building a system to run FSX ,with £700.00

[Bryan]

Hello
my first post here and would welcome advice and opinion on my build of a PC to run MICROSOFT FSX on a budget of aprox £700.00 not including monitor or keyboard & mouse although would welcome advice on them too , would look to spend £200.00 on a monitor 24in ???
here's what i have comeup with so far myself

intel i7 2600 quad core
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-359-IN

power supply
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-032-OC

cooling
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-AR

memory corsair vengenc blue 16 gb
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-309-CS


hard drive 1 seagate momentus hybrid
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-235-SE

hard drive 2 western digital caviar black
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-336-WD

motherboard asus P8 P67
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-481-AS

CASE antex 300 gameing case
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-101-AN

graphics card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-259-SP

dvd drive
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-046-OT

thank you in advance
Bryan

 

[mickyflinn]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £173.99
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £131.99
1 x Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3-BK) £124.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68A-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXV2UK) £73.99
1 x G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM) £59.99
1 x Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £50.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £23.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £749.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).




Slightly over budget.

 

[Surveyor]

Hello
my first post here and would welcome advice and opinion on my build of a PC to run MICROSOFT FSX on a budget of aprox £700.00 not including monitor or keyboard & mouse although would welcome advice on them too , would look to spend £200.00 on a monitor 24in ???
here's what i have comeup with so far myself

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thank you in advance
Bryan

Without commenting on the actual choice of components, you'll get plenty of that, the spec. you've listed comes to over £900.

Is your budget £700 or £900?

 

[shadow_boxer]

Remember fsx is a 32bit programme so it won't use anything more than 4GB. 16GB is a waste. Get 8GB.

NVIDIA cards are better than ATI with fsx, although there are various fixes etc. A GTX560Ti should fit nicely in budget.

There is no proven benefit of having hyperthreading. Some say there is, others disagree. I'd go for an i5 2500K, putting the savings towards a decent cooler and mobo aiming to get 4.6GHz+.

Forget the hybrid drive. Get a proper SSD and a mechanical drive. FSX texture loading is massively improved by installing it on an ssd, but depending on the number of addons, you may need a fairly large one.

Don't fall into the trap of thinking a 6gb/s is better or faster than a SATA II...it isnt, marketing gimmick. Can't go wrong with a Samsung F3.

 

[Bryan]

thank you

sorry for the late reply
thank you for all your advice , i decided to up my budget to £1000.00
and get most of what i originally listed
thank you again
Bryan