Microsoft FSX Setup

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Hello, it looks like this is where the experts hangout. ;)

I'm looking to upgrade my rig for FSX. FSX is mainly CPU power. I'm currently running a I7 950 3.1 with a GTX 670. Would like to OC too so a nice cooling system.

What can you guys do for me please?

Thanks
 
Doomedspeed said:
Whats is your budget sir?

What parts do you need? Case, PSU, SSD.. ect???
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Don't worry about budget but also don't want to go silly :p

Yes all above as my current PC will be for streaming, recording etc. So the new one I will need all.

Thanks again.
 
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Well too be honest a budget would good as you can go crazy with CPU power, theres a big difference in price over a 4770k and a 4930k..

And cooling can be anywhere from £30 to £300+

And don't get me started on GPU's.
 
It would be helpful to understand how big and what type of FSX install you're planning. Is this going to be a basic system or all the trimmings with PMDG aircraft, real-time weather and photo scenery? The basic FSX is basically single-thread bound, so you should be looking for the fastest single thread processor. A quick look on cpubenchmarks suggests that a 4770K is still very much up there; and its big cache is reputed to help too. The graphics card decision does depend on what you're planning to add to FSX.
 
Doomedspeed said:
Well too be honest a budget would good as you can go crazy with CPU power, theres a big difference in price over a 4770k and a 4930k..

And cooling can be anywhere from £30 to £300+

And don't get me started on GPU's.
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Say £1500.

gregorius said:
It would be helpful to understand how big and what type of FSX install you're planning. Is this going to be a basic system or all the trimmings with PMDG aircraft, real-time weather and photo scenery? The basic FSX is basically single-thread bound, so you should be looking for the fastest single thread processor. A quick look on cpubenchmarks suggests that a 4770K is still very much up there; and its big cache is reputed to help too. The graphics card decision does depend on what you're planning to add to FSX.
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I have it all, PMDG, real weather, most of the orbx addons. So yes all the trimmings.

Thanks again.
 
Whats black, and red all over?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £369.95
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.95
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black £94.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £81.6
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
3 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan - Red Clover Edition £12.95 (£38.85)
Total : £1,423.14 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 
gregorius said:
Well, NickN's guide is worth reading...
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Yes that's a good read. It get's a bit long winded!

Trojan Horse said:
First time I've ever seen it called FSX... it looks like a pretty old game whats all the hardware for exactly?

I mean if it looks like this https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=m...crosoft-flight-simulator-x%3Fpage%3D2;460;336

cant integrated graphics run it lol
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What do you call it if its not FSX?

Doomedspeed said:
Whats black, and red all over?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £369.95
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.95
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black £94.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £81.6
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
3 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan - Red Clover Edition £12.95 (£38.85)
Total : £1,423.14 (includes shipping : £19.10).

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Good man thank you. Looking good and nice price. Is there much difference with the 780Ti?
 
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