ASUS PRIME H310M-E

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ASUS PRIME H310M-E

Please don't laugh but that's what I'm currently running just looking for a upgrade and future proof,



CPU
Intel Core i7-8700 (3.2Ghz) LGA1151

Air CPU CoolerRaijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler
Ram
Corsair Vengeance® LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz C16

Graphics Card
NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1070

Regards
Anthony
 
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Do you mean that you'd like to upgrade the motherboard?

If everything is running fine, it is probably not worth it so late (8th/9th gen are really old now). I'd just wait until you need to upgrade the whole system.

Otherwise, I'd look at these boards: B360, B365, H370, Z370, Z390. You'd just have to buy whatever is a good deal, I think, since they're going to be used.
 
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Do you mean that you'd like to upgrade the motherboard?

If everything is running fine, it is probably not worth it so late (8th/9th gen are really old now). I'd just wait until you need to upgrade the whole system.

Otherwise, I'd look at these boards: B360, B365, H370, Z370, Z390. You'd just have to buy whatever is a good deal, I think, since they're going to be used.
Just trying to play msfs 2020 on It
 
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Yes someone said about putting a fan In to blow air over them.

Unfortunately, I don't think your motherboard has temperature sensors for the VRM, but you could check for throttling by running a CPU benchmark and see if your scores are correct.

You could also run the benchmark before and after having a fan cooling the VRM. If you have a top-down CPU cooler, then it will already be cooling the VRM, at least to some extent.
 
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Yes someone said about putting a fan In to blow air over them.
It was me. Yes but even if you cool the VRMs or upgrade the motherboard, you’re still trying to run a punishing game.

Cooling the VRMs might increase your FPS by 1 to 4 (max) but it’s not going to change your whole experience.

I also think you need to try it first and then see if it works for you. If so, then get a new motherboard (because that’s the only real difference between them will be the VRM temps).

30 FPS for your rig in MSFS 2020 is about right.

Yes, it’ll drop to ~8 fps at times but that’s when the game is loading fresh maps/the weather is extreme/it’s a busy part of the map.

If it’s constantly playing at 8 FPS we’ll then maybe your rig is overheating all the time but it’s hard to tell just from a forum thread.
 
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It was me. Yes but even if you cool the VRMs or upgrade the motherboard, you’re still trying to run a punishing game.

Cooling the VRMs might increase your FPS by 1 to 4 (max) but it’s not going to change your whole experience.

I also think you need to try it first and then see if it works for you. If so, then get a new motherboard (because that’s the only real difference between them will be the VRM temps).

30 FPS for your rig in MSFS 2020 is about right.

Yes, it’ll drop to ~8 fps at times but that’s when the game is loading fresh maps/the weather is extreme/it’s a busy part of the map.

If it’s constantly playing at 8 FPS we’ll then maybe your rig is overheating all the time but it’s hard to tell just from a forum thread.
HI yes did not want to say It was you as you have been so helpful with all the feedback.
Thanks again.
 
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