VR Flight Sim Build

[egfdstocker]

Looking to build a new system for flight sim. I already have the SSD and other components. I would be using X-Plane 11 with the Occulus rift. My goal is to be able to overclock the 8700K to 5 Ghz and get the Super sampling up to 2.0. Thoughts?

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WNBpmq

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($347.00 @ Amazon)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($59.89 @ OutletPC)

Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($5.56 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($179.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($184.89 @ OutletPC)

Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($184.89 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card ($749.99 @ Amazon)

Case: Fractal Design - Define R6 Black TG ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($76.85 @ OutletPC)

Optical Drive: Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.59 @ OutletPC)

 

[profoundnoah]

Overall a pretty ridiculous build. By other components, what are you referring to? Just the storage, RAM, PSU, or? Assuming you need to buy everything on the list, I'd go with the following build instead:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($347.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Taichi ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($212.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($184.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card ($749.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design - Define R6 Black TG ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($81.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.59 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1890.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-05 11:41 EDT-0400

Ditch the 32GB of RAM. Completely unnecessary unless you're looking into doing 4k video editing. Swapped out the cooler for something quieter/equal performance. Finally, switched out the Board for a higher quality board. Also, dropped down the wattage/price of the PSU to 650. Would only advise going over that if you plan to SLI 1080 Ti's, which I wouldn't recommend.