

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That will rock with DCS indeed.

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My PC specs below:

Case: Corsair 400C

PSU: SEASONIC SS-760XP2 760W Platinum

CPU: AMD RYZEN 3900X (12C/24T)

RAM: 32 GB 4266Mhz (two 2x8 kits) of trident Z RGB @3600Mhz CL 14 CR=1T

MOBO: ASUS CROSSHAIR HERO VI AM4

GFX: GTX 1080Ti MSI Gaming X

Cooler: NXZT Kraken X62 280mm AIO

Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 1TB M.2+6GB WD 6Gb red

HOTAS: Thrustmaster Warthog + CH pro pedals

Monitor: Gigabyte AORUS AD27QD Freesync HDR400 1440P

 

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Perfect PC there, Sadly I only have a gtx 1050 and an old i5 for myself, But surprisingly I can run DCS at the highest at usually 30 fps, If theirs not too much going on.

In order to successfully "play" DCS, you need:

 

1. A Supercomputer

 

2. The budget of the US department of defense

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Hi Pilotasso and Dark,

 

I hope I manage a good fps wih that... I am pretty sure it will run nicely. I am aimming at 4k in an ASUS 28in monitor using my track ir.

 

I will let you know tomorro!

 

All the bes,

 

Sydy

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Return 32GB of RAM and get a bigger screen.

 

Hi Demon,

 

That'd be nice, but it's hard to get a bigger screen in Brazil, so 28in 4k it is... My space also wouldn't support a much bigger screen anyway.

 

Someday I will migrate to VR, but I want it to get a bit better res.

 

Tks for the tip, buddy.

 

Sydy

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Of course:

 

This is my conf. (Note is for Normandy, my best conf. for that scenario)

 

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(Wait for the nvidia conf.)

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Of course:

 

This is my conf. (Note is for Normandy, my best conf. for that scenario)

 

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[ATTACH]163598[/ATTACH]

 

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(Wait for the nvidia conf.)

 

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Nice PC your building there Sydy,

 

I'm starting to collect parts myself for a new PC build, this will also be my most advanced build, been quite some time since I built a PC from parts.

 

Specs:

 

Intel I7-7700k

ROG MAXIMUS IX HERO

Samsung 960 EVO M.2 500G (Windows 10 Drive, DCS)

16G Kit (8Gx2) 3600 G.Skill Ripjaws V

Corsair RM750i 750Watt 80Plus Gold

Corsair Hydro Series H100i v2 240mm cooler

Fractal Design Define R5 Black Case

 

From my old rig:

ASUS 27-inch, 2560 x 1440, 144Hz, 1ms, G-SYNC

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8GB

Samsung 850 EVO 500G SSD

2 x HD 1T 7200rpm (storage)

Track IR v5

 

Future Upgrades

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Sea Hawk X 11GB

16G Kit (8Gx2) 3600 G.Skill Ripjaws V (More Ram? 32G?)

 

I think I'm going to go with a front mount on the cooler, with the 2 fans pushing.

Later, if needed I'm going add two more fans at rear for a push pull setup.

 

I was going to do a top mount install, this draws hot air from inside the case and

blows out the top tho, the front mount sill draws air through the radiator into the case,

this still seems to me like the better way to go. Plus I'm trying to keep this

thing fairly quiet still, so I don't want to remove the case panels from the top.

 

Here's a video testing the cooler both ways.

 

xNAMxZgvves

 

Detailed complete build using I7-7700k / ASUS parts and all the way to BIOS

settings / install etc.

 

 

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Nice specs though as someone else mentioned 64GB of RAM isn't going to yield any benefit in games compared to 32GB. Also as you already have a GTX1070 I would suggest jumping up to the 1070Ti instead of the 1080. In any case your specs are stonkingly good and should yield great in game performance.

 

 

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I wasn't going to go this far with the new PC build at first, then the boss the other day said I could spend 1200 using the company accounts, because of some company tax break write off. OK sure!:thumbup:

 

So this week I'm buying some new PC's for work and ordering some of the, now better parts I need for my new PC build. He can be a nice guy when he wants to sometimes, lol.

i7-7700K OC @ 5Ghz | ASUS IX Hero MB | ASUS GTX 1080 Ti STRIX | 32GB Corsair 3000Mhz | Corsair H100i V2 Radiator | Samsung 960 EVO M.2 NVMe 500G SSD | Samsung 850 EVO 500G SSD | Corsair HX850i Platinum 850W | Oculus Rift | ASUS PG278Q 27-inch, 2560 x 1440, G-SYNC, 144Hz, 1ms | VKB Gunfighter Pro

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My thoughts:

 

Mobo: If you're going to drop that much on a mobo and water cooler, you might consider going whole hog and going with the Maximus IX Extreme with the integrated cooling block.

 

SSD: An NVMe SSD, like the Samsung Pro Evo 1TB, would give you better storage throughput (don't let those high speed M.2 slots go to waste!)

 

Overall, should be one heckuva rig!


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I was thinking that too GhostDog, with all the specs Sydy's using I'm surprised to that he is not going for a M.2 drive on this board. That was one of my first decisions after looking at the spec for the ROG MAXIMUS IX HERO. 2 x M.2 slots.

 

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i7-7700K OC @ 5Ghz | ASUS IX Hero MB | ASUS GTX 1080 Ti STRIX | 32GB Corsair 3000Mhz | Corsair H100i V2 Radiator | Samsung 960 EVO M.2 NVMe 500G SSD | Samsung 850 EVO 500G SSD | Corsair HX850i Platinum 850W | Oculus Rift | ASUS PG278Q 27-inch, 2560 x 1440, G-SYNC, 144Hz, 1ms | VKB Gunfighter Pro

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Hi guys,

 

Nice posts!!! Let's go for each one:

 

Nice PC your building there Sydy,

 

I'm starting to collect parts myself for a new PC build, this will also be my most advanced build, been quite some time since I built a PC from parts.

 

Specs:

 

Intel I7-7700k

ROG MAXIMUS IX HERO

Samsung 960 EVO M.2 500G (Windows 10 Drive, DCS)

16G Kit (8Gx2) 3600 G.Skill Ripjaws V

Corsair RM750i 750Watt 80Plus Gold

Corsair Hydro Series H100i v2 240mm cooler

Fractal Design Define R5 Black Case

 

From my old rig:

ASUS 27-inch, 2560 x 1440, 144Hz, 1ms, G-SYNC

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8GB

Samsung 850 EVO 500G SSD

2 x HD 1T 7200rpm (storage)

Track IR v5

 

Future Upgrades

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Sea Hawk X 11GB

16G Kit (8Gx2) 3600 G.Skill Ripjaws V (More Ram? 32G?)

 

I think I'm going to go with a front mount on the cooler, with the 2 fans pushing.

Later, if needed I'm going add two more fans at rear for a push pull setup.

 

I was going to do a top mount install, this draws hot air from inside the case and

blows out the top tho, the front mount sill draws air through the radiator into the case,

this still seems to me like the better way to go. Plus I'm trying to keep this

thing fairly quiet still, so I don't want to remove the case panels from the top.

 

David,

 

Hell of a spec as well. I went for the front mount too. So far, it's silent like a charm and I have 5 fans on the case: 2 for the Kraken X2, 1 for the Corsair Vengeance memory kit, 2 for the cases exhausting). I changed the NXZT case fans for 2 thermaltakes at 1.500rpm instead of 1.200rpm.

 

Nice specs though as someone else mentioned 64GB of RAM isn't going to yield any benefit in games compared to 32GB. Also as you already have a GTX1070 I would suggest jumping up to the 1070Ti instead of the 1080. In any case your specs are stonkingly good and should yield great in game performance.

 

Hi Konovalov,

 

My GPU is a GTX 1080 at this moment, not a 1070. I don't think it worths the trouble to go for a 1080Ti at this stage.

 

I wasn't going to go this far with the new PC build at first, then the boss the other day said I could spend 1200 using the company accounts, because of some company tax break write off. OK sure!:thumbup:

So this week I'm buying some new PC's for work and ordering some of the, now better parts I need for my new PC build. He can be a nice guy when he wants to sometimes, lol.

 

That's cool! Buying parts is nice, even more with that kind of "budget"!!! LOL

 

 

My thoughts:

Mobo: If you're going to drop that much on a mobo and water cooler, you might consider going whole hog and going with the Maximus IX Extreme with the integrated cooling block.

 

SSD: An NVMe SSD, like the Samsung Pro Evo 1TB, would give you better storage throughput (don't let those high speed M.2 slots go to waste!)

 

Hi GD.

 

That'd be nice but the Mobo is already here. The Formula also has the water cooling block, although I decided not to use at this moment. I don't know in the future.

 

My DCS runs in a SSD Sansung 1TB and my new OS (windows 10 home) is going to run in that new SSD. I will keep an 3T HD for storage.

 

Pretty nice tips from all of you!! Thanks a million!

 

Next post, the machine is up in running and I am installing the stuff again at this moment.

 

All the best,

 

Sydy


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Hi guys,

 

Here goes some pictures of my little creature!!! LOL

 

Case right before the "smoke test".

 

IMG_8173.jpg

 

Up and running. Had to recheck some connections and deactivate the 100GB SSD that I want to re-use. It had the old OS and the new machine got confused...

 

IMG_8175.jpg

 

Everything stable so far. Case closed. No OC yet... I will get there. Memory is running at 2333mhz instead of the 3600mhz... Fine tunning will come later.

 

IMG_8176.jpg

 

Now it is there! My new machine in my new machine. New computer today and tomorrow I start the familiarization course with the engineering for the Embraer 190-E2, brand new type we are making here. This course is for the prototype we are certifying at this moment. Wait to see the paint job in the Embraer 195-E2 at Le Bourget. We made an Eagle Head in our "Profit Hunter".

 

I'd say it is a "machineinception".

 

IMG_8177.jpg

 

 

Back to the computer, so far, things are stable. Let me continue to install stuff in here.

 

Tks for the tips, guys. Keep it coming!

 

All the best,

 

Sydy

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I was thinking that too GhostDog, with all the specs Sydy's using I'm surprised to that he is not going for a M.2 drive on this board. That was one of my first decisions after looking at the spec for the ROG MAXIMUS IX HERO. 2 x M.2 slots.

 

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LOL

 

I didn't go because I never heard about it... Ignorance is a bliss... :cry:

 

That's a thing for the future, maybe...

 

Tks guys,

 

Sydy

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Sydy,

 

Are you going to try for the 5GHz clock? I will be happy for somewhere around this mark 4.8 stable etc. I will also be running civi sims / PMDG with this build and want to get them running nice and smooth.

i7-7700K OC @ 5Ghz | ASUS IX Hero MB | ASUS GTX 1080 Ti STRIX | 32GB Corsair 3000Mhz | Corsair H100i V2 Radiator | Samsung 960 EVO M.2 NVMe 500G SSD | Samsung 850 EVO 500G SSD | Corsair HX850i Platinum 850W | Oculus Rift | ASUS PG278Q 27-inch, 2560 x 1440, G-SYNC, 144Hz, 1ms | VKB Gunfighter Pro

Chuck's DCS Tutorial Library

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Sydy,

 

Are you going to try for the 5GHz clock? I will be happy for somewhere around this mark 4.8 stable etc. I will also be running civi sims / PMDG with this build and want to get them running nice and smooth.

 

Hi David,

 

Edit: I will try to fine tune it for sure... I was looking wrongly at CAM.

 

Tks for the tips,

 

Sydy


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Try Prime95 for 8 hrs. avatar_4784.gif And don't panic.

 

LOL I am working to keep it stable... So fat 4.2mhz, pretty much standards. Installing stuff trying not to compromise DCS.

 

Do you guys disable Account Manager?

 

I had to mess a bit with DEFENDER also to exclude DCS. It started to crash... Running now, so far.

 

All the best,

 

Sydy

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LOL I am working to keep it stable... So fat 4.2mhz, pretty much standards. Installing stuff trying not to compromise DCS.

 

Do you guys disable Account Manager?

 

I had to mess a bit with DEFENDER also to exclude DCS. It started to crash... Running now, so far.

 

All the best,

 

Sydy

From what I've heard you have to really increase the vcore to get the 7700K's stable higher. I ended up sticking to 4.6 on my 6600K because the vcore (and then heat concerns in p95) needed to be increased quite a bit to run stable. I'm running 1.35 right now and still having minor stability issues on it.

Water cooled with h100i6d04728dd02b1b2920ff3bd1f8792ab4.jpg

 

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The real deal with 5G is your 3600XMP !!!

 

Till 4.8 things go pretty straight forward, any higher and your IMC will gladly take the word on what's possible and what not.

 

Try 5G with 2133 first, to see if the core does it without stressing the IMC.

 

Then increase the RAM speed slowly and test test test :)

 

Likely more than vCore has to be tuned. VCC-IO, VCC-SA and vDIMM are likely too low for 5G/3600.

 

Look at my Volts in my sig as a rough guideline.

 

In addition, likely LLC, PowerPhase Management and such may need to be set too.

 

 

Booting beeping and posting may get troublesome. Find your sweetspot.


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