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

Good afternoon guys, i'm not sure if this belongs to this forum or the P3D forum, but i thought it was better here. I was using FSX and running it with about 30 frames on the ground at payware scenery with addons like pmdg 777, ASN, GSX, etc, so i was quite happy with my rig. Recently i bought a Samsung 850 evo SSD and with the reinstall i decided to switch to P3D. But now that i have everything installed i get about 8 frames in aerosoft's EGLL with their A320... So i would like to ask for your opinion in what is my system's bottleneck, and what would you recommend for an upgrade with a bugdet of about 200-300 euros. Thanks in advance! MOBO : ASUS P8z77 vle CPU : i7…

Hello fellow simmers: I am a low end computer user and I love playing FSX. Here is my spec: i5-3230M @ 2.6 Ghz; 12GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce GT740M. Not a great setup and I don't know if this is asking for too much out of it. Here are the settings: LOD Radius: Large; Mesh Complexity: 20; Mesh Resolution: 5m; Texture Resolution: 15cm; Water Effects: Mid 1x; Scenery Complexity: Normal; Auto-Gen Density: Sparse. Weather settings all on minimum. With PMDG 777 on approach to FsDreamTeam's Vancouver, I only get about 8 frames with the best combination of tweaks I can find, is this asking for too much out of my system? I really want to fly with this kind of detail, but if it…

Hello guys! I have a Sony Vaio laptop that doesn't start if the battery is completely discharged, even if I connect the charger!! If I will charge the battery 10% in another Vaio, and then put it back in my laptop, everything is OK, it will start and it will charge the battery for itself, the problem is when the battery is completely discharged!! I have tried to turn it on with no battery and nothing! Any ideas for a sollution!?

Hey! I've overclocked my i7 4790k from 4.3 to 4.7GHz, but when I run fsx I only got relatively small gains. (4-5 fps increase) Is there anything I'm missing, like RAM? Or is that just the sort of gains overclockers get on average? I'd love to hear your thoughts!

There is a ton of great advice here on new flightsim computers. This most recent post is great if one had a huge amount of free cash. http://www.avsim.com/topic/486051-trying-to-order-a-rig-today/ However, I have a maximum limit of $2,000 Canadian. I want to run my FSX after a reinstall and move into P3D v3+. I started to try building a computer on several sites and I quickly ended up well over my budget. Can you folks please give my some simple and best advice on key things I should look to. I know the video card is very important, IE 4 gig memory but which GTX should I get? I have a movie rendering business and I know that whatever I end up with…

I'm looking to build an excellent FSX and P3D rig today on Cyberpowerpc.com. I have up to 3300 to spend, but would be happy to spend less. I will be running 3 monitors, PMDG, Carenado, ASN, Rex, etc. Lots of flights into detailed terrain areas, like Los Angeles. If anyone would log into their website at www.cyberpowerpc.com and check the options, I would like an excellent computer -- I know I want an I7 6700k, and a 980 processor (or gtx 980TI) and want to get best OC from the rig. I really need help/suggestions for the following items from those of you with more expierence. Thanks very much!! John: Case and fans? MB: ? Water Cooing? Ram:? Video c…

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Hi, I have just built a new PC (6700k, GTX 970 etc) and have my old computer just sitting here. The spec of it is.. Intel G3258 @ 4.5hz 8Gb DDR3 Ram 250GB SSD Drive Onboard Graphics I have heard that you can run P3D with 2 computers if you use fsuipc. My question is this.. Would I gain significantly using this spare pc to run weather or other stuff basing it on using the onboard graphics as i carried my GTX 970 over to my new build? If not, any other uses for my spare PC? Matt

I'm planning to put together a new PC using some of the parts from my ageing Q9650 build. I'd like to try out all the current main sim software - X-Plane, FSX, Flightgear, DCS World and possibly Prepar3d too, flying things like iFly737 in FSX and FF757 / FF777 in X-Plane. I've also been collecting old PCs to use as slave machines in multi-display setup, and this new PC would be providing the main graphics in that setup. Below is a preliminary list of parts. I'm not in a rush to build this thing - maybe a New Year's present for myself: Blue things are from my current system. Green things I've already bought new. ? your suggestions welcome! CPU = i7-4790K (OC to …

I've been reading up that you can't use USB keyboard mouse or USB bootable Windows 7 on some 1151 boards, namely Asrock. Does anyone know what's up with this? I have two WIP upgrade builds both with Asrock boards Pro4S 6600K Gskill ripjaws v 2x8gb ddr4 3200mhz Or Fatality http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16813157676&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-Mobile&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-Mobile-_-pla-_-Motherboards+-+Intel-_-N82E16813157676&gclid=CLjgppG93MsCFQ6maQodb7sJAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds 6700K Same ram It's 450 vs 680 USD... But anyway I use win7 from a DVD but I use USB KB/mouse - is it an issue? Edit: apparently this is all 11…

Hi everyone! Recently, I have been frustrated with the performance of FSX on my brand new system. My frame rate can't get over 15 on the ground, but goes up to 30 when cruising (30 is the frame rate limit). I run PMDG's NGX and 777, Aerosoft's Airbus X, and some high-class airport scenery. I already have the following tweaks applied to my FSX.cfg: [bUFFERPOOLS] Usepools=0 Poolsize=0 [JOBSCHEDULER] AffinityMask=84 [GRAPHICS] HIGHMEMFIX=1 TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=4096 [DISPLAY] TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=40 UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=30 [Main] FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0.15 My computer specs: Intel i7 4790k @ 4.0ghz (HyperThreading enabled) Geforce GTX 980 ti 16 GB RAM (…

Hello all, I've been a lurker on the forums for many years and had a FS rig that was, well, pitiful at best. I've recently purchased the below listed components and ask for your constructive input: I7-6700 4.0 Ghz processor, NH-D15 cooler, MSI GTX 970 twin frozr GPU, 2 Samsung SSD's( a 120 gig for W7 and a 250 gig for FS), a 2TB WD Black HDD for mass storage, 16 gigs of Kingston HyperX Fury 2400 DDR 4 memory, Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 MOBO, Corsaire RM850 gold PSU, Rosewill Blackhawk ATX case. Let me know what you think please. I hesitated posting this because I see so many people already doing this but I felt like I needed to before I moved forward with this build.…

I know FSX is mostly a single core game, so what kind of perfomance will a Intel Pentium G3258 give me. I have read some very favorable reviews so far about it being overclocked to 4.5-4.8ghz. I know it is a lower end processor but with that speed what FPS should FSX run at? Will it also be able to run payware addons with acceptable FPS? Thanks! Sean

Looking to build the best PC possible for P3D v3, with about a $2k budget. I'm currently looking at this combo from NewEgg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2525264 While I've built my own PC before, I'm certainly not an expert on this stuff, so if anybody has some feedback or suggestions, I'd appreciate it before I pull the trigger. Here's a breakdown of what's in the combo: Intel Core I7-6700K 8M Skylake Quad-Core 4.0 GHz LGA 1151 91W BX80662I76700K Desktop Processor Intel® HD Graphics 530 newegg MSI MSI Gaming Z170A GAMING M7 LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/S USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard newegg IN WIN 805 RED R…

Folks buying a Skylake processor take notice that Microsoft is ending support for non Windows 10 operating systems with Skylake processors support ending mid 2017. Additionally certain components associated with the Skylake processor may not function under non Windows 10 OS, ie. USB3 and others. Use of non Windows 10 operating systems on Skylake chips is not recommended. I am not sure if this information was previously posted but I see several folks looking to make Skylake purchases on non W10 OS and wanted to get it out there. Save yourself a headache and do your homework if planning Skylake and non Windows 10 platform.

Hello there, May I ask you your thoughts about this setup? It is mainly to play FSX on Full HD single monitor. Addons used would be FTX Global, ASN, Majestic Dash8, Fsl A320 to come, a few Airport sceneries and traffic. I tried to go for the cheapest but most effective setup. As I currently plays on laptop, I have nothing to keep except the mouse^^ - Intel Core i5-6600K (3.5 GHz) - Asus Z170-PRO GAMING - DDR4 Kingston HyperX Fury, 2 x 4 Go, 2666 MHz, CAS 15 - Noctua NH-D15S - MSI GeForce GTX 960 GAMING 2G, 2 Go - Western Digital WD Black, 500 Go - Asus DRW-24F1MT, Noir - Wifi TP-Link TL-WN881ND - Cooler Master N300 - Be Quiet ! Power Zone, 650W - Micros…

Hi I have a computer that I installed a new SSD on. I reformatted my old hard drive so I am starting off new. I want to install FSX:SE and all my add-ons. Just wondering what the process is. Can I download all the files to my old Hard drive and install them to the SSD or do I need to download and install them all to the SSD. I already have Steam downloaded and installed on my old HD. Is this correct. Any help would be great. Thanks

Hoping for some informed advice here. I plugged in a new device, via a new USB3 controller card (PCIe) that has an extra power feed independent of the PCIe slot. Everything worked. A day later, on switching my PC on I got a bad smell and hastily switched everything off again. What I found is pictured below. Basically the insulation has pretty much burned of one of the red wires, exposing the conductor. Regardless of what caused the fault, should the PSU overcurrent protection not have prevented this? Am I risking something else by continuing to use that PSU?

Hi, I have lost my SSD boot drive as it will not boot (not to be found in BIOS) anymore . I will use a Raptor instead as boot and then i was thinking about a SSD EVO 850 500GB for data/games etc. My Q is : Does it need to be plugged in to a specific SATA port on my Asus Z87-Pro (BIOS 2103)? Thanks Michael Moe

Looking to order the following for a new build. Any comments would be appreciated. Motherboard - ASUS Z170-PRO ATX DDR4 NA Motherboards Z170-PRO $195 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016A44XHK/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER CPU - Intel Boxed Core I7-6700K 4.00 GHz 8M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 $360 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012M8LXQW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB (2x 8 GB) (Dual Channel Kit) 3000MHz DDR4 $100 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0141X4B5Q/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1O63NEWOAZXWR GPU - ASUS STRIX GeForce…

Hi, About to take the plunge on a new build and after some advice. I will be using Prepar3d V3 exclusively so don't need it to be good for FSX or X Plane. The spec I have in mind is.. Intel i7 6700k overclocked to 4.5ghz MSI Z170 Motherboard 16GB DDR4 2400mhz Ram (2x8gb) MSI Nvidia 980ti 6GB Graphics Card 250GB SSD for Operating System 250GB SSD for Prepar3d and addons LG 29" Super Widescreen Monitor (already have this and love it) My question is, will I gain anything by going the X99 5820k route with it being 6 core? Am I making the right decision going Nvidia now? Based on AMD getting a lot better performance with DX12? Will P3D ever be updated to…

I'm putting together some old LGA775 Core2Duo PCs to use as slave PCs in a sim network setup. Depending on the graphics card that I use, from a more efficient GTX750 to an older power hungry GTX480 (yes I know it also depends on the amperage on the 12V rail), eXtreme Power Supply Calculator gives me the following wattage ranges for PSUs: E8500 ~3.8GHz (OC) 348W - 590W E8400 3GHz 318W - 560W So I'm looking for PSUs rated 400W - 650W. Any suggestions for budget PSUs under £50?

I've just purchased a new desktop model Dell XPS Gaming PC (Intel Core I7-6700K/2TB HDD/24GBNvidia GTX 750 Windows 10 I was using an Asus G55V note book and it is faster than the new one although I use game booster. I currently have only loaded the basic FSX on the new machine. Are there any mods I should make on FSX software to make it faster? Any suggestions appreciated. Regards Ron

After looking at some reviews of both I see that some 980's can be clocked up to around the 1500mhz mark which is almost 300Mhz more than I can clock my GTX680 4mb version graphics card. That seems like a good jump in performance, around 25%. The reports for the 980ti though show that it can only be clocked up to around 1150Mhz, which is less than the 1200Mhz speed that I'm getting just now. Benchmarks seem to suggest that the 980ti is the best/fastest card for most games especially at 4K (which is the resolution I'm using for FSX). 1 - Why is the slower card the better in Benchmarks and what card would be the best for FSX 4K going on the premise tha…

Hi there all, After 8 years of using a Core 2 Duo laptop that died last year, it is finaly time for to build my first PC for FSX and P3D. I use PMDG aircraft and would like to start using a bit more add-on scenery than I have been. Here is what I am looking at: Item Description Cost ($AUD) CPU Intel Core i7 6700K 524 Graphics EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW+ ACX 2.0+ 4GB 569 RAM G.Skill Trident Z F4-3200CD16D-16GTZB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR 249 HD Samsung 850…