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

Hi guys! I'm looking for a new gaming PC under 500€, to play FSX. 500€ its my maximum budget available...better if I spend less! :-) This is my configuration: Case: LC Power 925B with 600W-->56€ Mobo: Asus H87 Plus-->90€ Cpu: Intel i5 4570-->175€ Ram: Kingston DDR3 1600 4GB-->40€ Graphic: Nvidia GT630 2GB-->53€ Hdd: Caviar Blue 1TB 7200-->53€ Dvd: Samsung-->15€ TOTAL: 482€ By your experience, is this a good configuration for fsx? how many fps I can reach? Can you suggest me other good component less expansive? Thanks in advance. Daniele

Hi all, Reading through the forums and all the advances with DX10 now I dug deep into my piggy-bank and went to my local computer hardware store and are having them build me this system: Cooler Master HAF XB Gamer Case, Black Intel Core i7-4930K Processor, 3.40GHz w/ 12MB Cache Asus Rampage IV Extreme w/ DDR3 1866, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit Lan, PCI-E, 4-way CrossFireX / SLI Corsair Hydro Series H100i Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler Corsair Dominator GT 16GB DDR3 2133MHz CL9 Quad Channel Kit (4 x 4GB) eVGA GeForce GTX 780 Dual Classified 3GB PCI-E w/ ACX Cooler, Dual DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort Corsair AXi Series AX860i Digital Modular Power Supply Samsung 840 EVO Seri…

Ultimate fsx pc ? Help! Ideas? I wan't to create the ultimate fsx pc for my b737 home cockpit. This is wat I got out of thousends of forums. Please say your opinions and ideas. Also if it all would work together. The mobo and the memory for example. Please share your comments! Cooler Master HAF-X 1000 Watt power supply Intel Core i7 4770K 3.5 GHz (OC to 4.5 GHZ) ASUS Maximus VI Hero (Intel Z87) SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0 ASUS Nvidia GTX Titan 6GB Corsair H110 Dominator® Platinum with Corsair Link Connector — 1.65V 16GB Dual/Quad Channel DDR3 (CMD16GX3M4A2400C9) SSD Samsung 840 Evo 250GB (for windows 7 64bit ultimate, I got the ultimate for the langauge options in fs2crew)…

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Good evening - I have been lurking for a long time doing research on various flight sim builds. I wanted to build a strong gaming rig that would be able to last without upgrades for several years. I think I hit the mark, but want some opinions. Case: ***Opinions wanted*** either Coolermaster HAF XM or Coolermaster StormTrooper Motherboard: ASUS Z87-PRO LGA 1150 Intel Z87 Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell 3.5GHz Video Card: EVGA Superclocked GeForce GTX 780 Graphics Card - 967 MHz Core - 3 GB GDDR5 SDRAM Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series Extreme Performance …

What do you think everyone? Alienware has the new Aurora with the i7 Ivy Bridge 4960X, 12 mb cache, 6 cores OC to 4.1 and the GeForce 780 with 3 GB GDDR5. Should I jump for it or wait for the Haswell next year? Lee

Hi all. I have the asus P8Z77-v mobo, my op system is on on my Samsung 840 pro ssd drive connected into one of the intel 6 gbs sata port, my fsx install is is on my 500 gig velociraptor drive which is in my other intel 6 gbs sata port, I have got another Samsung ssd drive coming which I want to install all my photo scenery onto, as it takes up loads of space, so can I use one of the asmedia 6 gbs ports for my new ssd drive. Thanks.

I have to admit that my priorities suck- I get 30 minutes a night to sim, what with long work hours, mentoring some young student pilots, and my love of hiking in the mountains. But I'm addicted to simming as much as anyone, ut don't have the time to play with hardware much. I do build my own PC's, maybe once every several years when miraculously time is available. I'm currently running an ASUS P8P67, with an i7-2600 CPU. I even installed water cooling, but never really did much with over-clocking. Now I'm running DX10 and things look more jerky, so I got to think about maybe doing that overclock. So, I''ve been researching the topic this weekend on the web. …

Hello people. Just wondering what what results people are getting from FSX with the above spec processor. Considering getting a haswell built machine built to order overclocked to 4.2ghz with 16GB ram and will have a nvidia 560 2gb GC. Im pretty clued up to pc's but wondering if I will see a major improvememnt going from an i7 8xx 3.2ghz.

Hello, So I have an IBuyPowerPC desktop, i-series 301, and I had opened up the side panels to show the inside of the computer to pickup a fake driver filler that fell, NO CABLES WERE TOUCHED, and when I picked up the plastic filler, closed the sides, and it won't turn on! I don't know if there is a loose cord I didn't see, of a sensor I triggered. But it won't turn on. So if any of you guys know anything about IBuys, I need hell badly. -Thanks.

The most difficult task in assembling parts for a my new Z87 rig is to find the right memory set ... I see an interesting set of memory (G.Skill Trident X Series 16 Go (2 x 8 Go) DDR3 2133 MHz CL9) online but with timings validated for the Z77 Express . It is not listed in the ASUS Qualified Vendor List. Does it spell trouble ?

Hi Guys: Any ideas on picking the best powered hub for hooking up some saitek panels too - would appreciate it, thank you.

Hi Folks I'm planning to buy a whole new FSX computer to be able to fly PMDG 737/777 in VC using 3 22`` screens for left/front/right views to give a real perspective of being inside the cockpit with the help of Track IR, so my question is this specs good enough to fly it smoothly with scenery add-ons as well: CPU: Intel I5-4670K 3.4Ghz 6mb (Intention of OC) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120M Motherboard: MSI Z87M - G43 Memory: Corsair Vengeance Red 2x4096MB 1600 DDR3 Storage: Kingston SSD 120GB V300 Video Card: EVGA GTX 760 AC2 SC 2GB Power Supply: Cooler Master G500 80+ Regards Dan

Hi guys After 5 years, I want to get back to online FSX so I'm going to need a new rig, I've had a look for the past week for parts and my budget allows me to get something like this: CPU: Intel I5-4670K 3.4Ghz 6mb (Intention of OC) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120M Motherboard: MSI Z87M - G43 Memory: Corsair Vengeance Red 2x4096MB 1600 DDR3 Storage: Kingston SSD 120GB V300 Video Card: EVGA GTX 760 AC2 SC 2GB Power Supply: Cooler Master G500 80+ Is this machine good enough to run FSX with 3x 22'' LCD Screens with (ie. PMDG 737/777 in Virtual Cockpit) with all the major scenery addons with Display Settings at MAX or close? Also thinking of using …

Microcenter.com has them fro $279 bout $60 cheaper then newegg just incase anyone is wanting to build a new system.

After using my current laptop for running FSX for 4 years, I've decided its time to upgrade. My main concern is the OS, and mobo. To go with Win 7 or Win 8? I think Win 7 is better but what is the community consensus? Also I was trying to keep cost down by getting a cheaper mobo, is that a good idea? Parts: i5 4670K CPU GTX 560Ti (getting this 2nd hand off a mate who just upgraded his GPU) AsRock B85M-ITX Mobo 8gb Kingston 1600mhz DDR3 RAM WD Caviar Blue 1TB 7200rpm HDD CoolerMaster 720W modular PSU LG 24' monitor Any suggestions/improvements/ideas for this build?

I am using Nvidia Inspector, and when I max out AA I notice that some objects and specific parts on some planes are still jagged. Is there a way to customize AA renders objects other than Inspector? Or is this just something I will have to deal with? Thanks in advance.

I've done it. I've purchased a Seagate hybrid 3.5" desktop SSHD 1Tb drive for FS9 ... yes FS2004! Well I've acquired over 700gig of stuff over the ten years! Loading time of the sim is in excess of 8 minutes ... too long. Once it opens everything is fine. Modern hardware easily copes with this 2003 program. I wanted to speed up loading AND have CAPACITY at a REASONABLE price ... $A119 plus shipping. Cheapest 750 gig SSD here in Australia is $600 (Samsung Evo) No brainer. I'll let you know my experience ... it's not a sexy solution but somehow t think I'm not Robinson Crusoe. :lol:

Hi I have a tight budget of $280 to buy both a CPU and motherboard. I was looking at the Intel i5 4750 and an ASRock mobo for $72 My question is will this be able to run fsx well with the PMDG 737 and 777 with default airports and FTX global and REX with medium-high settings? Any other suggestions for CPU and mobo? Thanks

Hey, So I finally got my new computer (ill post about that soon) and I am ready to install FSX but have a quick question: I have 2 HDD's on my computer, a 500GB HD and a 2TB HD. currently I have Windows 7 Ultimate and all my other non simulation software on the 500GB HD. I dont have anything on the 2TB one except some documents and stuff. So, should I install FSX and all the addons I have (over 15 aircraft addons, a lot of scenery) and I have alot of other software on my wishlist for FSX on the 2TB HD by itself, or the 500GB HD with all the other software. ~Remy

Hi, I hope you can help me out with this question, i´m not so familiar with this kind of stuff. I have bought a new PC with two SSD Drives. On one drive (small one) I have installed FSX with all Add On´s (PMDG)I have. And now…. Just 6,8 GB left…. The second drive is much lager, now… do I have to delete the FSX on the one drive and install FSX again on the second drive or, can I just “drag an trop” the hole FSX Folder on the second drive? Is this possible? Or a bad idea? Thanks a lot Steffen Lutz

Hey everyone! Well its done. The pc is complete and is amazing! So here goes... I installed fsx as per nicks guide. Everything went in great. I started fsx and tried the trial flight out of KSEA. To much of my amazement I was hitting nearly 100fps. So that was great and with no tweaks and no overclocking! The only add on right now is UTX. ok so I thought to myself, can this get even better. So I applied the fsx.cfg tweaks.... bufferpools, highmenx, and the wide screen. Next I setup nvidia inspector as directed. Well guess what? Loaded the test flight out of KSEA and dropped a good 25% in frame rate! Why? Then that brings me to this. Directx preview. I clicked it. Restarte…

I am in the process of building a new Haswell 4770K system on a Gigabyte GX87X-OC board using a Corsair H110 Water cooling kit and it's all going in a Corsair Vengeance case which has the mounting points for the H110 radiator in the top grill. In the past I have always gone with the idea that case fans at the front and side of the case are intake fans and those at the top and back are exhaust. However in the H110 water cooler instructions it says it works better if the radiator fans are intake. If I did as they say to balance the intake/exhaust fans I would have to change the side panel fans to exhaust which seems all wrong for the airflow. This is my first venture in w…

When I first assembled the box a few months back I started w/ the UEFI's BIOS's built in overclocking option called Extreme. Knowing that it can send too much voltage to the CPU and memory controller, I edited these inputs to manual control and have otherwise exactly followed JJ from ASUS's guide on overclocking SB-E. I have a stable 4.4Ghz on 1.305v to the CPU, with as I say other parameters compatible w/ JJ's advise. No problems whatsoever so far. But, the automated routine ended up making the BCLK at this value, and as a result my memory is overclocked almost to the full 2400MHz it's rated at. Mind you, SB-E is only supposed to support 1600Mhz. Some comments I…

I have the asus sabertooth z77 mobo with i73770k 3.5 stock I'm confused as to what to change in the UEFI BIOS to oc my CPU.