System Hardware: PC | MOBO | RAM | CPU | HDD | SSD | PSU etc

I upgraded my system with a i7-4770K CPU and Asus Maximus VI Formula MOBO on Dec 14th, and am finally getting to the final stages of resolving the last of the Event errors plaguing my system. When I re-installed Win8Pro64, I used the MOBO disk to load all the ancillary drivers and such, and happened to also load AI Suite III, which was a total mistake that I didn't remember that from my earlier days. I have run the Asus AISuite3 uninstaller, but can't seen to get one last crumb gone: the AMDA00 interface. With little to go on Google-wise, I see that it is related to AISuite3, and some comments simply advise to delete it. But it's the proverbial boomerang- it just install…

So this is what I'm currently using for FSX: Operating System Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1 CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz 38 °C Yorkfield 45nm Technology RAM 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 400MHz (5-5-5-18) Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer INC. Rampage Formula (LGA775) 30 °C Graphics E2442 (1920x1080@60Hz) Acer X223W (1680x1050@60Hz) Acer X223W (1680x1050@60Hz) 2048MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti (EVGA) 55 °C Storage 149GB SAMSUNG HD160JJ ATA Device (SATA) 30 °C 698GB SAMSUNG HD753LJ ATA Device (SATA) 18 °C 931GB Western Digital WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B0 ATA Device (SATA) 27 °C Anyway, I'm getting ready to upgrade the system core and I'm thinking about the fo…

Old FS simmer, new user id, long story, easier this way. Have spent last few weeks reading to come up to speed on new build. Getting back into FS after two year “pause”. Rebuilding my FS computer for FSX and future P3D. I’m desiring to use my five year old HAF932 tower case. Looking to put a Corsair H80i water cooler in it to overclock an Intel 4770K on a Sabertooth X79. Corsair site says mount the H80i double 120mm fan on either top or bottom of case. I’m in South Florida, Airflow will be a big issue. Bottom mount appears undesirable as PSU harness and wires come right out across the fan mount area. HAF932 manual says I can replace top default fan with three 120…

Curious if anyone out there has done a comparison on load times for a flight with FSX being installed entirely on an SSD and then again on a Hybrid Hard Drive.. the hybrids are pretty cheap and should perform somewhere in the middle I would think.. searching around I dont see much data on this, yet.. Thanks in advance..

Any news on Broadwell processors will it be worth upgrading from my i7 2700k.

Hey Pilots, This is not a flame thread, my option to upgrade from a 960t was only a 6300 and of course my budget. But I am awaiting my motherboard to be repaired under warranty . I shall try and put some FSX results once I have my mobo.

I'm working on another pc issue. This time it's a coworkers' and he tells me it won't boot into Windows. Well I can't get past this video card display... I can't boot to a CD because I can't get to the full POST screen.... and can't get into bIOS Any ideas? I've tried a new cmos battery (and waiting 10 min to reset fac default), cleaned the thing out, tried using the onboard display adapter - which seems borked, and none of that helped After this comes up the monitor seems to go blank... the fans go to idle and the PC is still powered up.

Ok I am really confused. Can somebody PLEASE expalin to me the difference between these 2 drives: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2W019M6559 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533&ignorebbr=1 For my life I could not list an advantage/disadvantage between the two. They seem to be exactly the same (Yes, I know one is not sold by Newegg but I'm talking about the actual drive). I'm wanting to get the fastest 1TB/1.5TB/2TB drive on the market. Any suggestions? Are those 2 above any good?

ASRock Z87 Extreme4 Motherboard Intel I5 4670K overclock to 4.3Ghz Sony Optiarc 24X DVDRW SATA OEM, WD Caviar Blue 1TB SATA HD 7200/32MB/SATA-6G, Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB PC12800 DDR3 1600MHz 2x4, Thermaltake Overseer RX-I Full Tower Gaming Case, GeForce 660 SC, Noctua NH D14 Aircooler CX750M power supply

I've got an old secondary PC which is giving me problems. On power up the monitor is just blank. So I boot into safe mode (it works). I've run CHKDSK at the cmd prompt and inside if windows. It doesn't find any errors and windows runs normally. Last night I shut down the PC and this morning turned it on to find a blank screen again. Ideas? This PC has original HDD from around 2003.

I'm looking to buy a better CPU cooler than the stock intel one, becasue I want to overclock. I just bought a H100i from Corsair but have to return it becasue of some manufacturing issues. I am looking to OC to about 4,2-4,4 Ghz with my Intel I7 4770k CPU and Z87 Sabertooth. Note that I prefer prefilled liquid cooling apposed to custom liquid cooling or a full fan setup. I have room for any size radiator from 120mm-140mm-240mm-280mm. Thanks, John

Hi all I'm buying a new pc and am deciding whether to opt for a seperate PCI sound card. Onboard sound seems pretty good. What is the benefit of an additional card?

I may be switching motherboard and CPU soon, as I need to set my son up with a PC. Therefore... As hyper threading has no advantage in FSX or most games, I generally turn it off, and achieve better overclocks at lower temp. So the questions... Does it really make sense to go for the 4770K, when HT won't be used? Does the extra 2mb cache of the 4770K really offer any appreciable benefit in FSX, or games for that matter? I would be interested in your opinions chaps.

Okay, I'm the one that frequently extols the virtues of the Noctua NH-D14. After checking out the reviews of the Thermalright Archon SB-E x2 I have to say I'm stunned by how well it performs. It's actually on a par with the D14. And surprisingly it's a single tower cooler. It seems that Thermalright have worked miracles with this cooler, I would imagine thanks to the multitude of heat pies. And best of all, no RAM clearance issues. So to all those individuals who have been subjected to my D14 favouritism, do consider the Thermalright Archon SB-E x2. I'm setting up my son with a PC, so looking for a new MB, CPU and RAM. So guess which cooler I'll be buying…

Dear FSX Community, I am at a point where I do not understand anymore the cause & find a suitable fix & I would be truely grateful if all of you could help fix it..... As my Flt Simming hobby has come to a grinding halt :-(...... 1st Things 1st: My custom built system specification CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition C3, 3.2GHz M BOARD: Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4, AMD 790X, AM3, SATA-3 RAM: Corsair TW3X4G1333C9A, 2x2GB, DDR3-1333, [email protected] New GPU: Club 3D ATI HD 7950 royalQueen 3GB, PCI-E x16 3.0 >>>> Replaced my old GPU: Sapphire HD 5770 Vapor-X 1GB, PCI-E x16 2.0 HDD: Western Digital RE4, 7200rpm, 64MB, 500GB, SATA Win…

Hi everybody, if i could ask for a really quick glance over what i've concocted for an MSFS-centric rig. I've read all comments on here and on http://jetlinesystems.com/performance.php, went for the following spec. Please take a look and let me know if any rookie mistakes or fatal flaws. I'm hoping to break the record in the ratio of the silence of the rig to its MSFS performance :-) Total ~ $1,500 CPU Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core $199.99 CPU Cooler Zalman FX100 $73.99 Motherboard Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 ATX LGA1150 $177.86 Memory G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 $82.99 …

Ladies/Gents. After flicking through the forums, it doesn't look like there are any recent (within the past 3 months) discussions on new SSDs or best recommended one to get. About just under a year ago I settled on a Samsung 840 Pro and loved it very much. Now with my 3rd sim on its way to be installed, I would like to add another SSD to the mix. The 3rd sim is XPlane. So has anyone got any suggestions on best SSD to run that? 260G being minimum size, I would like at least that. Other than that, read/write speed is important as well as quality and reliability. If anyone can recommend something, I'd love to hear it. Thanks in advance. Brendan

Hi I currently have: MSI P67A-GD65 B3 Intel Core i5-2500K /3.3GHz, 6MB, LGA 1155, BOX Gainward GeForce GTS 250 512MB DDR3/256b PCI-E DG 2 x Kingston HyperX DDR3 2 X 2GB 1333MHz CL9 (8 GB) Samsung 1TB 5400rpm 32MB cache SATA-II F2EG Corsair 600W CMPSU-600CXEU Windows 7 Ultimate x64 What I will want to change: 1) I want to buy ASUS GeForce GTX660 2GB DirectCu II OC and sell currently one (GTS 250). 2) I want to buy new disc Seagate Barracuda 7200.14. 3) I want to buy cooler - maybe this one - Noctua NH-D14. 4) I want to overlocking my CPU - maybe 4,2 or 4,5 GHz? We will see. And finally my questions. Could you tell me if is it any c…

I think I've settled on a samsung 512 ssd. I can't figure if I want to spend the extra 150 for the pro or not.. Otherwise it's the EVO. Anywaym heres my current setup 3 HDD's / 1 SSD B: SSD for fsx c: main 1TB HDD for win7 and other programs d: backup e: misc storage I'd like to put win7, fsx, xp10, and BF4 on the SSD But I don't want to format the main C: drive. Can I install win7 on the new ssd? Then change the boot.ini to forget about the win7 install on the C: ?

OK, so Santa was kidnapped and replaced by the Grim Mobo Reaper. I am going for a 4770K, and an Maximus Extreme to replace the current (2700k and p8z68 delux. gen3). I have a 480ssd for W7 64bit, a 480ssd for FSX, a 120ssd for extra's ( Weather, DX10 fixer, and other extras), and a 2TB black for personal folders and backup. I also have 16gb of ddr3 Patriot Viper ram, and an Asus 680 (?? overclocked something or the other). No 780 TI until next week here in Dubai, and I am looking at Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Ti Phantom, so even longer I guess. I guess my main issue is as follows: Once I add the new mobo and chip, and install mobo software, update bi…

Hello, As you can see from my specs, my system is pretty outdated. I plan to build a new Haswell system in the next few months, but for the time being, I still need to be able to fly. Over the last few months, most flights result in a BSOD or a freeze. I'm assuming that my overclock is finally starting to reduce the life of my CPU. I expected this and I am grateful that I got 4 years of good performance from this set up. I used Nick's guide for set up and overclock and after 4 years, I am still using the same FSX install and the same overclock settings. Now, I tried reducing the oc down to 3.8 and performance was terrible. Even now, FSX performs reasonably …

A friend of mine is a pilot and he took me from NC to Illinois so I could pick up some business equipment. He has a 4 seater Comanche. Though I was terrified most of the flight, for some reason I cannot get flying out of my mind. He told me that FSX is a good flight simulator so I purchased FSX Gold. To my surprise my sons love it and we decided to build a semi serious FSX computer for 2014. I have a quite of bit of computers, most of them I built myself. I plan on using the following computer for FSX and I would like to know if you all recommend me upgrading anything: OS: Win7 Home Premium (64bit) CPU: i5-2500k @ 3.30 GHZ 16 Gig of memory (G.Skills Ripjaws) Nv…

I have heard that fsx might perform better in XP 64 bit, is this true? Since i was gonna reformat anyway i thought xp might be a less buggy and better performing platform.

Brand new PC, fresh installs of FSX, REX and lots of lovely scenery, with twenty or so flights inbetween to check scenery. Last night I decided I'd finished my installs and initiated a defrag. Finished it, shut down and went to bed. Today I found out the defrag did something horrible.... my monitor only displays a No Signal message, despite checking cables etc. F8 brought my to the Windows login page, ...and I found FSX still works. But F8 doesnt work anymore, none of the F buttons do. I've tried all sorts, holding the power button down before switching power on at the sovket, reseating the RAM, unplugging peripherals. The PC company suggest reinstalling Windows…

Good day simmers, for those, who do not read the post till the end, I wish all the best for the Christmas and a prosperous 2014! Now, let's go ahead with the topic I am considering the hardware upgrade: - i7 K2600 -> i7 4960X - Gigabyte GTX680 Windforce -> Gigabyte GTX Titan (GV-NTITANOC-6GD-B) - Asus P67 Sabertooth -> Gigabyte X79 Assassin (mostly because it has a lot of USB plugs and handles them well, not like my current MoBo) - 8 GB -> 8GB: 2x Kingston 2x2GB 2133MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 DIMM XMP X2 (because I'd like to benefit from Quad Memory Channel) Is it worth investing? Do You have any experience with quad channel memory config? Will the…