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

I haven't used FSx for about 18 months now. Up until then I had a Duo Core 6600 CPU with 2 Gig Ram and and old ATI x800 AGP vid card. I used that happily for quite some time. Now I have an Intel I3-540 , 4 gig Ram - but at this time no Vid card. Whilst not the fastest CPU around now, it is still much faster than my old 6600 and will give me satisfactory performance with a suitable vid card. . Could anybody advise what vid card would be suitable to match this CPU.Thanks Barry

This looks very interesting. From what I gather, it should load FSX faster than an SSD would. Is this correct?

Hi GuysBefore I buy my new 27" monitor, just wondering if I will suffer a performance hit going from 1920 x 1200 to 2560 x 1440 resolution?I'm running a GTX580 1.5GB nowThanks so much!

Since a new ultimate platform has arrived has anyone decided to take the plunge on behalf of the rest of us?Kind regards,

Well even though I know Zambezi has been a disappointment I still decides to give it a try since I already had a ud3 am3+. I put an order in for fx-8120 and now just waiting for it to arrive. I will clock it and put it to the test in FSX and Prepar3d when it arrives. Results to come next week

Hi guys,Is there any one who knows what should I do about my FSX performance?I don't get a smooth FSX even though I have a powerful pc.Is there any one who knows what should I do to get a smooth FSX (On high settings and with addons)?If you know how please help!!My system info:Intle® Core i7-2600 CPU @ 3.4GHz12.0 GB RAMAMD Radeon HD 6950, 2.0 GB

Hello fellow simmers!Here I am pasting my post from the genearl MFS forum. I should have posted here first, so sorry if you already saw it there.This is a shorter version, to concentrate on hardware. Thanks a lot in advance for any assistance in my transition.I am aware you may have been answering similar questions before, so please forgive me but I got a bit lost in all this hardware madness I've never been really good at...(...)After a few long years of using my computer to fly FS9, the time has finally come for me to perform a huge replacement.I am going to buy a completely new PC since no more changes or upgrades seem possible or reasonable with my old equipment, whi…

Is there still available a Sound Card which includes a game port and has Win 7 capability?regardsanamiv

Hi!I want to buy me a new computer for FSX. It should have about 25 FPS with the PMDG 737NGX at very big airports like Schiphol, ...What do you think is better, Intel Core i5 or i7 (I maybe also want to overclock it)?What graphics would you use? (I thought of a GTX 560)Would be nice, if you had some tips.CheersDavid

Hi all, I am about to build a pc, after doing some research I have narrowed it down to the following hardware:i5-2500kasus p8z68-v pro/gen3cooler master 212 evo ( I'm only going to overclock to 4.2, I'm a little nervous about the lifespan of the system )corsair 8gb vengeancegigabyte gtx 560ti600gb WD VR - FSX500gb WD black - OS ( will upgrade to SSD in the future )PSU - ? I was thinking of a corsair hx650w, does that sound adequate for this system?Any feed back would be great.Thanks,Miguel

Hi i have just built a new pc for fsx and am having this problem. When i start up the computer it boots for about three seconds and then switches off. About 4 seconds later it switches back on and runs normally without any problems. I also get a hard drive not found message however when the system is loaded the HD works fine.Any help would be much appreciated.Regards Chris

I am wondering if these specs are any good for a, 800 dollar computer.Intel core I5 at 2.9GHz quad core8gb of ramNvidia GT420 graphics card1tb of hard driveI think these are decent specs for a computer.

I have read on support forum for vertex SSD that you should never fill you SSD more than 80%. I wonder why? What problem can I expect if filling it more? How much do you fill your SSDs?

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10 TBy SSD stocking-stuffer from ioDrive6.4 GBit/Sec Read BW (PCIe)45 microSec latency-------------------------------------------------Ask your wife to get you one for XMAS!Start your large FSX installation in a jiffy!Heck, start your own .com too!Stutters will be a thing of the past!(Except maybe your wife will get a case of the stutters...... when she finds out the price is $164K !!!)Cheers and Ho! Ho! Ho! to all,- jahman.

. . . and every program I use one drive, creating a 2nd partition on it for another OS installation. This sounds to me like much easier to manage file system than having things on the 4 HDDs I am using now. Please let me know if there are any downsides to using only one larger drive. I would end up keeping data only on a 2nd HDD since . . . I have so many of them ;o)Thanks in advance!Noel

Hi,I updated my bios from 606 to latest and have some issues. I have decided to go back to 606 but the bios flash informs me that the ROM 606 file is outdated and refused to continue.Anyone know how I can get this accomplished?thanksBob

Folks, I'm a little mystified by what's going on. Some time ago I was running a Dell XGS computer with a 3.6 GB Pentium, 2 GB of RAM, and a 7500 rmp hard drive. FSX had some jittery little stutters in turns, and the frame rate slowed a lot in heavily populated areas. But it was enjoyably flyable.I'm now running the ASUS P-67 Sabretooth mobo @ 3.42 Ghz with a core - i7-2600K cpu, 6 GB of fast RAM, and a 10K rmp hard drive. The sim is almost unflyable. The "stutters" are more like pauses. It is almost impossible to line up with the runway, or even fly with any precision at all. I have the sim on a hard drive by itself, and all of the sliders down to minimum. Not muc…

Buying a i7 990x?ORi7 2700k?Which will give better FSX performance?I do plan to Overclock....

Hi AllNeed some help with cooling.Got my new 2600k computer running good and want to get the fan temp controls working correctly.It's a P8Z68-V Pro board with Noctua NH-D14 and a HAF case.I read somewhere that using the A1 suite 2 was a waste of resources on a gaming set up is this truelIf so is there other software.Do I have to have fans with 4 pins most of the fans supplied have 3.Thanks.

HI everybody,For the past two days I've been looking at getting on board the SB waggon and so far I've found out that I only need a new CPU and Motherboard. The CPU part is easy because FSX doesn't support HT and I use no applications that supports this. So with that established I will go for the Intel i5 2500kNow here comes the bit I've been strugling with. The right choice of motherboard. Right now it's just a sea of PCB, transistors, endless acronyms all coated in bright/vivid colours. (doesn't this remind you of Lego?) Of course some manufactures paint theirs in a military colour. Maybe so you can hide it in the bush; I don't know.I have been looking at what people in…

Would like some advise on increasing my speed and quaility with my computer.I have an HP, Intel ®core 2 Quad CPU [email protected] 4GB64 Bit Operating SystemNividia Ge Force 9500GSAlso with up grade would I need more power, I have 450 Watts Thanks for any advice on a good running upgrade for this computer.Dave SlagleDenver Co

HiWhat is a good cheap pc $400 or below that will run fsx well ? I will keep updating it but I want it to be cheap to start out with. Anything on newegg or eBay you've come across? Or even something you want to get rid of?Thanks lee

Just wondering if there is a way of knowing what speed my new SSD is reading at.Regards,Dave.

I currently have Windows 7 64, MS Office and other junk on a 64 MB SSD and FSx, FS9 and all the addons on a 1TB WD Black HD. I'm about to come into possession of a 128MB SSD as well and I want to leave the OS SSD alone, but install FSX, FS9 and all my addon aircraft on the 128, keeping GEX, UTS, Scenery Tech, FS Global, UT, RC, etc and the WD drive.Will it be necessary to reinstall the OS when I do this? I'm thinking of all the registry entries that'll be messed up when I move this stuff around. Second, I know you don't format an SSD, but how do you get a clean one--just erase it?ThanksDan Cole