Gigabyte Aorus Ultra

[Tinkickef]

Just started planning a new build. I decided to go down the Intel route in the end after much googling and stuff, esp as by the time I get around to ordering a 9900k, I expect them to be discounted in reaction to Ryzen 3 and cascade lake. Also getting 5GHz in turbo mode will help with DCS in its current form.

 

Looking at Z390 motherboards and am looking for opinions about the Aorus Z390 Ultra. I pretty much usually go down the Asus route, but I have had tracking jumping around occasionally in Rift and this seems to have continued with Reverb, despite having dual PSU directly powered USB expansion cards as well as the on board ports. Glitch continues whichever port, whichever usb controller channel and whichever power saving checkbox is unchecked.

 

This makes me think something is not quite right in the Asus firmware for VR and am looking for pastures new.

 

So any opinions ? Never had a Gigabyte board before and unsure of quality of components. They certainly seem better value than ROG / STRIX stuff, but where are the savings made?

Edited July 13, 2019 by Tinkickef

[BitMaster]

I'd read this before hitting the Intel Buy Button:

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-9_3900x-vs-intel-core_i7-9900k,6225.html

[Svsmokey]

I'm reading that Gigabyte boards are of the highest build quality , but their bios can be a little difficult to navigate , particularly the advanced settings .

[Tinkickef]

I'm reading that Gigabyte boards are of the highest build quality , but their bios can be a little difficult to navigate , particularly the advanced settings .

 

Thanks for the advice guys

 

 

I read that also. I avoid "going round the back" and playing with voltages, timings ect. I tend to just look for a "super turbo gaming mode" and switch that on. :)

 

So I'm currently looking at a i9 9900k (£20 cheaper than the 3900x currently and the ryzen 3 motherboards seem more expensive), the Aorus Ultra Z390, looking at Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3200 RAM.

 

Of course, then there's windoze to buy.

 

And now a quandary...

 

I build my rigs to be updated with new parts on a regular schedule, I updated the GPU, PSU, Water cooling and case late last year.

This year it was to be the time for the CPU and memory, but was holding off a little while Vulkan was talked of being implemented.

The tracking glitch moving from Rift to Reverb has made me think again....

 

My trouble is I have a two megaBIT /second internet connection, it takes weeks at constant day and night running to download all the windoze, steam VR, especially DCS World plus all my modules.

My rig will be out of action all this time.

 

So now thinking of starting again and rebuilding into a new case with new PSU, boot drive ect and just running from inbuilt graphics to download everything, while still being able to use my old PC, deactivating modules immediately prior to downloading and installing them on the new one. Then moving the GPU, plus all my secondary and tertiary drives across.

 

It's a pity that DCS doesn't allow modules to be installed in a carry file that allows the user to use the data on an existing drive to be utilised on a new machine, then reactivated. I have a drive on my PC exclusively for DCS.

 

It would save literally weeks of downloading and work. :cry:

 

Edit:

 

Decision made.

 

Just ordered enough to be able to start downloading stuff from the internet without disabling my current PC.

 

So.

 

19 9900k

Aorus Z390 Ultra.

32 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 DDR 4 RAM.

Thermaltake rgb 360mm water cooling.

Thermaltake view 71 full tower case.

Evga supernova gold G3 850w modular PSU.

1TB Crucial M2 NVMe SSD.

Windoze home 64 bit on flash drive.

 

 

Jam sandwiches for dinner for the rest of the month I fear. My working overtime special treat account is somewhat diminished.....

In the fullness of time I may get a AMD GPU for my old rig so I have 2 VR capable gaming rigs in the house. With a dual licence for tomcat and my old rift I suppose I could give rides in the backseat for family and friends.

Edited July 15, 2019 by Tinkickef

[Svsmokey]

Nice !

[hansangb]

You can just copy the entire DCS folder between the two computers. Saves you from having to download gigs and gigs of DCS.