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Hey, so I'm looking at doing a new build since the current system is getting a little long in the tooth and wanted an opinion of this build.

I do a lot of flight simming in MSFS (though not recently), dabble in a bit of UE dev, and a few other things.

While I'm not opposed to going team green for the graphics card I still default to selected AMD over Nvidia due to past experiences going green :) 

https://newegg.io/e6264b5

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On 26/03/2024 at 14:19, Matthew S. said:

Hey, so I'm looking at doing a new build since the current system is getting a little long in the tooth and wanted an opinion of this build.

I do a lot of flight simming in MSFS (though not recently), dabble in a bit of UE dev, and a few other things.

While I'm not opposed to going team green for the graphics card I still default to selected AMD over Nvidia due to past experiences going green :) 

https://newegg.io/e6264b5

I would highly recommend getting an AMD x3d processor rather than Intel, they're absolute beasts in flight sim which is one of the games that benefits the most from the extra cache.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-7-7800x3d-cpu-review/4

The x3D easily beats out the 13900k (14900k is barely any different) especially when it comes to 1% lows, so absolutely the right CPU for MSFS.

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On 27/03/2024 at 04:33, Ixion said:

I would highly recommend getting an AMD x3d processor rather than Intel, they're absolute beasts in flight sim which is one of the games that benefits the most from the extra cache.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-7-7800x3d-cpu-review/4

The x3D easily beats out the 13900k (14900k is barely any different) especially when it comes to 1% lows, so absolutely the right CPU for MSFS.

Yeah, the 5800x3d is good. Not the latest, but it works well. It's darn cheap, too..

LOL, Intel processor

Are you trying to heat your house?

Get AMD processor instead

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Prices are in CAD

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($499.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE WHITE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($41.90 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock B650 PG LIGHTNING ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($177.36 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($269.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($209.96 @ shopRBC) 
Storage: Seagate FireCuda 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($219.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  ($1324.45 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Fractal Design Pop XL Air ATX Full Tower Case  ($154.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Power Supply: Deepcool PQ850M 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $3017.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Edited by Mockingbird
On 27/03/2024 at 10:34, Mockingbird said:

LOL, Intel processor

Are you trying to heat your house?

Get AMD processor instead

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($357.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Frost Tower 120 82 CFM CPU Cooler  ($31.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Mushkin Redline ST 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($184.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: SK Hynix Platinum P41 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($138.99 @ Newegg Sellers) 
Storage: Seagate FireCuda 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($144.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: XFX Speedster MERC 310 Black Edition Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  ($899.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Pop XL Air ATX Full Tower Case  ($109.97 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2117.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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The irony here is my room is actually the coldest in the house xD So yea it heating the room I gots no problem with lol

I'll keep the AMD in mind, haven't swung that way for the last 2-3 builds I've done.

The other reason I'm going with a 20 core is I also do development and spin up a lot of VM's for testing. 

On 27/03/2024 at 08:19, Matthew S. said:

The irony here is my room is actually the coldest in the house xD So yea it heating the room I gots no problem with lol

I'll keep the AMD in mind, haven't swung that way for the last 2-3 builds I've done.

The other reason I'm going with a 20 core is I also do development and spin up a lot of VM's for testing. 

I forgot that you are in Canada so I updated the list with components available in Canada

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($499.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE WHITE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($41.90 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock B650 PG LIGHTNING ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($177.36 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($269.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($209.96 @ shopRBC) 
Storage: Seagate FireCuda 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($219.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  ($1324.45 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Fractal Design Pop XL Air ATX Full Tower Case  ($154.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Power Supply: Deepcool PQ850M 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $3017.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-27 11:27 EDT-0400

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If you need more cores, I suggest the Ryzen 9 7950X3D

 

Prices in CAD

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 4.2 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($797.50 @ Vuugo) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler  ($139.94 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock B650 PG LIGHTNING ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($177.36 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($269.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($209.96 @ shopRBC) 
Storage: Seagate FireCuda 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($219.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  ($1324.45 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Fractal Design Pop XL Air ATX Full Tower Case  ($154.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Power Supply: Deepcool PQ850M 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $3414.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-27 11:32 EDT-0400

 

As I previously hinted, AMD processors are much more power-efficient than Intel processors

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Edited by Mockingbird

If you want to be energy efficient, don't get the Radeon 7900 XTX, get the cheaper (but more powerful) 4080 SUPER which will also give you better RTX performance.

This is my system https://tweakers.net/gallery/902085/inventaris/?inv_id=3266976

I did the unthinkable and put the 4080 SUPER in my AMD 7950X3D system and the 7900 XTX in my i7-14700K system 😛 

On 27/03/2024 at 08:45, Steven P. said:

If you want to be energy efficient, don't get the Radeon 7900 XTX, get the cheaper (but more powerful) 4080 SUPER which will also give you better RTX performance.

This is my system https://tweakers.net/gallery/902085/inventaris/?inv_id=3266976

I did the unthinkable and put the 4080 SUPER in my AMD 7950X3D system and the 7900 XTX in my i7-14700K system 😛 

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is cheaper and has better rasterization than the GeForce RTX 4080 Super

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GeForce RTX 4080 Super is, however, better at ray-tracing

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