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

Hello Fliers, I am ordering a new computer and which cpu would advise me to get. i74770k (Haswell) or the 3930k (Sandy Bridge) ? My PC will be OC'ed and water cooled. x79 chip if I go SB. Thanks

HI guys, This is my first post on the AVSIM forums. I am not really sure if this is the right place or should this post be in the FSX forums? I am planning to buy a laptop next week and I will be using it for my study (software engineering) and FSX My question is can I run FSX with reasonable tweaks on it ? I will not be using payware aircraft but would like to use custom AI and payware sceneries such as FlyTampa and Aerosoft. Custom AI would be AI models from TFS, AIA, FAIB etc... And I will be compiling flightplans with AI Flight Planner. And what is the equivalent percentage value of FS9 100% air traffic in FSX ? The laptop has the following specs:…

Its time for me to update my computer: my current setup is the following: by the way c drive/operating system is on, windows 7, 64 bits, on G drive/just FSX about 85 gb's worth. 3770k 4.2ghz P8Z77-V Pro 1866- cas 9 9,10,9,27 -Corsair H80 - Corsair Evga gtx 580, 1.5 gigs memory 1,000 watts, power Dell - 2709 flat panel I have been using FSX since 1998, familiar with all the tweeks, yes I still get some stutters, lets face it fsx, never will be perfect. I have all the usual addons, utx, gex, rex, fs dreamteam airports, KJFK vol2.0, KFLL, kLAX, KORD, KDFW, CYVR, Fly Tampa, KBOS, KBUF, KTPA, CYUL, Latin VFR, KSAN, KMIA vol2.1, Flightbeam, KIAD, PMDG, Queens …

Hi, looking to run FSX with maximum settings. Ill be using addons, basically looking for the full monty experience! I need some help however, My budget will be 1000 - 1400 GBP. And I'll be using http://pcspecialist.co.uk/pcs/ So, can somebody please use the configurator on their site (as Ive been out of the loop sometime) and price a good one up for me? Thank you very much! Ian

Hello, wich would be a good cooler or watercooler to o/c my system: ASUS PEX58D PREMIUM Intel core i7 980X 3.33GHz 12MB 1366 Six-Core ZOTAC GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 C/HDMI PCI-EXP ATX Cooler Master HAF 922 BLACK + SevenTeam 1000W ST-1000EAZ HD Seagate 1TB 7200RPM 32MB SATA II (FOR WINDOWS 7) HD WD VelociRaptor 600 GB, SATA 3 Gb/s, Cache 32 MB, 10.000 RPM (FOR FSX) XMS3 Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR 3 1600 CAS 7-8-7-20 1.65V LG W2353V MONITOR WIDESCREEN 23" WINDOWS 7 PROFESSIONAL 64bit Many Thanks, Lucas.

Hello everyone, I am looking for a new computer, and unfortunately it absolutely must be a laptop. Furthermore, it has to be a portable one, so no 18 inch monster laptops. I was thinking of buying an Alienware 14 with an i7-4900mq processor (2.8 ghz with 3.8 ghz on turbo) and an NVIDIA 765m. I know there are other gaming laptops with much better GPUs for a lot less money, but being for FSX, I was looking for the best CPU. Do you think this will be able to run FSX with the PMDG 737 on reasonable settings? My current computer has an i7-720qm and an ATI 5730m, and it cannot do the above. I believe that this computer should be at least 80% faster due to the increase in …

Taking the plunge soon and want to run the plan by anyone here that might be already be ahead of me. Hind sight is 20/20 you know Let me know if you got any of this hardware and what you though of it. It surpassed your expectations or you where disappointed etc. or If I have missed something. Or for example specific GTX 780 recommendation or are they all the same buy the cheapest suggestions etc. So here it is: List of parts for FSX PC Part No. Unit Total Intel i7 4770K 1 $349.99 $349.99 Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 1 $264.99 $264.99 GTX 780 1 $650.00 $650.00 Sams…

Hey guys My current config is the 2500k along with the maximus v Gene from Asus.The cpu is clocked to 4.7 ghz along with a gtx 570.I have a kingston v300 240 gb and 8 gb of corsair ram. I have decided that i need an upgrade and thought of upgrading the cpu to a 4770k and get a similar board from asus.However now after checking the price in my local market, iam a little confused and would need your help for the same. Firstly whats the performance difference between the 3770k and the 4770k ? Would i still be ok with the 4670k i5 variant over the 3770 k ? One thing is that if i go for the 3770k, i would not need a new board and might think about upgrading…

To make full use of SSD drives, do I need to replace my data cables? I'm just using those that came with the mobo. ta!

Looking good so far: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i7-4960x-ivy-bridge-e-benchmark,3557.html Regards jja

Hi guys, Im thinking of bulding new PC for FSX. For a reasonabe money good performance. Any ideas what should I buy or maybe could you post your PC with little details how ut runs FSX? Would help me a lot. Thank you

Hi guys, I currently have an E8600 3.10ghz with 3gb ram and 550ti. I've had it for about 5yrs now and am looking to either build a new computer or have one built for fs9. I know many are saying why fs9 and not fsx? Well, with all my addons it looks and runs great! However, when I add complex aircraft and use nvidia inspecter with high settings, I get loss of perfomance. Ultimately, I would like to run fs9 at 60fps no problems. I've been out of the loop with computer specs for some time, so I really don't know what kind of computer I should be looking for. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Budget is around $800.00- $1000.00. Thanks in advaced.

Hello, Long time no post I guess . Recently I have taken up some real flying in the PA28 Warrior/Archer and my flight sim PC hasn't been bugging me too much so I have kind of tuned out of here . I decided to post here because i wasnt quite sure if it was a driver problem, it seems it could be a hardware problem. So anyway, the issue. USB on my computer seems to have cracked it for some reason. Anything that is plugged in on boot will work fine, until it is unplugged. You can even plug USB in and use it normally for about 30 minutes after boot maybe, but after that time anything that is taken out and put back in won't be recognized. I have tried resetting the …

Over at Toms Hardware: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-heat-sink-haswell,3554.html They tested with a 4770K at 4.5 GHz / 1.25V (a fairly typical clock speed and voltage). The best coolers managed about 65C over ambient at full load. This means with a room temperature of 25C, the CPU will run at about 90C. Some coolers that used to be considered high-end only a few years ago now fail to keep the CPU under 100C at this overclocked speed. This mirrors my experience with the Phanteks PH-TC14PE. At 4.3 GHz / 1.217V, it runs about 85C during stress tests, with a room temp around 25-27C. So how are people claiming 4.6, 4.8 and even 5 GHz overclocks …

Ok hands up - who is going to be the first to try one of these babies with FSX?? http://leapmotion.com/

Hello. I had to format my hard-drive, and now whenever I try to fly the following message appears: "FSX Has stopped Working". This doesn't happen with default aircraft and I don't know what else to do. I tried: * Removing everything (from pmdg to fsx) including registry traces * Re-Installing everything * Running as administrator And nothing works. The steps I did were: * Install FSX, then right after install SP1. * Fly a bit * Install SP2 * Install PMDG 737 * Then fly again. But right after everything loads and the cockpit view comes, the game crashes. Could somebody help? Regards, Amanda.

As some of you may know I'm running an fx8350 at 4.5ghz but I'm thinking about moving to Intel what Intel cpu would be a good upgrade I plan to overclock it to the Max and I don't want to spend more then $400 on a chip. I know haswell is the newest but Ive read the the 2700k at 5ghz is good aswell would it be worththe extra money to get a new haswell and overclock it or just get the 2700k and overclock it to 5ghz

Hello i can't decide if its worth upgrading from my current I7 2700k at 5GHZ and GTX 580 to the new I7 4770k and the GTX Titan or shall i wait for Ivy Bridge Extreme or even Haswell Extreme thanks.

Does anyone know of a fix for this? Thanks from Jim

Hello all, I'm in the process of saving and planning to build a computer to run FSX. I currently run it on a laptop (which has been a bit rough), but I am hoping to build a new machine to run FSX on sometime this winter. I have been reading up online about what works and what does not work for an FSX computer. From what I understand, in order to get the most out of FSX it is necessary (or at least very recommended) to overclock your CPU. I have experience building computers, but this would be my first time overclocking a CPU. So my question right now is, would it be necessary to watercool this system if I am overclocking the CPU? I also have never watercooled a system…

I have heard contradictory answers to that question. When taking the service at FSGS I was told to always put the the OS on the fastest drive. NickN has told me the opposite is true. The argument for that has been that it's that important how fast the OS load compared to how FSX loads things. But I wonder if the OS really loads once and then does not access the drive anymore ? For example there was a utility for Win XP that monitored file activity. And while just displaying the desktop there was an tremendous amount of file activity. And does not the OS access the virtual memory in the page file during the time an application is run ? Or maybe it's not needed with 8 GB RA…

I run an Intel I7 2600K @ 4.2 (42x100 no voltage bump) on an ASUS P8P67 REV 3.1 board with Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3-1600 C9 RAM (2x4GB) and an ATI 7970 3GB Ghz edition. I ran out and grabbed me the most expensive RAM I could get to test overclocking further (Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR-2133 CL9 2x4GB) and proceeded to overclock per many of the guides out there. Now while at 4.5 CPU and 1833 on the RAM (board wont do 2133 for some reason) I seem to be able to run FSX (although I am disappointed in my FSXMARK11 average of 38 with that clock), I am not convinced I have a stable overclock. What do all you 4.6 and above clocked 2600K users using to confirm stability? One…

Hi guys Need your ideas for a upgrade to my existing computer. I'm running fsx and x plane on win 7 64 bit home premium. Here's my specs: i7-2600k 3.4 ghz oc'k @ 4.4 ghz 16 gb 1600 ddr3(9-9-9-24) G skill memory Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3 (socket 1155) mb Geforce GTX 580 3gb 120gb OCZ-vertex3 ssd (x plane 10) 500gb Western Digital velociraptor ( fsx ) Dell 30" u3011 ultrasharp monitor I'm mostly running x plane nowdays and here's my rendering settings now http://www.flickr.com/photos/92186526@N03/9285508291/ I would also like to run 3d shadows and HDR if I could. Right now I'm getting 20-50 fps depending on location. I'm asking for upgrade options for performanc…

Just wanted to post my initial impressions of the new stuff. Friend is not a flight simmer but he's gonna let me come back over with FSX and our NGX and 777 this weekend to try it. Specs of the machine we built: Case: CoolerMaster HAF 922 Motherboard: Asus Z87-A CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K Haswell CPU Cooler - CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3-1600 (2 x 8GB) GPU: EVGA GTX 770 2GB SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB Mass Storage HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA Optical drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST SATA WiFi card: Asus PCE-N15 OS: Windows 7 Pro x64 Total cost in parts was around $1600 from Newegg. - Physical build went well - bit…

right now this is my system: COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ASUS P6TD Deluxe LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard EVGA 012-P3-1472-AR GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) SuperClocked 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card Thermaltake Black Widow W0319RU 850W ATX 12V v2.3, EPS 12V v2.91 CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80601930 - O/C to 4.1Ghz. CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C8D…