I’ve currently got an Z690 board with the i7-12700k and 64gb of ddr4, with an RTX 3070 To. Obviously a gaming rig but I ONLY play two flight sims. MSFS2020 and DCS. Neither of which will run as well as id like fps wise, although DCS is getting close with their latest multi threaded and DLSS updates.
Anyways, I’m considering maxing out this z690 and grabbing either a 14th gen i7 or i9 and another 64gb memory to max it out to 128.
Do you think I’ll notice any improvements between a 12th Gen i7 and a 14th gen i7 or i9?
You would get a small boost from a new CPU in SOME scenarios and HUGE boost in most scenarios with a new GPU.
I think your looking at the wrong component (IMO)
(im also a flight simmer)
I upgraded from a 12600K to a 14700K. Worth it for me because my 12600K would only do 4.9 GHz on six cores by my 14700K will do 5.6 GHz on 8 cores. It will allow me to get another 3 years out of my Z690 board and DDR4 memory.
I tried a 7900XTX, and ending up exchanging that for a 4090 on my 1440 setup. In my opinion and after having experienced it, Nvidia is simply superior. Not to mention the DLSS compartment. AMD is not even close in terms of competition here. Just my opinion.
I think that you’ll be happy with either a 4080 or 4090.
Why do you need 128Gb of RAM? Cause you know you won’t be able to OC the RAM at all beyond stock 4800mhz
I wouldn’t upgrade without upgrading your gpu first. The 4070ti will most likely max out your 12700kf and a 4080 the 12700kf will start to be the bottleneck. One of those two is the best options for an upgrade here. Not sure why you would need 128gb of ram if your just gaming? Size doesn’t help at all with fps. You would see a 20% increase in fps with 32gb of tuned B-die after the gpu upgrade of course.