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DVA12719
Senior Captain, DC-8-61
OLP

Joined on July 26 2015
Piranha Club
50 State Club
Century Club
US Capital Club
Piston Prop Professional
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

"Let the FO land"
Boca Raton, FL

153 legs, 258.9 hours
32 legs, 43.1 hours online
145 legs, 252.0 hours ACARS
16 legs, 23.9 hours event
12 legs dispatched, 16.4 hours

Posted onPost created on May 14 2017 17:50 ET by Yisrael Wealcatch

I'm super excited about building my new computer. It's mainly a video editing and visual effects workstation, but it will also be amazing for flight simulation. The parts are currently shipping, so I figured I'd give some insight into why I bought the main ones so I could possibly help someone else who needs a new computer.

CPU: Ryzen 7 1700x
I kind of took a gamble on this one, because Ryzen is a fairly new platform and may have some bugs still waiting to be worked out. It seemed like a good choice from a video editing perspective because unlike the other CPU I was looking at (i7-7700k), it has 8 physical cores. I hope that this will also be helpful in the future as game developers learn to use more cores efficiently.

GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1060 6Gb
This choice seemed fairly simple to me. It has 1280 CUDA cores which can be used for rendering out video. It also can crush flight simulation level games such as X-Plane 11 and hopefully future sims that can take advantage of it. It's also not too overkill for my needs. I definitely don't need a GTX 1080 or Titan X.

RAM: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 32GB DDR4-2400 This one only mattered to me as I need it for video editing. For most gaming situations, 16Gb is perfectly adequate.

Everything else
Motherboard - Just looking for good I/O and stable bios with some expandability (MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4)
Storage - Boot SSD for OS and some space for programs (Sandisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive), and for main storage (Western Digital - Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive) because it has a lot of space and very good reliability for high workloads.
CPU Cooler - (CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM) Heard it's a great cooler, very quiet, keeps an overclocked chip at good temps
Case - (Cooler Master - MasterBox 5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower) Modular and expandable
Power Supply - (EVGA - SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified) Never cheap out on the power supply! It can ruin your entire PC if it fails, and that would be really bad. Just spend the little extra to get something reputable.

PCPartPicker link here in case you want to see all the current prices. Remember to take shipping and tax into consideration.
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/YWeal15/saved/fLdQ7P

I will definitely update this thread with any useful information I get as this build progresses.
Hope this helped someone!
Yisrael

Yisrael Wealcatch (DVA12719)

DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club

"Col. Panic"
Marietta, GA

2,306 legs, 9,290.0 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
1,964 legs, 8,083.1 hours ACARS
75 legs, 196.3 hours event
2,342 legs, 9,424.9 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4 hours

Posted onPost created on May 14 2017 17:59 ET by Luke Kolin

What screen resolution are you running? I've got 2560x1440 and when I was upgrading my GPU I figured I'd spend the extra $100 and go to a 1070. Even in P3D nV Inspector says it's only running at around 50% whereas my old 760Ti was pegged at 100.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA2887
Senior Captain, A320
OLP, 737-ATP, VFRADV
E-MAIL

Joined on January 30 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Tri-Jet Triumph
US Coastal Club
Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Mountaineer Club
Toulouse 250 Club
Online Eight Century

Charlotte, NC

1,283 legs, 1,792.7 hours
837 legs, 1,044.3 hours online
1,265 legs, 1,770.7 hours ACARS
31 legs, 49.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5 hours

Posted onPost created on May 14 2017 18:55 ET by Andrew Vane

Here is my rig i recently upgraded for relatively inexpensively

Core i3 7350K ($145 on jet.com with 15% new member discount) - 4.2 Ghz
asrock mobo $48 on newegg
DDR4 RAM 2 x 4GB sticks $28 each
Case with 2 fans $25
600W power supply from best buy for $26 on sale
cooler master evo 212 heat sink/fan $26 on newegg

I already had an SSD, 2GB video card, monitor, 500GB HDD for storage/backup, and my flight yokes stuff.

I have zero issues. i can run orbx, all sliders to the right. Its the first time I have been able to run FSX SE in all its glory. I can even run 28 frames with Aerosoft Manhattan going and I'm vfr.

I read a lot up on how FSX doesn't take advantage of more than 1 core so why get an 8 core machine? My theory paid off. For about $320 out of pocket and using some of my existing pieces, I was able to get the rig I finally wanted after all these years!

drool

x 10000000

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

Posted onPost created on May 14 2017 18:56 ET by Andrew Vane

BTW running at 2560 x 1080 on one wide screen monitor.

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

Posted onPost created on May 14 2017 19:14 ET by Yisrael Wealcatch

Luke Kolin wrote:

What screen resolution are you running? I've got 2560x1440 and when I was upgrading my GPU I figured I'd spend the extra $100 and go to a 1070. Even in P3D nV Inspector says it's only running at around 50% whereas my old 760Ti was pegged at 100.

Cheers!

Using an older screen right now, so only 1600 x 900. I will get a 1440p or 4K panel eventually (when my budget expands).

Andrew, I definitely agree that FSX doesn't need a ton of cores or a fancy GPU to run well. The only reason I'm getting such a high end setup is because I need it for video production. Otherwise 8 cores is probably a waste of money.

Yisrael Wealcatch (DVA12719)

DVA10785
Captain, CRJ-200
OLP

Joined on June 02 2012
50 State Club
Piranha Club
Double Century Club
Everett Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"Established on the localizer..."
Lugoff, SC

273 legs, 698.0 hours
64 legs, 158.9 hours online
270 legs, 685.6 hours ACARS
18 legs, 34.7 hours event

Posted onPost created on May 14 2017 21:27 ET by Michael Koger

Yisrael Wealcatch wrote:

Luke Kolin wrote:

What screen resolution are you running? I've got 2560x1440 and when I was upgrading my GPU I figured I'd spend the extra $100 and go to a 1070. Even in P3D nV Inspector says it's only running at around 50% whereas my old 760Ti was pegged at 100.

Cheers!

Using an older screen right now, so only 1600 x 900. I will get a 1440p or 4K panel eventually (when my budget expands).

Andrew, I definitely agree that FSX doesn't need a ton of cores or a fancy GPU to run well. The only reason I'm getting such a high end setup is because I need it for video production. Otherwise 8 cores is probably a waste of money.

FSX is very dependent on CPU clock over number of cores. High clock will give the advantage in FSX. That said, I run an i7 4770k overclocked to 4.0GHZ.

Michael Koger

Captain, CRJ-200

Posted onPost created on May 14 2017 22:26 ET by Yisrael Wealcatch

Michael Koger wrote:

FSX is very dependent on CPU clock over number of cores. High clock will give the advantage in FSX. That said, I run an i7 4770k overclocked to 4.0GHZ

The AMD Ryzen 7 1700x can overclock to 4.0-4.2 Ghz. I think it will be good with FSX. I'll definitely keep everyone posted on how things go though.

Yisrael Wealcatch (DVA12719)

Posted onPost created on May 15 2017 06:38 ET by Andrew Vane

If you can get to 4Ghz or more, you should be good cpu wise.

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

Posted onPost created on May 15 2017 10:28 ET by Yisrael Wealcatch

Andrew Vane wrote:

If you can get to 4Ghz or more, you should be good cpu wise.

Yeah, definitely.

Yisrael Wealcatch (DVA12719)

DVA5434
Captain, B767-300

Joined on January 14 2008
Black Pearl Club
Toulouse Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Triple Century Club

Southeastern United States

319 legs, 1,299.2 hours
313 legs, 1,268.9 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on May 24 2017 22:57 ET by Chris Radev

SSD plus is not bad but I have literally destroyed (or should have) Samsung 840 and the newer 850 EVOs and they keep begging for more. For anything intensive with lots of data movement id suggest the 850 over the sandisk.

price difference isn't that much but the proven long term ability to take abuse like a magnetic drive is worthwhile.

as for case just go full tower (full size of said coolermaster is what I've had for 3 years). I can never go back to anything smaller and have been converting all the usable systems as sales go up. its so nice having the space to actually put things inside.

Posted onPost created on May 25 2017 13:15 ET by Yisrael Wealcatch

So I put it all together yesterday, and everything seems to be working great. Haven't OC'ed the CPU yet or installed FSX, but it all looks good so far. I'm not really using the Sandisk SSD for anything intensive. Just the OS and some select programs that I want to run faster.

Yisrael Wealcatch (DVA12719)

DVA9545
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP, 737-ATP

Joined on March 03 2011
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Quad-Jet Quartermaster
US Coastal Club
US Mountaineer Club
Million Mile Club
Events Double Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Toulouse 500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Online Twenty Century

"YUPIIIII"
Goiás Brazil

2,492 legs, 5,039.3 hours
2,321 legs, 4,760.9 hours online
2,484 legs, 5,009.7 hours ACARS
271 legs, 683.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on May 25 2017 15:49 ET by Thiago Braga

AMD???? humm, not for me!

Thiago Braga (DVA9545)

Posted onPost created on May 25 2017 20:52 ET by Yisrael Wealcatch

Thiago Braga wrote:

AMD???? humm, not for me!

Have you seen Ryzen? It's like a new AMD.

Yisrael Wealcatch (DVA12719)

DVA11021
Captain, B757-200
OLP

Joined on September 13 2012
B757 100 Club
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

Milford, NH

375 legs, 620.5 hours
365 legs, 604.5 hours online
374 legs, 618.9 hours ACARS
21 legs, 51.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on May 26 2017 07:37 ET by Sean Zarella

Thiago... Ryzen has Risen! !

Sean Zarella (DVA11021)

Posted onPost created on May 27 2017 12:04 ET by Thiago Braga

Still can`t trust AMD guys... sorry!

Thiago Braga (DVA9545)

DVA7171
Senior Captain, B757-200

Joined on March 14 2009
50 State Club
Event Half Century Club
Everett 250 Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
Seven Century Club
Black Pearl Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"Walk away from all your landings..."
Sebring, FL

725 legs, 1,676.2 hours
573 legs, 1,401.2 hours online
716 legs, 1,660.6 hours ACARS
56 legs, 127.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on May 27 2017 15:53 ET by Sergio Lopez

Thiago Braga wrote:

Still can`t trust AMD guys... sorry!

Same. Doing a little upgrade to my rig this weekend too, going to start upgrading for P3D v4.

Sergio Lopez (DVA7171)

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