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Hi all,
I'm due an upgrade (as you'll probably agree).
Current Setup is in my signature (minus a new HGST 2TB enterprise ultrastar 7600k Hard Drive which is on it's way).
Keeping:
Should I consider the AMD Ryzen architecture?
The reason I ask is my main usage is gaming on Flight Sim and Train Sim. My current Flight Sim is very much depending on high frequency of the single core performance - hence the Intel option above.
Thank you for your time and advice
I'm due an upgrade (as you'll probably agree).
Current Setup is in my signature (minus a new HGST 2TB enterprise ultrastar 7600k Hard Drive which is on it's way).
Keeping:
- Hard Drives and Optical Drive (Sony DVD-RW DL)
- CPU Cooler (Thermalright have assured me it is compatible with 1151 socket)
- 750D Case
- HCP 850W PSU
- Optical Drive
- NZXT Hue lighting
- OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 - I do not wish to upgrade to windows 10 yet!
- Samsung 27" 1080p HDMI monitor
- TrackIR v5 with pro clip [recent investment and not disappointed]
- G29 Logitech wheel, pedals and shifter
- motherboard = Asus TUF Z270 Mark2
- CPU = i7 6700k
- RAM = best value for money 16GB DDR4 2x 8GB (currently best to get G Skill Ripjaws V DDR-3400)
- GPU = EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3 or the new ICX model
- If required new CPU Cooler = Noctua NH-D15S
- Blu ray writer = Pioneer BDR-209DBK
- May upgrade current Saitek Joystick [wired Evo Force]
- OS to Windows 10 Pro x64 bit
- M.2 SSD hard drive for OS and applications (would probably go with a Samsung 960 Pro)
- upgrade CPU to 7700k or new model if Z270 supports it (hence the Z270 chipset)
- New GPU
- Gaming at 1080p (mainly Flight Sim 2004 [with plenty of addons] and Train Sim [with plenty of addons]. But I also play: Cities Skylines, Planet Coaster, C&C Generals, Star Trek Starfleet Command 3, OpenTTD, Transport Fever, OMSI 2, GTA V, F1 Games, Dirt 3, Grid 2, ETS2, ATS, Kerbal Space Program and Classic Stars game)
- General internet usage and emails
- General office work
- Streaming media drive to tablet over wifi
- occasional web site design using Dreamweaver CC
- occasional Photoshop editing (not often and it's only basic stuff these days tbh)
- want to get back into making YouTube videos of my gaming, so learning and implementing video editing
- including all of current usage; however, I plan to upgrade to Prepare 3D 64 bit Flight Sim and buy a load of addons for that as this will be my main usage
- ripping blu rays to store films on current 8TB hard drive
Should I consider the AMD Ryzen architecture?
The reason I ask is my main usage is gaming on Flight Sim and Train Sim. My current Flight Sim is very much depending on high frequency of the single core performance - hence the Intel option above.
Thank you for your time and advice
I'm unsure if I'll go the VR route yet however I have read it's pretty much the way forward for simulators. Until then as well as PC upgrade I'll be wanting a Dell Ultrasharp U3415W 34" monitor which annoyingly seem to have gone up in price recently. It should however be immersive enough for simulators without going the whole multi monitor setup route.