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

My rig is in the shop and my Q9550 might be on it's way out. Would I be better getting this? Intel Core 2 Duo E7600 Wolfdale 3.06GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor BX80571E7600I run FS2004 and FSX. Mostly 2004.

Hi,I am currently using an Intel E5700 with a G41MT-S2P board. I bought the kit new of Ebay and its clocked to 4GHZ. My GPU is a GTX 570 and i power 2 24" monitors in VC view. Over the past while ive noticed my machine struggling a bit in dense airports such as FSdreamteam or Simmer sky addons. I use FS9 with a sliders maxed and have REX,GE PRO,TOPCAT and Radar contact all running as well. The ac i use are PMDG and others like it. My monitors are set up as 2 VC views (kinda like a wrap around captains side) this is what is causing the issue, if i change to one VC view and the other monitor to overhead or something like that i have no hit on FPS at all. I really want to ke…

Hi all,I'm in the process of looking for new parts to upgrade my current rig (Check my sig to see what I'm working with LOL). I'm making the switch over to Intel so a little help is needed on what exactly to buy next month or so. Here's what I have in mind:Processor:i7 2600K (From my understanding, Ivy Bridge is to be released sometime in March or April???)MotherBoard:Asus P8P67 EVO mobo - http://www.amazon.co...m=ATVPDKIKX0DERRAM:Corsair 12GB RAM 1333mhz or G.Skill 8 or 16GB RAM 1866mhzCooling:I'm not really sure if I should just stick with the Corsair H60 or get the H100 or get the Noctua nh-D14..?PSU:I have a TX650 Watt 80 Plus Certified PSU. Should I upgrade to the HX…

Hello fellow simmers and "Happy New Year"....!So I have two systems and decided to give FSX it's own dedicated 256GB SSD. This is a road I have not traveled down before in system configuration. It sounds easy but every time I say that to myself I end up exhausting a bottle of Advil in pain management...lol I will have windows 7 64bit on a 160GB SSD.So when I install FSX on it's dedicated drive can I just add all programs related to FSX to that drive? Example, TrackIR, UT2, Scenery, etc? Any advice is greatly appreciated... I hope you and your families have a safe and wonderful New Years....! Thanks Again!

My computer died for the 3rd time. in 3 years. 2 EVGA 780i MBs and now a Asus P5N-T Deluxe nForce 780i 775 socket.I checked the ps by jumping the green and black wire and got power. Plugged it back into the MB and nothing. When I turn on the computer nothing happens. I have a lot of money invested in other parts but can't find a good MB. I have 4dinns of Corsair ram(8gb) A EVGS 480 1gb video card, 850watt ps and a Soundblaster card. Anyone know where i can get a good MB?email me at [email protected] if you can help me with any other troubleshooting.Thanks,Greg

http://www.tuaw.com/2012/01/01/aoc-e1649fwu-portable-usb-monitor-a-good-match-for-your-macbook/Works with Windows and Macs. Imagine running three of these; suitable for FSX? Response time is 5 ms.

Here...http://www.techpower...therboards.htmlAt 3:50 we see smoke... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Wk4QWHjpc

I currently have an i7 2600k turbo'd at 3.5 GHz. I use my PC for work as well and I don't want to overclock a PC that I do my work on. I already have a GTX 580 video card, so my video card is way more than enough for FSX at 1080p. If I upgraded to an i7 3930k would I lose performance in FSX since the 3930k is 200 MHz slower even if it has more L3 cache and more RAM bandwidth than the 2600k?

Hello everyone and happy new year!First of all, I am completely new to the Flight Sim world but having just finished commercial flight training I want to use it to keep current.I was planning to use an old machine built by a friend, my knowledge is somewhat limited but I can tell you it has an Intel Pentium ® D CPU 3.00Ghz , 2.5gb RAM and a GeForce 9800GTX+ 512mb and 1102mhz. It's currently running XP with SP2 but I do have a copy of windows 7 I can load onto it.Looking at iFly's 737 with FS2crew it says:System Requirements:Flight Simulator X w/Service Pack 2 (SP2)2.6 Mhz Quad-Core Processor2 GB of disk space4GB RAM512 MB Video CardWindows XP / Vista / Win7Looks like I'm …

Hi all,I'm building a new rig and plan on using an SRT setup for hard drive caching. Trying to figure out which SSD I should go with to give me the best performance.Should I go with the Intel 311 Series 20GB? This one was developed by Intel specifically for use with SRT, and is one of the few that uses SLC NAND memory (which is supposed to be faster and longer-lasting than the MLC NAND used by most SSDs). However, I don't even see this drive listed on Newegg anymore (although it is on Amazon and elsewhere), and a larger-capacity drive (say, 40 or 60GB) would result in fewer files being booted out of the cache after non-use, correct? Cheers,Scott

HiAfter browsing this forum and others I'm think I'm ready to specify my new FSX pc. I've been through a few over the years and I know nothing is future-proof but this one will have to last a long time!There are a number of online UK companies offering a custom build approach with similar prices. Can anyone recommend a good reliable outfit from personal experience?CheersChris

My specs are:ASUS P8Z68-V PROIntel® Core™ i5 -2500KMushkin Enhanced Redline 8GB (2x4GB) 1600 7-8-7-24 model 996999EVGA 015-P3-1580-AR GeForce GTX 580Corsair CMPSU-750AX Professional Series Gold AX750Corsair Hydro Series H100 extreme performance liquid CPU coolerWindows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit OEM (PC) 110I have the cpu auto oc'd to 4.2 using the AI OC Tuner X.M.P. feature. However when I change it to Manual and then click OC Tuner + Yes, I get an immediate black screen and re-boot. Does that mean 4.2 is the best this cpu can do?? Thanks for any feedback--- and Happy New Year!.Bruce

Check this one out, 3840 x 2160....http://www.guru3d.com/news/lg-84inch-with-4k-resolution-tv-at-ces-2012/Somebody told me that the picture on screen is from Flight..... :Clown:

I see the vast majority of SSD drives are 2.5". Seems even the 3.5" is only help in a caddy of sorts. Does it matter which are used in a PC?Ta!

WOW!!!So for probably the past 15 years I have been a Creative guy when it came to my sound... I prefer dedicated sound cards to onboard not necessarily for quality but to move the sound processing to a separate chip. I usually had something in the X-Fi Extreme range... Recently my Creative has been giving me nothing but trouble on my XP64 machine. Optical out only working randomly... I tried drivers, uninstalling, re-installing but no matter what i did it was 50/50 if it would work on boot. (win 7 had no issues mind you...)So I finally decided to uninstall my Creative Card and spent 90 minutes uninstalling the drivers from all SEVEN of my boot options LMAO!@! I th…

My new rig will need to last at least another 4 years. I also use it for professional video editing, and Voice over work, hence my choice of CPU (i7 2700k)So far in my online shopping cart:Motherboard:ASUS P8Z68-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOShttp://www.newegg.co...N82E16813131730$209.99CPU:Intel Core i7-2700K Sandy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623i72700Khttp://www.newegg.co...N82E16819115095$369.99Hard Drive:Intel 320 Series SSDSA2CW120G3K5 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) for Windows.http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820167050$169.9…

I know general knowledge states not to defrag SSD's. But why? I analyzed mine with Ultimate Defrag 2008 and it was 45% fragged....

Hi All,I'm doing a major overhaul of my current FSX rig and wondering if I need to upgrade my PSU as well. Currently, I have a 550W Ultra X2 modular power supply and it hasn't given me any problems in 4 years of use.My current rig:Core2 Duo E6750 OC'd @3.2 GHz, Abit IP35 Pro mobo, 4GB DDR2 PC6400 RAM, eVGA GTX 470 1280MB GPU, 2x 250GB WD hdds in RAID-0, Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU CoolerMy proposed new rig:i5 2500K OC'd (hopefully) to 4.5-5.0GHz, Asus P8P67 Pro mobo, 8GB DDR3 1600 RAM, eVGA GTX 470 1280MB GPU, Hitachi 2TB 7200RPM HDD, XIGMATEK LOKI SD963 92mm HYPRO Bearing CPU CoolerSo my proposed new computer would use a more power-hungry processor (95w for the 250…

Hi My system is:Asus Rampage II ExtremeIntel i7-920; 2,67GHz OC 3,2GHz (Thermalright Ultimate-120 Extreme)Corsair 6GB, 1600MHz (now at 1200MHz)MSI GTX560-Ti Twin Frozr II 2GD5/OCSSD 120GBMy monitors setup:Matrox THGO2, 3x22" monitors at resulotion 5040x1050 I maybe like to upgrade my computer to a better fsx computer and change the: mainboard, cpu, cooling of the cpu and the RAM! Al depends on:It would great if I can change the cpu and maintain the mainboard!What cpu shuld I have to give FSX the best performance?What cooling solution should I have if I am going to OC to about 4,4GHZ or more? What is the minimum limit so that fsx can run nice and slow? Best Fredrik

After a series of ntdll.dll crashes, I set my Corsair vengeance 8gb 1600mhz, down to 1333 mhz, had another ntdll.dll crash, and has now put it down to 1066Mhz.In 1600 mhz I ran memtest, which detected 1 error. After downgrading to 1333mhz memtest could not find the error again, but still its no good that an error occured in the first place.Question now is, should i buy new RAM or not? And, after reading about boot failures due to new RAM installed, I feel like not doing it.. oh the agony!

Hey all,So i look out the side window of my ngx, and my photoscenery is not completely smooth. It jumps a bit from time to time. I dont like it. I want it glass-smooth. I need more, newer, shinier hardware.I suspect im talking about gear that's not invented yet, but im interested in where the bottleneck is that is causing the performance to be less than perfect.To clarify: i have what was considered a ninja system when i built it a year ago, an i7 with decent overclock. My system is tuned to the max. Im doing all the clever things with cfg files and external frame limiters that can be done. I'm running over a terabyte of photoscenery, and the stuff i want perfect smoothne…

Here if you are looking for the best CPU cooler for the money...http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1801/1/

Assuming I dont touch any components with the hose. and Im grounded. is it okay to blow the dust out. either by blowing through the front fans and or opening the case and just blowing air inside? I'd rather not buy can after can of air to do this. my house is dusty!

FIrst post - I was drawn to this forum when looking at building a new PC, mainly for running FSX. The FSXMark11 and Pictures of our FSX Computers are both interesting and informative in this respect.So, for a while now I have been wanting to upgrade my old 2004 PC (AMD Athlon64 3700+ I think) to a new one, which should be able to provide a much improved experience with FSX.I had my mind set on the i7 2700k, but after reading this post which suggests that the 3930k runs circles around the 2700k, I am confused.So now I basically have 2 options regarding the core:Option1:CPU: i7-2700k (4 cores, socket 1155)Mobo: ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-ZRAM: no idea - please adviseOption2:C…

Well, Santa was good to me this year. After the new Bose headset, blu-ray burner, and kick &@($* electric razor I got had been used, played with, or gawked at I realized I had a ton of Best Buy gift cards to spend.Product options for the computer geeks like most of us regulars in this forum are limited at Best Buy, but I've found something I've been wanting to pull the trigger on for a while: The Corsair 650D mid-tower case. A mid-tower is right up my ally; It fits in beside my desk and the Corsair cases look cla$$y (I like simple non l33t cases)... Anyone got opinions, concerns, horror stories, or etc for this case? Or even other things I should sp…