Upgrade Time suggestions

[kirrasdad]

Hello All,

5 year mark is coming up on my current build. going to upgrade and would appreciate input!

Where is the greatest performance potential? Thanks all!

[EightyDuce]

How much are you looking to spend and what are your expectations? 1440 high refresh, 4K 60-75, VR?

[BitMaster]

Either way, AMD just announced the specs for the 7000 X3D chips and I would wait and see how they  performs before I'd buy any other CPU right now.

That smallest, 7800X3D with only 1 CCD, makes the most sense for gamers I guess. Looking forward to see that thing being tested. 

 

[kirrasdad]

looking to spend about 1K, no VR just high res with all the options turned up, currently running a widescreen at 3440 x 1440 res.

26 minutes ago, BitMaster said:

Either way, AMD just announced the specs for the 7000 X3D chips and I would wait and see how they  performs before I'd buy any other CPU right now.

That smallest, 7800X3D with only 1 CCD, makes the most sense for gamers I guess. Looking forward to see that thing being tested. 

 

I want to stick with Intel and the LGA 1700 chip format

[MadKreator]

Processor, mobo and ram..I’d basically buy newer versions of exactly what you have..  even my couple generations  old build( in signature), runs dcs and every other game no problem… I would recommend 64 gigs of ram though at 3600 mhz at least if sticking with ddr4 . I’ve had some missions and map combos  in dcs run over 40 gigs by itself, dcs likes a lot of memory and faster is better lol Personally I think an i9 is way overkill for games. My ( now outdated) 11700k only runs at about 9% in dcs, and almost never over 20 in anything else I play. I ran a 2080s on a 3440x1440 just fine, only struggled a bit when I went to a 5120x1440. Then I lucked out and got a 3080 from a buddy who had a spare laying around unopened.. Just got the 4080 to start the next upgrade process but my system doesn’t struggle so I may wait until 14th gen.  I’d go with the core first, then shoot for a bigger gpu and power supply if necessary later on.  30 series are a big step up from 20’s and they’re back to normal prices and available and they don’t disappoint if you want to save a few bucks over the 40 series. You can make $1000 work fine but maybe hard pressed to include a gpu in there, especially if going for LGA 1700 12th/13th gen equipment. I would try with your gpu and see how you fair by upgrading the rest. Going from a 6th gen to 11th gen for me was a huge step up in dcs performance and ability. DCS need processing power much more than graphical at this point in time. Even with my setup and a 4080 capped at 60fps( because I use helios on a touchscreen and it makes the gauges smoother) some missions will still drop me under that due to the processing/ cpu bottlenecks dcs has. Freeflight, uncapped with almost all graphics maxed it easily pushes in the 130-150 fps range but when that drops below 60 when dcs starts thinking about things, well, that tells you something