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Hello,I wish to upgrade my E8500 to this bundle: "Krypton Ankylosaur" Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz @ 4.60GHz Overclocked Bundle I contacted them asking if they could provide 8GB of RAM instead of 4GB but have been answered that they cannot reach the same overclocking with 8GB.Do you think that 4GB would be enough to run FSX with full addons (REX, GEX, UTX, UT2 etc.)?Many thanks for your help.Alberto

Looking for advice about using this card My link for my new build. Will be using the following HD's 2 x WD Vraptor 450(non raid depending on what I find out from this post), 1x WD 1TB BLK SATA6, 1 X Crucial ssd 256. I know for sure that the 1TB HD will be used for storage, but not really sure how I'm gonna use the Vraptors & SSD. Will I get better proformance out of the SSD on the controller or Vraptors in a RAID 0 on the controller card. The rest of my computer build consist of the following:ASUS RAMPAGE III EXTREMECORE i7 980XCORSAIR DOMINATOR GT6GB2000C8EVGA GTX 580 SCENERMAX+85 1050SILVERSTONE TJ11Any and all advice would be appreciated!

I have always installed fs on its own separate drive.We are having to reinstall windows and my computer guy is questioning me as to why I do this.They are mechanical drives.Also,does fs pull off the hard drive after it is loaded when flying?I am trying to explain the reasons for this but I am not a computer guru.Anyone with a good explanation that I could take to him would be appreciated.Thanks,Ron

I hadn't seen this mentioned here yet...I just discovered that my Vista boot SSD (an Intel X-25M G2) was not properly formatted with the blocks aligned with the sector boundaries. Fixing that resulted in a hefty 17% improvement in the benchmark scores and a noticeably snappier OS drive.Theoretically, the Vista installer is supposed to create the boot sector aligned with a 4K sector boundary, but in my case the upgrade version apparently inherited the old NTFS partition boundary. When the SSD isn't aligned, the 4K block reads/writes cross sector boundaries, and so to read/write a standard 4K block of data, you have to read/write two 4K blocks to get it all, slowing thing…

Hi guys,as you can see in my sig I´m running a core 2 quad q8300. I know that this is not the best CPU out there, esspecially whan it comes to FSX performance (I think even a singel core of the i7-2600k could send my whole CPU to hell!) . So came accross the idea of uprading my CPU rather then any other component. I know that everyone recomments the SB CPU´s but this is not an option for me, they´re just too expensive. I´ve made some reseach and came to the conclusion that switching to a SB platform will cost me more than 700€ or roughly 1000$ and this is just too much. Maybe someone can recommend me a better and not that expensive CPU out of the core 2 quad family. You …

Well back with another episode of realistic hardware for FSX in 2011.Am going to list what I have and why and then let the Sidewinders have at it.First the Flight Sim hardware and software:FSX w/ SP1 and SP2. Level-D 767 or PMDG 747-400. Want to add 737NG (new one from PMDG) and 777 also from PMDG and 757 from Level-D (it won't happen in my life time. My how long did it take to get winglets (they are wonderful but like pulling teeth to convince those folks that the winglets had a huge demand. TrackIR ver 4.. Radar Contact (instead of VATSIM due to lack of coverage to my favorite destinations). FS2Crew voice edition for the 767 and 747. For now using the kinda r…

Hi... I got some annoying sound issues on my FS2004....First some back-story:I had some problems with my system and had to reinstall windows and my file system on my partition where I had Flight Sim seems to be corrupted and can't do anything with those files.... not even delete them (although I can copy and install files onto it without problem). It's just the files, which were on that partition before windows reinstall. But I currently don't want to format that partition as there might be some files on it that I would miss for the reinstall. I reinstalled Flight Simulator on another partition on another driver and started to reinstall some of my files (not copy…

Dear all,With interest, I have been reading different forums, all related to FSX and its add-ons. I have seen many different suggestions regarding fsx settings, tweaking etc and I have also tried that myself to optimize my PC's cabability related to FSX. Some of you may be thinking why Im creating this topic as the web is full of different kind of intstructions of tweaking etc and I apologize this in advance, but I decided to turn towards all of you pro's, who might have been earlier in the same situation as I am know, that maybe you are willing to help or at least advice me on this matter. I have been virtually flying for about two years now, and about 6 months ago, I bo…

Hi all,I want to buy the i7 2600k which uses a 1155 pin mobo socket.Is this mobo limited to 4 GB RAM or can we go higher to 6 or 8 GB?Thanks,Christos

Guys,How do you properly disable the onboard sound on this motherboard? I can't even get my computer to acknowledge I have just installed my X-Fi Titanium Pro. No sound. I can't install the driver as the driver installer doesn't see any hardware. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,

I have installed the vrinsight M panel for MSFX ( Gold edition) The manual says to go to the Panel installer in SerialFP2. It then indicates go to MSFS-Root Path. When I go there, it will not open up the #2 window called VRinsight panel to allow me to display the aircraft. I get the MSFX folder not found? I have tried everything without success. Has anyone had this problem? The panel is superb, however not so if it won't work.I have an asus board with 8 gig of mem and windows 7 64 bit O/SAny help here would be greatly appreciated.Thanks, Cessna172W

Hey guys, a friend asked me to build him a list of parts for a Sandy Bridge PC, but before I do I want to educate myself a little more to make the best choices possible, I am aware now that the Faulty Cougar Point connection is ok now and they are being sold again, my question(s) are, whats the consensus on motherboards. I heard earlier that you guys prefer certain chipsets, P67 was the one I believe, I know nothing about the importance of that, if anyone can shed light as to why it's better, or to avoid certain chipsets please let me know. I also heard when it comes to overclocking you will want lower voltage ram around 1.35v and most certainly not he standard 1.65v, is …

I recently upgraded my RAM with hopes of overclocking my i7-920 further. I had 1333 MHz RAM previously and couldn't move up my system bus speed any higher (RAM was at 1328 MHz) without instability. So I picked up a set of 3x2 GB Corsair 1600 MHz sticks.Installed them fine and Windows 7 (64 bit) booted fine. I checked the system info screen though to see it state "RAM: 6.00 GB (4.00 GB utilizable)". I shutdown, reseated the RAM and restarted getting all 6.00 GB showing up. Over the past 3-4 days now I've had Windows boot from a cold boot with the above 4.00 GB utlizable message. If I then shutdown and restart immediately (restarting doesn't work), all 6.00 GB shows u…

Gurus, I'm thinking of moving FSX from a 640GB WD (64mb cache) HDD to an SSD (128GB) drive, possibly Intel or Crucial. This is a fairly recent installation of FSX and I'd like to clone the HDD to the SSD using WD's Acronis software. Also, Windows 7 64-bit lives on it's own WD HDD drive. Wondering if anyone has any input, experience, thoughts on this transition. Does it make performance sense to use one HDD with one SSD? I've done some exploring on forums and it seems reasonable. Further down the road I may add another SSD for Windows. I appreciate any thoughts or suggestions.cheers,Greg G

Every now and then when I start up fs9 and show the fps counter, it reads from 200 to 400 fps and sometimes even higher than that. At the same time, the sim itself is craaawling forward totally unusable. The real fps is probably less than 1 fps. I've had this problem several years and with totally different systems - not a single hardware component in common. The add-ons of course are to a large extent the same but I can have this issue immediately having started the sim at a default scenery with default cessna and no weather add-on started. It doesn't help that I restart the sim, I have to reboot and sometimes the problem will show itself immediately again after the rebo…

Hi all, I am currently saving for a new build for fsx and I am asking for advice as to which of the following HDD might improve performance in FSXHere is the list1. Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 64MB Cache 7,200RPM 6Gb/s2. Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB 32MB Cache 10,000RPM 6Gb/sThanksPeter

Hey Guys,Am I incorrect to assume that I can just leave my front panel USB 3.0 header hooked up from the originial P8p67 Deluxe? I intend to just swap in the new board and leave that installed. Just want to confirm their were no changes to that piece. Thanks,Dave

HIt here folks new i5 rig coming on thursday,i will just skip to the question now here is my question bare with me, i have in this pc a 500gb hardrive that i want to put in my new system now its sata the rig i am getting has the following1 x 60gb ssd for windows 1x 1TB slave drivewhat i want to do is add my current hardrive from this pc into my new pc and from what i gather is its a simple remove from this pc, then connect the power cable on my new psu and plug the sata cable into one of my 3 remaining sata ports.then once this is done boot the pc like norma then go into system drive managment and the 500gb hardrive wont be allocated and its just a case of formatting it a…

Hi,How many cores does FSX utilise properly?Im just wondering whether to get an i3 and overclock it to approx 4.6ghz, get an i5 760 quad and overclock it to about 4.2ghz or to get the latest sandy bridge 2500k and overclock that to 4.8ishI know the sandy bridge will be fastest but will FSX really run that much faster using the 2500k than the i3 if the same graphics card is used? Surely 4.6ghz is going to be faster than the 4.2ghz i5 750?Just wondering as going the i3 route will save me quite a bit of money in the build.Matt

Ive been reading this forum for 3 weeks now lots of good info, Please help witha few things before i order my parts. Here is my plan of attack to play the sim at full sliders with add-ons and have stutter free performance and good fps. and at a later date to run dual or triple monitor setup. i7 2600k w/ asus p8p67 pro mobo (when available)8GB Mushkin Redline 1600MHzWD Velociraptor 10,000 RPM 150GB (2 of them) GTX 460, 480 or 580 Win 7 64bit 1) Im not sure which brand nvidia gpu to buy and if the 580 is worth the extra hundred bucks.2) Cant decide between coolermaster haf x case or antec 1200 or any other you may recomend I dont see any watercooling in my future at this …

Well back with another episode of realistic hardware for FSX in 2011.Am going to list what I have and why and then let the Sidewinders have at it.First the Flight Sim hardware and software:FSX w/ SP1 and SP2. Level-D 767 or PMDG 747-400. Want to add 737NG (new one from PMDG) and 777 also from PMDG and 757 from Level-D (it won't happen in my life time. My how long did it take to get winglets (they are wonderful but like pulling teeth to convince those folks that the winglets had a huge demand. TrackIR ver 4.. Radar Contact (instead of VATSIM due to lack of coverage to my favorite destinations). FS2Crew voice edition for the 767 and 747. For now using the kinda real-ti…

Hey,this type of question has probably been asked a zillion of times, but technology evolves so fast... so the question always remains actualI'm considering buying or building a new rig, designed to run FSX smoothly, but also other games (mainly simracing titles like iRacing).I've found a store here in Belgium which proposes a pre-configured rig, specially designed for FSX, with some components you are free to configure yourself (like processor etc).After playing with their online configurator for this system, this is what I've come up with:ANTEC P183 Quit TowerAntec TP-750 750W True PowerAsus Sabertooth X58INTEL Core™ i7-990X Hexacore Extreme Edition 32nm ( 3.4Ghz ) 12MB…

Hi all my pc is:- Q9650- Asus Maximus 2 Formula- Corsair 2x2gb 8500 1066mhznote1. at default the motherboard automatically select 800 instead of 1066 ( i rmb before selected 1066)note2. if i set 1066mhz v2.1 5-5-5-15 or even at Auto timings the pc crash (blue of death)what i shoul do? ram damage? motherboard problem?

Hello!I have been using my i7 920@3,6 GHz for two years now and my FSX has run not too bad (GTX 470, 6 GB RAM). But on approaches and departures at Mega EDDF, LFPG or EGLL I only have down to 13 fps even without a 2D panel or 3D panel in view (homecockpit). Sliders are on the right sides (autogen and scenery dense, but not extremely dense) except water and ground traffic, UT 2 is in use (just 40% traffic). FSX.cfg is tweaked by Bojote's tool; ground textures unfortunately often are not sharp on 80% zoom factor - don't know why.Now I consider to upgrade to a 970 because price has fallen extremely and I want to stay with socket 1366 (no motherboard change and re-install nec…

Hi guys need your help to build my new rig.I just want to obtain a safe but not extreme overclock (4.0 gb should be ok for me).I'm a little bit confused about ram.Here's my future system:Cpu i7 2600k,mobo ASUS P8P67 PRO Rev 3.0,cooler noctua nh d-14,videocard zotac gtx 470,power supply corsair 850w,storage wd velociraptor 300gb.And what about ram?Your precious suggestions will be appreciated!Greetings from Rome!Salvatore