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It basically means I am not testing the guide for new versions of the game. Also I most likely wont reply to and question in weeks.

It looks like you haven't played older KSP versions they sucked in that aspect the newer ones are very optimized. Also its mostly only relevant with large crafts.

Same with me. I can't be bothered to upgrade from my 1.2.2 setup. I had a 1.3.1 setup, but some important mods weren't working for it so I stayed on 1.2.2. BTW: 1.2.2 runs even better than 1.3.1.

I forgot that.

Yea... they are pretty cool, but you could just get KWRocketry for free and have basically the same stuff (parts wise).

Title says it, am I really the only one who dislikes the newer versions of KSP (above 1.3.1)? I have had trouble befriending myself with 1.4 and anything above. I feel like integrating mods in the stock game messed it up for me.

Mostly it is the programming of the game, but also the CPU/RAM/Storage.

Hmmm, you could buy that. But remember you won't be able be overclock that. I would recommend a 8700k or a 9700k if you want to go Intel. Or a AMD R7-3700X with a Gigabyte x570 elite (if you want PCIe 4.0), or a mid-high end x470 board. (gotta see what you can find) If you want crossfire, you can buy 2 RX 580s. A single GPU alternative is a Vega 64/56 or a 5700xt.

Very respectable part picks. But I would highly discourage the crossfire setup. For 2 reasons: 1) Crossfire game/software support is basically dead. 2) Why AMD PRO? Unless you are doing workstation stuff its useless. If you go for a crossfire setup you can go RX 580 (much better).

Thank you for the input/data.

There are many different i5s. Can you give more information on the CPU model. Yo can find the information in the "System" control panel.

What CPU is in there?

See that? 4.2GHz Ryzen beats the 9900k 5GHz. Doing some quick math you would get: 3116 for the 4.4GHz 3700X, 3187 for the 4.5GHz 3800X, 3258 for the 4.6GHz 3900X and 3329 3950X.

Interestingly my FX can hit 4.5GHz all 6 cores with 1.35-1.37V and its stable doing so. But since you have a great IPC, 100MHz more is still a good improvement.

This thread is bit old but, DX11 reduces RAM usage just like OpenGL does, sometimes even more! You won't get anymore or less FPS using DX9 or DX11 or OpenGL.

I would recommend the Gigabyte GTX 1070/1080 Gaming Box (It kind of depends what version you can find for your money since the price jumps a lot), it is a graphics card + enclosure combo. But even the 1070 version is fine for 3440x1440. I don't see any problems with your laptop, apart from you CPU maybe getting a bit slow when you have large crafts (like 250+).

Im am no expert in this field but I would recommend this video (if you haven't already watched it): When it comes to eGPUs, it would be useful to know what resolution your monitor is, and how much money you are willing to spend.

I think they were masking Intel's K. And also X370 was masking Z270. AMD was also trying to mask Nvidia's naming with the RX 3080, but Nvidia stopped them.

µATX AM4 is weird, even the best µATX only have 4 phases. But there are some mini-ITX with 6 phases. Lets just hope that B550 or X570 µATX will be better.

What Ryzen are you looking at? High end B450 µATX should still be good for the 3800X

Ryzen 3000 are still compatible with B450, X470 and some X370 and B350. You just loose the benefits of running a 3rd gen Ryzen with the optimal chipset, like PCI-E 4.0 and the extra PCI-E lanes and USB ports. Note: Gigabyte says their X470 mobos can handle PCIE 4.0 if you have a Ryzen 3rd gen. Plus: I also wouldn't trust every last generation board with handling a high performance 3rd gen, when It comes to CPU VRMs.

Yep, Im looking at the 3900x. If you can trust AMD it should perform like the 9900k in single threaded workloads like games, which can only use maybe 6 cores at best.If you go for the 3900x, I wouln't really recommend the 3900x if you don't need all the cores. You can go for the 3800x save yourself $100 and only loose 100Mhz boost clock (overlocking can fix that). If you go for the 3900x I would recommend high speed memory 3200+ because it is possible that the 12 cores are bottlenecked by RAM speed.

Kinda want to add, not to cheap out on RAM speeds, I've seen considerable improvements going from 2400Mhz to 3200Mhz

Im open to constructive criticism (after all I only have my point of view and experience) Well looking at that arguments, I see that I indeed need to overhaul the CPU section. From my tests, i've gained 2-5FPS on my heavy modded game. But I see some problems with that section of the guide, that for pointing that out.