PC PC building & spec check

Discussion in 'Sim Racing Systems & Troubleshooting' started by KoAStR, Jul 23, 2011.

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  1. Ryzza5

    Ryzza5 Professional

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    For those of you who know Velly from OCMB or RPR he's still running my old 2008 PC for iRacing!
    Ryzza5, Aug 10, 2016
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  2. Sam D Blacklock

    Sam D Blacklock Professional

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    Okay so I'm looking for info on exactly what i need to run iRacing with triples on max graphics settings, that way i can shop around and find the best deal.

    Edit: never mind problem solved
    Last edited: Dec 4, 2016
    Sam D Blacklock, Dec 4, 2016
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  3. Spidey_11

    Spidey_11 Professional Gold Member

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    What did you end up getting?
    Spidey_11, Dec 13, 2016
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  4. Sam D Blacklock

    Sam D Blacklock Professional

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    Can post the stuff from my quote later, but from what i remember:
    6 core AMD
    16gb RAM
    1050 4GB card
    SSD
    HDD
    Sam D Blacklock, Dec 13, 2016
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  5. KoAStR

    KoAStR Like a bowss Team Raceonoz Gold Member Super ROOZ

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    :thumbsup: That will smash it and some.
    KoAStR, Dec 13, 2016
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  6. Spidey_11

    Spidey_11 Professional Gold Member

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    AC and iracing???
    Spidey_11, Dec 13, 2016
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  7. Benjamin J Smith

    Benjamin J Smith Professional Gold Member

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    Settle down 1 at a time, don't want one of my potential Development Series champions having to many eggs in 1 basket
    Benjamin J Smith, Dec 13, 2016
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  8. Sam D Blacklock

    Sam D Blacklock Professional

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    Yessir
    Thats good to hear.

    Also, i currently scored a free 23" monitor with some pretty decent specs, making a hard mount at the moment, should hopefully be done today!
    Sam D Blacklock, Dec 13, 2016
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  9. Beau_Albert

    Beau_Albert World Champion

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    Hey fellas
    After going through a bunch of Sites i have finally came up with the PC i'm after. Going through a bunch of Pre-Built and Custom part picker sites, i have always seemed to end up looking at an i7 6700 CPU. However the PC i'll be getting (Pre-Built) has an i5 7500 CPU.
    Is there any downside to the i5 that will affect how the game runs making it worth waiting the extra weeks for the i7?
    Beau_Albert, Jan 7, 2017
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  10. its-benny-racer

    its-benny-racer Professional Gold Member

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    I don't think it makes that much difference for gaming, are those CPUs the "K" version or just the standard?
    its-benny-racer, Jan 7, 2017
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  11. Beau_Albert

    Beau_Albert World Champion

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    Beau_Albert, Jan 7, 2017
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  12. its-benny-racer

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    The i7 would be slightly faster at gaming.
    Other tasks like media encoding, the i7 would have more of an advantage due to it having hyperthreading.
    its-benny-racer, Jan 7, 2017
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  13. Spidey_11

    Spidey_11 Professional Gold Member

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    I would say the i5 wouldn't effect gaming, but would have a big difference on any video editing or similar application (not gaming) due to cores and extra power of the i7. I'm not an IT guy so if I'm wrong please let me now :)
    Spidey_11, Jan 8, 2017
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  14. Beau_Albert

    Beau_Albert World Champion

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    Awesome thanks guys. :)
    In the end i've decided to go for the pre-built with the i7 as it also has more Memory for only a little more pricewise :thumbsup:
    Beau_Albert, Jan 8, 2017
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  15. Spidey_11

    Spidey_11 Professional Gold Member

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    If you can afford it future proofing is always good :thumbsup:
    Are you going solo iracing or AC also?
    Spidey_11, Jan 8, 2017
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  16. Beau_Albert

    Beau_Albert World Champion

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    IRacing first. Once i learn the ropes i'll join ROOZ AC too but that'll be a while away :)
    Beau_Albert, Jan 8, 2017
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  17. Rolz

    Rolz ACC Nutter Team Raceonoz Gold Member

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    Recently upgraded mobo,cpu, ram and primary hdd
    Here are my specs

    *Samsung 960 EVO 500 M.2 SSD (Boot)
    *Intel SSD 500GB (Games & VM's)
    *SATA RAID5 2TB (General Crap)
    *Intel Core i7 7700K Quad Core LGA 1151 4.2 GHz (@4.8GHz)
    *Corsair H100i (CPU watercool kit)
    *Corsair 16GB (2x8GB) CMU16GX4M2C3200C16R DDR4 3200MHz
    *Asus ROG Maximus IX Code LGA 1151 ATX Motherboard
    *EVGA GTX980ti Hybrid (watercooled)
    *Corsair 850 PSU

    my drop in FPS on the 30+ racers has certainly gone now :roflmao:
    Rolz, Feb 24, 2017
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  18. Ryzza5

    Ryzza5 Professional

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    Noice.

    So what do we think of all this Ryzen malarkey?
    Ryzza5, Feb 24, 2017
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  19. Rolz

    Rolz ACC Nutter Team Raceonoz Gold Member

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    If it delivers as promised it'll be a win for us with a possible price war with Intel.
    I'm hoping my recent upgrade will last me a good few years like my last upgrade did :)
    Still those that have been wanting to upgrade I'd now be holding out to see what happens...
    Rolz, Feb 24, 2017
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  20. Ryzza5

    Ryzza5 Professional

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    Yep my 2012 build + Titan X will have to endure a while longer yet
    Ryzza5, Feb 24, 2017
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