Django Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 I could put everything a on a 1TB NvMe drive but the price is prohibitive at the moment. Q) So for SATA6 drives, 2x 500Gb vs a 1TB, any advantage? Regards, Django. | BMS | DCS OB | A-10C II | AV-8B | F-16C | F/A-18C | FC3 | Persian Gulf | Supercarrier | Tacview | XP11 | FF A320 | FF 757 | | I7-9700K + NH-D15 | RTX3080Ti 12GB | DDR4-3200 16GB | Aorus Z390 Ultra | 2X Evo 860 1TB | 850W | Torrent Case | | Warthog HOTAS + CH Pedals | 32" TV 1080p 60Hz | TrackIR5 | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon_ Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Why don't you get a 9600K to spare some money? https://www.hardocp.com/article/2018/11/29/intel_core_i59600k_processor_overclocking_review/6 Attache ta tuque avec d'la broche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon_ Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Maybe you can begin with a SATA 500Gb or 1Tb, install everything, and see how it goes... And forget the NvMe bullshit marketing. Attache ta tuque avec d'la broche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitMaster Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 If you take 2 x 500GB you can split OS and GAMES on 2 independent drives, that may help. I'd then put the PageFile on the OS drive as well. It will make it easier to manage concurrent I/O to either DCS+SWAP or DCS+OS, which cannot take place with 1 drive, per definition. Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Asus 1080ti EK-waterblock - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus PG278Q 27" QHD Gsync 144Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 Why don't you get a 9600K to spare some money? I think 8 physical cores is a better purchase for future proofing. Also the 9600K doesn't seem to have much of an advantage over an 8600K. Maybe you can begin with a SATA 500Gb or 1Tb... and see how it goes. If you take 2 x 500GB you can split OS and GAMES on 2 independent drives, that may help... It will make it easier to manage concurrent I/O to either DCS+SWAP or DCS+OS, which cannot take place with 1 drive, per definition. Initially I was going to go for: 860 Evo 500GB OS + other FS stuff 860 Evo 500GB DCS + X-Plane Alternatively: 860 Evo 250GB OS 860 Evo 1TB all FS stuff Regards, Django. | BMS | DCS OB | A-10C II | AV-8B | F-16C | F/A-18C | FC3 | Persian Gulf | Supercarrier | Tacview | XP11 | FF A320 | FF 757 | | I7-9700K + NH-D15 | RTX3080Ti 12GB | DDR4-3200 16GB | Aorus Z390 Ultra | 2X Evo 860 1TB | 850W | Torrent Case | | Warthog HOTAS + CH Pedals | 32" TV 1080p 60Hz | TrackIR5 | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitMaster Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Take two, the only downside is the little higher price and more cables, everything else is positive ;) Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Asus 1080ti EK-waterblock - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus PG278Q 27" QHD Gsync 144Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitMaster Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 BTW...check ADATA's newest NVMe drive, maybe that is in reach. It's got excellent reviews and a real good price, 1TB is 225.€ iirc. For that, if it is the money. I'd take just 1 NVMe over 2 SATA SSD's for now. 1TB is plenty too. Yeah, didnt wanna confuse you, but that is how I think. https://www.pcworld.com/article/3323075/storage/adata-xpg-sx8200-pro-nvme-ssd-review.html Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Asus 1080ti EK-waterblock - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus PG278Q 27" QHD Gsync 144Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitMaster Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 (edited) T-Topology and other layouts for dummies like us :) I was a bit wrong with my statement above, also seems like it is less often used as I thought. Anyway, worth the time if you work RAM Edited December 18, 2018 by BitMaster Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Asus 1080ti EK-waterblock - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus PG278Q 27" QHD Gsync 144Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) Been busy including a new job so still haven't built this thing! This is what I'm thinking on pulling the trigger on: GREEN = already owned CPU i7-9700K H/S Noctua NH-D15 £78 GPU EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3 RAM G.Skill Trident Z 32GB (2x16) 3200MHz CL14-14-14-34 >£400 M/B Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Elite £165 Storage 2X Samsung 860 Evo 500GB £75 + £75 OR 2x Crucial MX500 500GB £62 + £62 OR 1x Crucial MX500 1TB £113 1TB SATA2 HD PSU Corsair RM750x £100 Case Anidees AI8 Full Tower Case £90 Display 27" GSync Compatible IPS??? Controllers Thrustmaster T.16000M FCS HOTAS £110 CH Rudder Pedals TrackIR Other stuff Windows 10 Home Retail £100 X-rite i1 Display Pro monitor calibrator £178 Display Port 1.4 cable 3m £10 # Still don't think I need more than the Aorus elite M/B for a 5GHz OC. # Not sure where to start looking for a GSync compatible monitor, but they should be less expensive than full GSync. # Not convinced there's any real world difference between SSDs on the SATA bus??? # I think a full tower case is best for that D15 cooler. All comments welcome. Edited February 8, 2019 by Django Regards, Django. | BMS | DCS OB | A-10C II | AV-8B | F-16C | F/A-18C | FC3 | Persian Gulf | Supercarrier | Tacview | XP11 | FF A320 | FF 757 | | I7-9700K + NH-D15 | RTX3080Ti 12GB | DDR4-3200 16GB | Aorus Z390 Ultra | 2X Evo 860 1TB | 850W | Torrent Case | | Warthog HOTAS + CH Pedals | 32" TV 1080p 60Hz | TrackIR5 | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitMaster Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 I just read the Radeon VII review at Guru3d. Though it's a bit early to say it all, it beat the 1080ti in almost any game and discipline, trading blows with the 2080 and recent Titans, in BF-V it kills the 2080ti, yeah yeah, killed it. With 16GB HBM2, that cant be bad for DCS and you have native Freesync. I'd really look into that card. The 1080ti is likely also higher in price, has less VRAM and less power. Both are an old architecture tho, but that is how it is. The rest looks OK, I would just NEVER EVER buy or use any Home version of any Windows, but I own more than 1 PC and have an avid home network. Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Asus 1080ti EK-waterblock - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus PG278Q 27" QHD Gsync 144Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 (edited) Finally hoping to build this thing soon, been so busy with work! Did some shopping: GREEN = already owned CPU i7-9700K H/S Noctua NH-D15 GPU EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3 RAM G.Skill Trident Z 32GB (2x16) 3200MHz CL14-14-14-34 <£400 OR G.Skill Trident Z 32GB (2x16) 3200MHz CL15-15-15-35 <£300 M/B Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra Storage Samsung 860 Evo 1TB 1TB SATA2 HD (previous build) PSU Corsair TX850 (previous build 7yo) Case Coolermaster H500 £100 Display 27" GSync Compatible IPS??? VR headset??? Controllers Thrustmaster T.16000M FCS HOTAS £110 CH Rudder Pedals TrackIR Other stuff Windows 10 Pro Retail X-rite i1 Display Pro monitor calibrator £150 Display Port 1.4 cable 3m £10 All comments welcome. Edited April 11, 2019 by Django Regards, Django. | BMS | DCS OB | A-10C II | AV-8B | F-16C | F/A-18C | FC3 | Persian Gulf | Supercarrier | Tacview | XP11 | FF A320 | FF 757 | | I7-9700K + NH-D15 | RTX3080Ti 12GB | DDR4-3200 16GB | Aorus Z390 Ultra | 2X Evo 860 1TB | 850W | Torrent Case | | Warthog HOTAS + CH Pedals | 32" TV 1080p 60Hz | TrackIR5 | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitMaster Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 All great...but get a new PSU for this nice rig. You can keep the old one as a spare and testing device but dont use it for such a nice machine, too risky. Enjoy :) Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Asus 1080ti EK-waterblock - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus PG278Q 27" QHD Gsync 144Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted May 10, 2019 Author Share Posted May 10, 2019 (edited) I've in fact quit my main job so now I should be able to complete this thing! GREEN = already owned CPU i7-9700K H/S Noctua NH-D15 H/S Paste Arctic Cooling MX-4 Any better ceramic based pastes??? GPU EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3 RAM G.Skill Trident Z F4-3200C14D-32GTZ 32GB (2x16) 3200MHz CL14-14-14-34 M/B Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra Storage Samsung 860 Evo 1TB Samsung HD103SJ 1TB SATA2 (previous build) PSU Corsair TX850 (previous build 7yo)??? Corsair RM650x??? £90 Case Coolermaster H500??? £100 Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow??? £130 Display 27"+ GSync Compatible IPS??? < £600 Pimax 5K Plus??? £540 Controllers Thrustmaster T.16000M FCS HOTAS £115 CH Rudder Pedals TrackIR Other stuff Windows 10 Pro Retail X-rite i1 Display Pro monitor calibrator £180 Display Port 1.4 cable 3m £10 All suggestions welcome. Edited May 10, 2019 by Django Regards, Django. | BMS | DCS OB | A-10C II | AV-8B | F-16C | F/A-18C | FC3 | Persian Gulf | Supercarrier | Tacview | XP11 | FF A320 | FF 757 | | I7-9700K + NH-D15 | RTX3080Ti 12GB | DDR4-3200 16GB | Aorus Z390 Ultra | 2X Evo 860 1TB | 850W | Torrent Case | | Warthog HOTAS + CH Pedals | 32" TV 1080p 60Hz | TrackIR5 | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxer Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Real quick: 1) AMD 7nm just around the corner... announcement at Computex, availability Q3. I know... Intel still faster currently, but we have to see just how good the 7nm process is. Specific thoughts: CPU i7-9700K £400 If you are intent buying now, sure why not. Is a good CPU with fast clocks and still lots of cores. H/S Noctua NH-D15 £80 Personally I'd get the NH-U12A despite it "only" having 120mm fans. The new Sterrox fans are incredible. (I currently use 7 of them which replaced Noiseblocker and Vardars). GPU EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3 Fine for 1440p. No comment. RAM G.Skill Trident Z 32GB (2x16) 3200MHz CL14-14-14-34 £405 Excellent choice: this was my choice too. Best balance between bus speed and timings and good value still. Difference between Trident Z and the Ripjaws is just the heatsink I believe... all B-die. But you might check G.Skill's website to check validation on the motherboard of your choice. G.Skill do keep lists you can look up. M/B Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Elite £163 Excellent choice again... you've done your homework! Storage Samsung 860 Evo 500GB £72 Samsung 860 Evo 500GB £72 1TB SATA2 HD Personally I'd use NVMe SSD slots if I were you. And ditch the spinning rust. PSU Corsair RM750x £90 The RMx is the best choice. Fully digital modern PSU. I think gold rated from memory. Good value for money. And 750W is sufficient. Seasonic's are good too so if you find an incredible deal of them go for it, but the price of the Corsair is already low. Case Anidees AI8 Full Tower Case £90 This is very much personal choice. And I don't know what I would buy nowadays. Both of the case companies I like are out of businesses (Hex Gear and Caselabs). Display Acer Predator XB271HU 27" GSync IPS £600 No comment. Why not. Seems fine. Controllers Thrustmaster T.16000M FCS HOTAS £110 CH Rudder Pedals TrackIR Other stuff Windows 10 Home Retail £100 X-rite i1 Display Pro monitir calibrator £178 Display Port 1.4 cable 3m £10 TrackIR alternative: DelanClip if you want to save a bit of money. Have fun with it... should be cool. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 New monitor for DCS Looking to get this 27inch IPS display which is on offer for around £500: Acer Predator XB271HU Q) Can anyone suggest a cheaper Freesync alternative IPS display? Q) I'm going for IPS because of the image quality, is a 4ms IPS a practical disadvantage against a 1ms TN panel in DCS? Regards, Django. | BMS | DCS OB | A-10C II | AV-8B | F-16C | F/A-18C | FC3 | Persian Gulf | Supercarrier | Tacview | XP11 | FF A320 | FF 757 | | I7-9700K + NH-D15 | RTX3080Ti 12GB | DDR4-3200 16GB | Aorus Z390 Ultra | 2X Evo 860 1TB | 850W | Torrent Case | | Warthog HOTAS + CH Pedals | 32" TV 1080p 60Hz | TrackIR5 | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotasso Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 DCS is not a fast paced title that would require extreme refresh rates. You'll be hard pressed to find a monitor with true 1ms in a IPS panel. My advice: Pixio PX277h [sigpic]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic4448_29.gif[/sigpic] 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 My advice: Pixio PX277h I can't find that available in the UK :(. Regards, Django. | BMS | DCS OB | A-10C II | AV-8B | F-16C | F/A-18C | FC3 | Persian Gulf | Supercarrier | Tacview | XP11 | FF A320 | FF 757 | | I7-9700K + NH-D15 | RTX3080Ti 12GB | DDR4-3200 16GB | Aorus Z390 Ultra | 2X Evo 860 1TB | 850W | Torrent Case | | Warthog HOTAS + CH Pedals | 32" TV 1080p 60Hz | TrackIR5 | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotasso Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Same here, so I bought an Aorus AD27QD for 100 Euro more :/ (no real competition from other brands in that class of monitors) [sigpic]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic4448_29.gif[/sigpic] 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 I also took a look at some 21:9 1440p displays, not sure if I want a curved screen since I'll be using the monitor for other tasks.What do people think of this LG IPS display: LG 24UM88C £490 Both it's frequency and Freesync range can be expanded using this tool to up 75Hz from 60Hz and to 35-75Hz from 40-60Hz respectively. So I suppose I should also ask what people think about DCS and FPS over 60? Regards, Django. | BMS | DCS OB | A-10C II | AV-8B | F-16C | F/A-18C | FC3 | Persian Gulf | Supercarrier | Tacview | XP11 | FF A320 | FF 757 | | I7-9700K + NH-D15 | RTX3080Ti 12GB | DDR4-3200 16GB | Aorus Z390 Ultra | 2X Evo 860 1TB | 850W | Torrent Case | | Warthog HOTAS + CH Pedals | 32" TV 1080p 60Hz | TrackIR5 | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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