final decision: two options

[Mano]

Hi all,

 

finally, with a colleague, we ended up with these two options for a nice hardware for the DCS series (and FSim). (I'm totally ignorant on hardware things so I need help!)

 

I'm likely going for the first one because of budget, by the way I'd like your kind impressions to help me choose wisely.

 

OPTION 1 --- ~700€/800€

MB: Asus Z87m-plus (dual channel 4 slots)

CPU: Intel core I5-4430 3.00GHz

Video: Asus GTX650ti --> this one could be stretched to a GTX660 or better GTX760 (which one do you suggest?)

RAM: 4x kingston 2gb DDR3 1600mhz

PS: Corsair Cp-9020015-eu 750W

HD: Wd green 1tb + Sandisk Sdssdp-128g-g25

 

OPTION 2 --- ~930€-1030€

MB: Asus P9X79 (Quad channel 8 slots)

CPU: Intel core I7-3820 3.6GHz No Diss

Video: Asus GTX650ti --> this one could be stretched to a GTX660 or better GTX760 (which one do you suggest?)

RAM: 4x kingston 2gb DDR3 1600mhz

PS: Corsair Cp-9020015-eu 750W

HD: Wd green 1tb + Sandisk Sdssdp-128g-g25

 

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No idea for a case. Suggestions are kindly accepted.

 

Thank you in advance

Best regards

[tintifaxl]

For DCS get the I5 but the K version, that can be easily overclocked. And buy the 760.

[Rhinox]

For DCS get the I5 but the K version, that can be easily overclocked. And buy the 760.

I vote for i5/k & gtx760 too. i5/k has the best performance/price ratio. And if possible, I'd suggest stretching that 128GB/ssd to 240-256GB version. SSD should not be filled more than to 50% of its capacity (which one can easily overshoot on 128GB with Win7 & DCS:ALL)...

[Mano]

thank you.

 

could you please me link for the i5/K version? I cannot find it googling for it...

 

what differences are with the normal and the k? is it only the possibility of o.c. (which I don't know if I would go for it).

[Rhinox]

"K-versions" of Intel sandy/ivy-bridge CPU have unlocked multiplier. That gives you free hand for overclocking (which btw these cpus can handle very well). Moreover, price difference (K vs. non-K) is very small, so why not go for it? You can never have too much cpu/gpu-power, when playing DCS...

[jazjar]

Yeah i5 works nice. I don't think that DCS will require an i7-4000 series lol. And GTX 760 is the best option.

[Rangi]

I vote for i5/k & gtx760 too. i5/k has the best performance/price ratio. And if possible, I'd suggest stretching that 128GB/ssd to 240-256GB version. SSD should not be filled more than to 50% of its capacity (which one can easily overshoot on 128GB with Win7 & DCS:ALL)...

 

The SSD half full thing is not true anymore if it ever was...

 

http://www.overclock.net/t/857324/importance-of-keeping-ssd-half-full

[Rhinox]

It *is* still true, but not because of degrading speed, but because of "wear-leveling".

[Night]

Rhinox, first of all wear leveling will still work fine at 99% capacity. Second, with most consumer SSD's (even among heavy-users) SSD's have gotten to the point where most will last 10-20 years without having a read/writes issue. SSD's set aside a good amount of space (normally around 10%) so that filling the drive up will not cause issues. What you are talking about hasn't been an issue for years now.