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    Quick Question - Northern Sky Studio's PAJN Juneau

    in Microsoft Flight Simulator

    Posted

    Yup, that's what I was asking about @Matt McGeeThanks for giving me an example. I grabbed the airport last night and it's fantastic, the attention to detail is incredible and the performance of the airport is extremely good considering the beautiful terminal is fully re-created. I know there's a simulation engine limitation currently that doesn't allow the changing of the VASI light angle, but that's something I can live with, the RLLS lights is what's important. I made a quick little video of a VFR approach into PAJN.

    Thanks
    Jocko
     

     

    FSLT

    in Microsoft Flight Simulator

    Posted

    It's absolutely incredible. And the sound, OMG the *SOUNDS*! Planes truly sound like aircraft taking off and the doppler effect is outstanding when changing viewing positions of aircraft taking off and landing. No more vacuum cleaner sounding aircraft. :)

    TIP: I found setting parked aircraft to 0 and VFR aircraft to 0 minimizes the amount of "glitches" with the AI.     

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    Terrain anomalies near PAJN - Giant "Spikes"

    in Microsoft Flight Simulator

    Posted

    @Nick CooperThank you so much for checking this, I thought I was the only one experiencing it. Perhaps the fellas over at Flightsim.To can create a couple flattening polygons for the area as it's such a gorgeous region of Alaska, those spikes completely destroy the immersion for me. I might even give it a shot myself if nobody else does. The tools and SDK that came with FS2020 are simply fantastic and are really quite easy to use.

    Thanks again Nick.

    Terrain anomalies near PAJN - Giant "Spikes"

    in Microsoft Flight Simulator

    Posted

    I have been banging my head against a wall trying to fix this. So far I have cleared the rolling cache, temporarily emptied my community folder and deleted all my scenery index files. I have *ZERO* addons loading, just basic vanilla MSFS 2020, nothing more. Could perhaps one of you guys or gals check this for me? I'm getting these anomalies whether or not Orbx Alaska Mesh is enabled or not. I have no idea what else to try... 

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    I'm absolutely clueless about a new computer build in 2022...

    in Hardware and Tech Talk

    Posted

    @aviator49That is perhaps one the most futuristic looking cases I have ever seen, looks very cool. It reminds me of the science fiction style electronics and medical bay units seen in the 1979 movie Alien, nicely done!

    @MarkJordanAll I heard from people on various YouTube video's is how "hard" it is to keep these i9 12900K CPU's cool, it's not hard at all if you use the right hardware and keep the airflow inside the computer case moving fast. I have my 12900K sitting at 5.2 and I've *NEVER* once seen the CPU temperature go over 80C under maximum load with my clock settings which is simply setting the CPU "Enhanced Multi-Core Performance" ratio to 52. The DDR5 6000 memory has also been rock solid as as I've been able to run the memory with it's preset X.M.P. profile selected in the motherboards memory section. I have been using these clock speeds since day one and have yet to see a single lock up or blue screen due to anything hardware related. I'm absolutely overjoyed with this build, yes, it was very expensive, especially since I built it just before prices started to come down. The video card was the most expensive component making up 50% of the total cost of the build.

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    I'm absolutely clueless about a new computer build in 2022...

    in Hardware and Tech Talk

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    @Sniper31 I just ordered that exact make and model from Amazon.ca for $1798.00 CDN. It's on sale right now with 10 percent off in case anyone is interested. :) Right now I'm using my coffee table parked in front of my Samsung 75" Q60T QLED TV. It's fantastic for immersion but I've got nowhere to put all my avionics, pitch wheel, throttle quadrant, etc... :lol: Can't wait to get everything back on the desk.

    I'm absolutely clueless about a new computer build in 2022...

    in Hardware and Tech Talk

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    Just thought I would update you Landon. I had to go away on a business trip for a month to Japan and only just finished assembling, installing and getting everything up and running about a week ago. 

    The system you recommended works *FLAWLESSLY*, absolutely rock solid performance and stability, I can't thank you enough for helping me choose the right parts I am so happy, this machine has exceeded all my expectations. I'm more than impressed with what this combination of parts can do and the clocks I've obtained, not only that but I think I was really lucky with the CPU I received because I'm not seeing the temperatures the majority of people are experiencing with the 12900K, the maximum temperature I've seen so far in MSFS is 77C and that happens only for a few milliseconds according to MSI afterburner when *LOADING* the sim from the nVME drive. During flight I average 39 to 58 C on the CPU. I'm using the "Enhanced Multi-core Performance" setting in the BIOS which brings the clock speed up to 5.24Ghz along with the default X.M.P. profile for the DDR5 memory. I haven't had to lower any speeds or timings and the memory works flawlessly at it's advertised speeds and timings. It's a very fast machine especially when coupled with the RTX 3090 Ti.

    Here's a couple shots of the build and the final product.
       

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    I'm absolutely clueless about a new computer build in 2022...

    in Hardware and Tech Talk

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    Finally received the very last component I needed today, the Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420, man this thing is massive but it fits perfectly into the Fractal Design Meshify II XL case which is an absolute *BEAST* of a tower; it looks beautiful as well. I don't think there's any feature that wasn't thought of when they designed this case, the cable management is simply superb with yards of room to spare. Everything came from NewEgg piece by piece over a span of about 8 days, not all in the same shipment like normal. Must have something to do with the supply chain issues... This Q Flash feature on these Gigabyte boards is handy, being able to flash the board without anything connected or plugged into the MOBO except the PSU is one heck of a time saver as there's no way of telling what BIOS have been installed and it literally takes just a minute using a 2 to 16 GB USB 2.0 drive formatted in FAT32 and placed in the USB 2.0 port on the board.

    Full assembly begins tomorrow. ;) 

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    I'm absolutely clueless about a new computer build in 2022...

    in Hardware and Tech Talk

    Posted · Edited by Jocko Flocko

    Great info Landon, again, it's greatly appreciated. The case I bought, the Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL, will accept a 420mm radiator in the top like you describe, so I went with the ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420 as it seems to have done really well in many reviews, especially one I saw by Gamers Nexus. So I ordered everything this afternoon and stuck with your hardware suggestions:

    Intel Core i9 12900K
    ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420 AIO Water Cooler
    Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL Case
    Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master
    G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5 6000 CAS 36 (The CAS 32 was outrageously expensive)
    EVGA RTX 3090 Ti FTW3 Ultra
    EVGA Supernova T2 1600 watt PSU
    1X 2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus M.2
    1X 2TB SAMSUNG 870 Evo Series 2.5" Standard SSD

    I have two new 2TB solid state drives I just purchased which I'm also going to end up throwing in this build as well from the computer I'm on right now. I also have two 4TB 7200RPM regular HDD's that will also go in the build mainly for mass storage. I have so many of those external USB 3.0 drives I've lost count, everything I have is double backed up on those external USB drives, lol. Hope you're having fun down in Vegas and thank you so much for the great help. I'll post images of the build in this thread when I get started. :) 

    Cheers!
    -Andrew

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    I'm absolutely clueless about a new computer build in 2022...

    in Hardware and Tech Talk

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    @anzac1977Thanks for the great information, I've never done water cooling as I've always been scared of a leakage and the maintenance in the old days, lol. However now with these AIO setups I'll definitely be installing a water setup like you have. I'm just not interested in all that RGB stuff, I just want the biggest radiator and fan setup to dissipate as much heat as possible. It's going to be warm enough inside my case with that RTX 3090 Ti FTW3, I don't want another massive Noctura heat sink and two fans sitting in there taking up space. The latest "black chrome" version of Noctura's flagship HSF, the NH-D15, is almost as big as the motherboard! lol. From what I've read it works fantastic, but you can't get to any of your components after the darn thing is installed! lol.

    Cheers
    -Andrew 

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    I'm absolutely clueless about a new computer build in 2022...

    in Hardware and Tech Talk

    Posted

    Thanks for the great info Landon, the only reason I asked was because over on Newegg there are folks still claiming to be having POST issues as of two weeks ago. But either way, like you said, the board is rock solid and stable under heavy loads and it's VRM is just incredible; overkill really. Have you heard much about the MSI MPG Z690 Carbon board? What are your thoughts on it? Both boards are fantastic but when I saw the Carbon and it's average reviews I became curious...

    -Andrew

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    I'm absolutely clueless about a new computer build in 2022...

    in Hardware and Tech Talk

    Posted

    Thank you so much for replying, it's greatly appreciated Landon. 10 to 12 years ago this forum used to be full of new threads every day, seems quiet these days... Thanks for being one of the people still helping people out. I now have a good base to work with from that information :) It's interesting how G.Skill Memory is still some of the best memory you can buy as I've been using it in my last two builds and I've never had any issues with it, it's always been stable for me even under tight timings. My 3090 Ti FTW Ultra finally arrived from EVGA in the U.S. today, so now I can finally start ordering the other parts; hopefully I can get my hands on one of those boards, I'll let you know how it goes.

    I've never been a "fan boy" of any brand, I've always gone with what has the most stability and performance for the buck. If you or anyone else has any input regarding Intel vs AMD I would *LOVE* to hear about it, especially in regards to how many threads MSFS 2020 has written into it and how many cores it will *TRULY* take advantage of.

    Again, thanks so much for the info Landon, talk to you soon and enjoy Sin City! ;)
    Cheers!

    Andrew 

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    I'm absolutely clueless about a new computer build in 2022...

    in Hardware and Tech Talk

    Posted

    I haven't been in the flight-sim community for a couple years during the pandemic as I just haven't had the money or time, also the fact my computer is now 11 years old doesn't help. The funny thing is after upgrading the graphics card to a GTX 1080 ti several years back the machine still handles the majority of first person shooter titles smoothly, even though it's an i7 2600K overclocked at 5.1Ghz and has been that way since day one, lol. I'm in no way new to computer building, I am however new to what's the best CPU for MSFS 2020 and P3D and that's what I need some help with, especially a motherboard and CPU. That said, I have managed to get over a major hurdle and that's getting a GPU. Based on all my EVGA purchases over the years I qualified as an "elite" member and bought the RTX 3090 Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming edition. I also purchased an EVGA 1600 T2 power supply as I got it for half price (yes, I know it's overkill but paying more for a PSU that's half as powerful made no sense). Money for this build isn't an issue, Im interested in getting a *STABLE* powerful build for flight simming.

    Any help and/or suggestions would be *HIGHLY* appreciated as I just haven't kept up with the computer hardware scene for the last six years.

    Cheers
    Jocko

     

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