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

Hi guys, I just received my computer back from an upgrade, I bought a new MB so I could use both of my videocards since my old MB had only one slot and also bought a new CPU cooler so I can overclock it, so my system is as following: Intel Core i7 2600k 3.40 (OC'd to 5.15 currently) GTX 590 and GTX 580 8GB DDR RAM Asus P8Z77-V the thing is, when I configured my system, I had only the GF580, everyone was speaking of the 590 and how great that card is, so I spend 800euros into the 590, but had to remove the 580, since I had only one slot, after receiving my computer with the new MB, cooler and both GFX cards running together I tested FSX, surprisingly, I didn't …

I have finally decided to bite the bullet and build a new computer. My i3-M was never going to give me what I needed. I was thinking about starting with the i5 3570K. Nothing special with the motherboard and just about 8GBs of RAM. Where I run into trouble with deciding is with the Graphics Card. I don't need anything like the 680, but was looking at Nvidia 500 series. Specifically, the 550. Can anyone give me some advice on the GC?

I posted this question over at Simforums, but my longtime hardware guru, Nick Needham, is between builds and tells me he can't offer an opinion. The question is - will there be new Ivy Bridge-compatible motherboards available in the near future that offer significant benefits over currently available ones like this one? I'd originally planned to wait and build a new system around the next wave of IB chips and the next generation of NVidia cards (700 series, or whatever they'll be called). However, for totally non-tech reasons, I'm considering donating my current rig to a friend who's dealing with some personal hardships (family illnesses and such) and would like …

I notice that keyboard reponds lately nowadays. I m using cable keyboard and even if changed another one this problem occur again. Especially landing and takeoff, i am using control surfacer ( left right, and rudder, and also up down and trims...) via keyboard at my pc. the other computers and laptop works fine. i am using, fs9 at xp sp2. what do you think? is this hardware or spam or dword! something? i have 3 cable keyboard.

Hi, Will it make a big difference for FSX in performance if OC my I5 3rd Gen 3.40GHz to 4.2GHz?

Dear all, First of all, let me say Im not an expert what comes to overclocking, just a newbie looking for some help. Any suggestions or comments are welcome and appreciated. Hardware: Asus Rampage III Extreme Intel Core I7 960 3.20 GHz, Boxed, Excl. Videochip, Quad Core Corsair Dominator-GT 6 GB, PC3-12800, 1600 MHz, 7, Non-ECC, Kit Of 3 Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536 MB Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 Cooler Master Silent Pro M850 850 Watt, 20+24 Pins, 80 Plus Rating Prolimatech Megahalems RevB D Velociraptor 600 GB, 10.000 Rpm, 32 MB, Sata III/600 Samsung SpinPoint F1 750 GB 750 GB, 7200 Rpm, 32 MB, S-ATA II/300 Software (for testing): FSX Acceleration, FS Gl…

I'm about to make a hardware RAID0 of two 500GB 7200rpm HDD's. I've read that RAID0 is not a good solution for FSX, but there are little to non info to back that statement up. I mean, if I already have the RAID, should I still put FSX on a single drive?

I have been searching all over the internet for the proper new hardware for FSX. I have a general idea on what to get; however it seems like EVERYONE tells me something different. Oh, i'm getting a i7, "Oh, no, get a i5". Then I turn around, Im getting an i5, "No get an i7". I am lost. I also have price taken into consideration. I would like to keep it no more than $1,000. I have searched hundreds of deals, sites, everywhere you could think of. Everywhere I go, there seems to be a "better" option that I bring up that everyone says is a crappy deal and I could do better. Well, WHAT is better? I never know what to buy because I know there is some other place where I can get…

I'm upgrading my system with a new Mobo and CPU. In the past i would always begin with (after building a new system) install a fresh OS. My noob question is: can i just put in my current HD with the OS and will it run, without damage.

Hello All, I am currently running an i7 920 (2.6Ghz) overclocked to 4.0 Ghz and an EVGA GTX 285 FTW Graphics adapter. It runs well in the air but the Aerosoft airports with Ultimate Traffic 2 and Active Sky 2012 choke her back to around 10 fps. I am about to upgrade to an i7 2700K or 3770K overclocked to 4.8-5.0 Ghz and a GTX 680 2GB. Can anybody please estimate the perfomance gain this will give me? Is it worth the $1200 Australian? Secondly, the more I read regarding Sandy Bridge V Ivy Bridge, the more confused I get. So many posts seem to refute and contradict each other. Does the Ivy B really overheat at 4.8-5.0 GHz? Has anybody out there successfully overcloc…

Hi i have another computer am building right now , the computer itself has 8gb DDR3. But the thing is i don't know the actual speed of the ram memory stick. So on my MSI 760GM-E51 motherboard i have 2 extra slots of ram memory. So i would like to make this computer 16GB total. But here is the thing i don't know if all memory stick have to be the same speed or if its okay that there different. The one i really want to purchase now is 8gb (2x 4GB) 1600. But i do not know the speed of the current Memory installed. Can some one help me please?

Hi guys, I currently have an nVidia 560 card, driving both my monitors. Thing is, i need a third screen output for a hardware FMC. What should i look out for when installing a second graphics card? Can someone please let me know if my spare 460 GTX fit my motherboard? Asus P8Z77-V . This second card wont be used for anything intensive at all - just to display a small 2D panel at a low size. I know the 460 isnt the same as my 'main' card, but i dont need SLI or anything like that. Also, will a second card cause problems in FSX? Any other caveats that could bite me down the line? Thanks guys, i appreciate your help. EDIT - Looking at my curren…

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Hi, I know that there´s a lot of debate around this issue on the internet, but no clear answers. But, I´m going to build a new rig, mainly for FSX/FS9. I will use an SSD for the OS and another SSD for FSX. So I would like to hear about you Simmers experience; What mode you install the HD´s in? Is there any gain in installing the SSD for FSX in AHCI rather than IDE? I also plan to use my current "old" 1 TB HD (7200 rpm IDE-mode) for storage and other programs than MSFS. Would this be able to run in AHCI mode? Other than that, I will follow Word Not Allowed´s excellent guide. Best Regards, Anders

Its anyone familiar with this cpu ??? Im thinking of building a new rig and want to know how it performs .....

Brief synopsis of my issues: I've got a WNDR4000 (Netgear N750 dual band router). Bought it 4 months ago. 3 months ago my wired and wireless started to become intermittent. RMA'ed the Netgear and picked up a Linksys E2500 for temporary use. It worked great. Received the "new" Netgear just a few days ago and installed it. Wired connection appears normal but out of the blue the wireless connection is extremely spotty, mostly in our kitchen where before it wasn't the strongest, but was completely usable. I'm terrible with networking... so I've got no clue what could be wrong. I've read that microwaves (as in microwave ovens) are on the 2.4 GHz band along with…

Hi, What a software I can dowbnload to test how my RAM is running? I want to see how I can OC my RAM. My ram shows 667MHz but its 1600MHz RAM. I need to change that in the BIOS right?

Hi, So a couple days after building my PC it just randomly shuts down but the computer stays on just no screen. I see on my P8Z77-V that the CPU LED and DRAM are flashing.....It takes a few tries top get my PC back up and running....Whats going on? Please help! Thank you so much!!!

As the title says, I'm starting a clean build with a budget of $1500 US. The only things I will not be purchasing is a case and a monitor, I'd like to leave it to the experts in the FS forums to give me a list of hardware componets to fit in this window. I'm looking at an i7 3770k and an ASUS Maximus V Formula Z77 but other than that have no idea what else to get. If you guys have any ideas to fill up the rest I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks everyone.

How will this laptop run fsx here are the specs black licorice Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 3rd generation Intel® Core i5-3210M Processor (2.5 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.1 GHz) NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M Graphics with 2GB GDDR 5 video memory 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm) 750GB 7200RPM Hard Drive NO mSSD Hard Drive Acceleration Cache No additional security software 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery 14.0" diagonal High Definition HP BrightView LED Display (1366 x 768) SVA $40 OFF Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2010 SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone 802.11b/g/n WLAN Standard Keyboard Black HP Home …

Had the week from hell so far. I got a second hand motherboard for my Phenom 955BE as my old mobo had a cracked sata plug. I put the cpu into the new mobo and all fans would spin but no mouse, keyboard or monitor would turn on I reverted to y old mobo and the problem persisted. After troubleshooting i realised my old cpu has probably died. So i went and got (o my wife's dismay) an intel i5 3570 with 8G of ddr 3 ram and an asus P8H77 mobo. Went home, put it together and now the fans spin once and it will not boot up!! I am thinking i got a dud mobo, any other thoughts?? The psu is a VANtEC ultra quiet i520w

Hi All! I have a shot of an upgrade of my i7-950 to 3770K I am keeping my GTX580 and my H100 and need to replace motherboard + cpu +RAM I have come down to these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128545 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145344 my target will be the range of 4.4-4.6Ghz & FSX any opinions?

after years of setting up my system which runs fine with ofcourse some limitations, my question would be to update slowly or wait and buy next year the hardware. my system is now 3x 24 inch with matrox gtx 470 2 gb 1 tb western harddisk i7-920 overclocked to 4.2 ghz (stable) mobo x58 I can run smoothly with the bufferpool=0 and further no tweaks NI 8xs plus 2 grid what I can not reach due to this setup is flying in weather which is more then fair weather. what I would like to have is a system with 3x 27 inch 120 hz. and ofcourse a little more heavy weather due to the multiplayer situation. I could do two things in my opinion which is to buy 3x 27 iyam…

Hi I'm upgrading my motherboard. When I initially built my computer I got the H67 by mistake so can't overclock my i5. Now im looking at this.. ASUS P8Z68-M Pro LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS I just want to be absolutely sure that this is able to be overclocked. Also. What are your opinions on the GTX560? I've seen some things that say they are far better then the AMD Radeon 6450 I have now. Is this so? Do they perform well with fsx? I dont want to spend to much right now and this is a good price. Thanks lee Sent using Tapatalk

My framerates drop and start jumping between the mid to high teens and 20s, sometime going in to single digits. I have good frames in other conditions, 30-50 and higher. I'm hoping someone could help me find the bottleneck in my system. Specs: Motherboard:Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H Processor: Core i7-2700K @ 4.8, HT off GFX Card: Galaxy GTX670 2Gb RAM:12Gb 1333Mhz FSX.cfg: // This file was tweaked on Jun 07, 2012 at 16:32 GMT using Bojote's automated FSX Tweaking & Tuning Service // Your 'original' fsx.cfg file was backed up at http://www.venetubo.com/fsx/3510c3f5079080c1fc4511beaa4a0c21/backup/fsx_backup.cfg // This file is optimized as follows: 8 co…