Request Input From Computer Experts on GSF

[shellman19]

Short and sweet guys... in your opinion is this computer something to jump on?

https://www.costco.com/iBUYPOWER-C-i22-Gaming-Desktop---Intel-Core-i7-8700K---GeForce-GTX-1080.product.100413463.html

I am in the process of building my sim and do not have a computer yet so saw this one and thought it might be something to jump at. I would like to purchase at a computer Costco for many reasons that I will not bore you with so if you are curious what the other offerings are here is another link to the computer section of the Costco site:

https://www.costco.com/desktops-servers.html?sortBy=PriceMin%7C0

Thank you very much for your input!

[cooke23]

Absolutely. That thing will play this software in 4K if you wanted it to.

[andygg1986]

If you plan on using TGC the most important thing is the graphics card. 1060 is the minimum that is recommended for smooth play. If you are buying a new one I would spend a little extra for a 1070. There is a dell at Costco with a 1070 for $1399 that would work well and save you $600. If you don’t mind spending the $2k for the one you showed, I would go for the other $2k one with the better 1080Ti card. It has 16 instead of 32GB of ram and a smaller set of hard drives, but those won’t affect simulator play. Now if you plan on using it for other stuff like video editing those might come into play for you