What do you guys think of this build?Worth the upgrade?

BriT

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Hi guys,

I've got the itch to build a new system and was wondering what you guys think of it? It's main use is games, internet and general PC use. I play FS9 and FSX and my system is struggling to run FSX, which im slowly moving over to so i want a system that can play it smooth and better fps than im getting now which is 10-15fps. I Also play COD:MW2 at 1680x1050.
The budget is around £800 and all i need is CPU/MOBO/RAM, power supply, SSD to run windows 7. I have a monitor and a copy of windows 7 already and i plan to keep my current graphics card for the time being.(in my sig)

Krypton Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz @ 4.00GHz Overclocked Bundle
options :
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard

Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1)

Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ)

Total : £818

Any thoughts?Will this run FSX better?
 
why not just try a SSD with your current pc, which still looks decent, but I have no idea of flight sim FSX works better with multiple cores or not.
 
I am also a self confessed flight sim addict and play FSX :D

FSX is very CPU dependant, way more so than the graphics card so you need to get the best CPU you can and overclock the life out of it!

Your CPU looks very good for FSX though, high clock speeds etc. FSX does utilise more than one core but it definatley doesn't need more than 2.

As for the SSD, this is a very good idea as it will speed up FSX in regards to autogen and generally loading things. The best thing you could do is get an SSD and install FSX only onto it, nothing else

You could also try having a play with the general and display settings

Hope this helps :D
 
Thanks for your replys.

Hmm interesting. So your saying i wouldn't see any improved FPS for FSX if i went down the i7 route? Doesn't make much sense. I mean do any games use 4 cores?What SSD would you recommend?
 
You have a good enough PC for gaming IMO. You could pop a Q6600 in there if you want the extra cores.
Can I ask you what your memory speed and timings are, also the cpu multiplier - I couldn't get 3.8Ghz with PC2 6400
 
Hi scotty,

My memory timings are :

420.0 mhz
1:1
5
6
6
19
54
2T

I hope this is what you wanted, this is what CPU-Z says.

My cpu multiplier is 9.
 
scotty365 said:
You have a good enough PC for gaming IMO. You could pop a Q6600 in there if you want the extra cores.
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But the thing is the extra cores ain't gonna help him get better frame rates in Flight Sim games. The frame rates can actually drop if the Q6600 is not able to clock as high as the E8400 for most games that don't use more than 2 cores...
 
BriT said:
How do i install a SSD drive? do i need any special kit? using an antec 1200.
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Installs the same as a SATA hard drive or optical drive. You may want a 2.5 to 3.5" adaptor if you wish, some people don't bother (I suspended mine in my case with elastic cord along with the 2.5" hard drive for storage & to prevent vibration from the hard drive) You can install Vista on it if you want (I wouldn't recommend XP) The best OS for SSD is Windows 7 as it supports SSD drives.
 
BriT said:
Thanks for your replys.

Hmm interesting. So your saying i wouldn't see any improved FPS for FSX if i went down the i7 route? Doesn't make much sense. I mean do any games use 4 cores?What SSD would you recommend?
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dual/quad core is fairly new so games have only just started to make use of the extra cores.

because for a long time, game engines were single threaded, so the jump to make them multi-threaded was difficult, and many developers are still learning the best way to create new multi threaded engines.

its the same way developers are only just starting to get the best out of consoles, as the latest ones, PS3 and XBOX 360 are multi core, where as the old ones wern't, so console developers have had to make the change as well

as time goes on, more and more games will start to use more cores, but right now, not many make use of 4 cores.

however, core for core, the i7 will be better than the core2duo, especially when clocked to 4ghz, and of course u get the extra cores for things that can make use of them.

but the performance gain wont be massive, as essentially only half the cpu will be used, so weather its worth the extra money is upto you.
 
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