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

I'm working my way through Paul Johnson's excellent guide to hardware and software for FSX. On P10 he suggests as more RAM is added to a computer, the need for a page file decreases. If you have enough RAM installed in your computer, you may not require a page file at all, unless one is required by a specific application. If I increased RAM from 8Gb to 16Gb would that negate the requirement? The reason I ask is because I'm getting a single SSD (512Gb) for both W7 and FSX and further on in that document he say's ...when the Paging File is used - it's disk is working it's head off, and you really don't want to be creating disk files when your memory and disk are…

hi guys, question ? i want to get a new system to run FSX pretty smoothly. i leave in canada and iam looking at this site and like this one : http://www.gamingpc....st.php?pcID=3#2 http://www.gamingpc.ca/products.php the beast specifications CPU Intel i7 4930k Six Core overclocked to 4.2 GHz Motherboard Asus Rampage IV Extreme X79 Memory G.SKILL Ripjaws X F3 16GB 2X8GB DDR3-1866 Primary Hard Drive Intel 520 Series 240GB 2.5IN SSD (Solid State Drive) Secondary Hard Drive Western Digital Hard Drive 2 Terabytes Black Video Card Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Audio Card Realtek ALC898 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio (On Board) Drives LG WH14NS40 14X Blu Ray Wri…

Hello, I was going to update my CPU to a Intel i7 3770k, these are my current system specs: OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Manufacturer Gateway System Model FX6860 System Type x64-based PC Processor Intel® Core™ i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3401 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s) BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. P01-A3, 4/19/2011 SMBIOS Version 2.6Windows Directory C:\Windows System Directory C:\Windows\system32Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2 Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514" Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB Total Physical Memory…

Hello Experts... I have the following rig Intel Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz Socket 1155 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor Radeon HD580 GFX card 8 GIG DDR 3 ram These are my Catalyst Settings, and my fsx config is pasted below. Whilst im happy with the rig and overall performance its starting to stutter of recent after fiddling with settings and installing lots of addons. Any ideas on changing settings would be great . [JOBSCHEDULER] AffinityMask=14 [bufferPools] UsePools=0 poolsize=200000000 RejectThreshold=131072 [VirtualCopilot] VirtualCopilotActive=0 [sOUND] AmbientUI=0 AmbientUIMusicVolume=-6.000000 PrimaryDevice={DEF00000-9C6D-47ED-AAF1-4DD…

I know this has been asked over and over, but with reading the forums this is what I came up with for a new PC. Will frame rates be adequate to run PMDG etc? I am confused about hard drives though. CAS: * Azza Genesis 9000 Full Tower Gaming Case w/ 2 x 230mm fans, 4x Easy Swap HDD, Dual Power Supply Support, & front USB 3.0 Port (Black Color) CD: LG 12X Internal Blu-ray Drive & DVDRW, 3D Playback Combo Drive (BLACK COLOR) COOLANT: Standard Coolant CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4820K Quad-Core 3.70 GHz 10MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011 (All Venom OC Certified) CS_FAN: Maximum Enermax 120MM Case Cooling Fans for selected case (Maximum Silent Operation) [+…

Hi fellow simmers! Its time to upgrade my system and my budget is around 1000 Euro's This is what ive found so far, How will this work with FSX (With PMDG 737 and Airbus extended) or should i change some things? Also Arma 3 is something i would purchase when i get a new sytem eVGA GeForce GTX 670 Cooler Master Elite 430 LG GH24NS95 Super Multi 2x Corsair Vengeance so a total of 16GB! ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Intel Core i7 4770K / 3.5 GHz WD RE4 WD1003FBYX Be quiet! Pure Power BQT L8-CM-530W

Hello all, I'm planing on buying a new computer for FSX (mostly) and would like some help from you. I have two alternatives I'm thinking about: ASUS GeForce GTX TITAN 6GB PhysX CUDA PCI-Express 3.0, GDDR5, DL-DVI-I, DL-DVI-D, HDMI, DisplayPort, 837MHz, 384bit ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL, Socket-1150 ATX, DDR3, Z87, 3xPCIe-x16,SLI/CFX, VGA,DVI,HDMI, 2xGbLAN,WiFi,BT, 2xTB, Haswell CM Storm Trooper Gaming Big Tower Svart Fläktar: 2x 120mm Front, 1x 200mm Topp, 1x 140mm Bak, M/XL-ATX, USB3.0, Fönster Cooler Master Seidon 240M CPU Kylare 775/1150/1155/1156/1366, AM2(+)/AM3(+)/FM1,FM2, 600~2400 RPM, 19.17~86.15 CFM Corsair AX 1200W PSU ATX 12V V2.31, 80 Plus Gold, Modular, 6x 6+…

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Howdy! I'm currently thinking about upgrading my computer to where it will play FSX without lagging around the DFW/LAX/JFK area using payware aircraft, and put a fairly good amount of AI traffic but I just need some help of which motherboard and CPU and some extra stuff to pick out. Right now computer specs are: Corsair CX600M power supply. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/CX+Series+Modular+CX600M+600W+ATX+Power+Supply/8324293.p?id=1218872213103&skuId=8324293&st=CX600M&cp=1&lp=1 XFX R7850 Graphics Card- http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Ultra+OC+Radeon+7850+1GB+DDR5+PCI+Express+3.0+Graphics+Card/7733057.p?id=1218858759396&skuId=7733057&st=Graphic%20ca…

Gents, I currently have a i7 2600K processor. Is there any other one, for FSX, which will be significantly better than what I currently have? Or, is there any CPU out there curently being developed, that we should be keeping our eyes on ?

Hey Guys! Tomorrow is the day I get started on my rig assembly. First time building an FSX specific computer. Just wanted your thoughts and blessing on the hardware config. Any suggestions and tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Case: NZXT Phantom 410 Processor: i7-4770k Video Card: GTX 770 RAM: Corsair Dominator GT 8GB DDR3-2000 9-10-9 SSD: 2 X Samsung 840 120GB (1 for FSX, 1 for OS) MB: Gigabyte UD4H Cooler: Corsair H100i Liquid Cooling Power: Corsair CX750M OS: Windows 7 64 bit Peripheral: Saitek X52 Going to be a fun day tomorrow…

Hello, I am doing something I know I shouldn't (trying to overclock my PC) I have done something with some settings and guys I know! (shouln't tamper) but I plan to revert back to default but before I do what are these figures that have appeared when it says CPU frequency? It oscillates between 1544.6 MHz 0823.9 MHz ?? Thanks in advance Paul

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Hello, Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I have just purchased the following: CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMD16GX3M2A1600C9 Intel Core i7-4770 Haswell 3.4GHz LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646I74770 Motherboard Asus Z87-A Intel® Socket 1150 for 4th Generation Core™ i7/Core™ Asus Geforce GTX 780 3GBI am going to buy 3 SSD Samsung drives (hopefully 500GB ones) at the weekend. I intend to put Windows 7 Ulyimate 64 on one drive and leave it alone (never installing anything on it, just using it for the operating system) FSX on another drive…

I am helping a friend who lives in Brazil. Parts are very expensive there, so he is buying it in Paraguay. He will be using a monitor with a res of 1440 x 900, so I assume this will give him good performance. However, he is thinking about upgrading his monitor to a 1920x1080 res monitor. Here are the parts he wants to buy, please tell me if these will allow him to play FSX with add-ons and decent settings: i7-3770 EVGA GTX 680 2gb XFX 750W PSU Bronze 8GB 1600MHz Corsair Vengeance RAM GA-Z77-D3H motherboard Is this good enough for 1440x900, and perhaps 1920x1080 at high settings with add-ons, such as ORBX, PMDG and REX? Or should he upgrade to lets a i7-377…

Good morning everyone. Long time flight simmer have been out of the game for a few years and have never owned a gaming laptop. Have a desktop at home that runs FSX quite well. However, I spend 25+ weeks a year on the road for work and have much downtime in hotels etc, I'm looking into buying a laptop capable of running FSX. I've tried searching these fourms and googling such setups but most threads seem outdated so I'll ask here again. I'm looking for a laptop to run FSX using PMDG products with several addon's such as airports, weather, and terrrain, but not neccessarily traffic. With settings moderatley hight, how feasible would this be with a laptop? I know FSX is CP…

Hi How would 2400MHz CL11 compare with 2133 MHz CL10 and CL9 in FSX's performance on an i7-4770K OC to 4.5 or 4.6 GHz. I am considering a motherboard bundle with an i7-4770K OC to 4.6 GHz but the memory supplied is CL11 so I am thinking of changing it but 2400MHz at anything lower than CL11 doesn't seem to be readily available here yet. Thanks Phil

Hello I was thinking of building a new pc for fsx but did not want to spend to much money unnecessarily so here are the specs I came up with: Intel i5 4670k (going to overclock to around 4.5ghz if possible with cooler) Gtx 660 993mhz 2gb Asus p8z77-v LX S1155 intel z77 ddr3 atx CoolerMaster hyper 212 evo 4 heatpipe, tower CPU cooler Corsair 750w builder series cx750 psu Zalman z9 plus tower case with fan controller 8gb 1600mhz ram 1tb hdd So I have a few questions: 1. Is there any of these specs that could be lowered a bit to save me some money but not too much of a performance drop. 2. Will the cooler be enough to overclock the CPU to about 4.5ghz 3. W…

So after several months of no FSX (I said FSX!) I have reinstalled it on the 120gb SSD. The machine is W7 x64 with a GTX460 and 4GB ram. It is an i5 able to run at 4.6ghz. Tweaks-wise I run texture max loader and and external FPS limiter set at 30. By and large it seems very stable and an adequate performer. I am a layperson but interested nevertheless in seeing which hardware component will max out first. I know that FSX performance is largely a question of CPU speed but I was interested to see what was causing a drop in FPS to around 8. It was clearly to do with REX weather generating some angry looking clouds but when changing a view to one which doesn't involve lo…

Hi, I shall be ordering the following system primarily for FSX; Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit Samsung SSD 840 Series 120GB Solid State Drive Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache Hard Drive Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Overclocked to 4.4GHz Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze Power Supply Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler EVGA GeForce GTX 770 Superclo…

I have a i7 2600k in a socket 1155. Is it possible to upgrade in same socket for better performance? Is it worth it?

The subject says it all...I'm thinking of upgrading my 2700K-based FSX-rig to the new Haswell architecture and my GTX 680 to a GTX 780 or even a Titan and was wondering if anyone who already did a similar upgrade can share their experiences. I have my 2700K clocked @ 4800GHz using a Corsair H100i cooler with good temps and I hope should I go for a 4770K to be able to still use my H100i and clock the new 4770K @ 4.5 GHz or possibly even higher wtih some luck. How big was the performance boost for anyone who already did a similar upgrade and was it worth it...? Thanks a lot in advance for any input!

https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=22702625 Will I be able to oc this CPU easily?

I have created a benchmark that compares how different CPU architectures and cache sizes affects performance in FSX. These are the results: This benchmark is fully CPU limited as long as you have a fairly modern graphics card. That means that if you increase the CPU clockspeed by 25%, you’ll get a 25% higher result. So what do these 4 initial results tell us? It shows that Haswell offers a very healthy 11% IPC improvement over IvyBridge in FSX. Haswell is also 17% faster than SandyBridge-E and 25% faster than Lynnfield at the same clockspeed. You could also say that when it comes to FPS in FSX, Haswell @ 4.30GHz = IvyBridge @ 4.77GHz = SandyBridge-E @ 5.02GHz.…

I have this: CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C8D could I replace it with : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233532 or can I just add in this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233180 to then have a total of 14Gigs? it would be a whole lot cheaper.. please advise. thanks