Flight Sim build

[passey89]

Right

Just been asked by the ops director at work for a flight sim build.

Price isn't an issue just nothing stupid (He earns enough)

Must be able to power multiple monitors, pedals, joystick, throttle control.

Needs everything, OS keyboard, mouse, monitors, 3 / 4 which ever you think is better for flight Sim (Never played it myself).

Thanks

 

[passey89]

Go for £2k

Probably flight sim X

 

[passey89]

If u can recommend a 3k one as well I'll c which he prefers

 

[passey89]

Hi,

Im sorry to come in and stomp all other this thread... (but that is what is going to happen)...

I have done some research and found out some interesting facts about our friend FSX.

1. It's very CPU Bound
2. It works better with Nvidia cards
3. Its doesn't like SLI much

Another thing is it's not very GPU heavy atall, so SLI isn't needed anyway, nor does VRAM matter, even over 3 montiors, people have been running FSX on GT620's and not moaning (single screen).

With a 2k-3k budget, we can do a fair bit.

A £2k rig would look a bit like this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 4930K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail (BX80633I74930K) £429.95
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 780 Direct CU II OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Asus P9X79 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £184.99
3 x BenQ GW2760HS 27" Widescreen LED Flicker-FREE Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £169.99 (£509.97)
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (4x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K4/16X) £149.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Intel 335 Series 20nm 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (SSDSC2CT240A4K5) £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £77.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £60.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
Total : £2,037.91 (includes shipping : £27.55).

Now thats what im talking about.

Thanks will have to show him this build

 

[passey89]

Question is though does it need the 6 core intel or would a standard i7 be ok?

 

[passey89]

This is how its looking atm

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 750W PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £559.92
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 780 Direct CU II OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
3 x BenQ GW2760HS 27" Widescreen LED Flicker-FREE Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £169.99 (£509.97)
1 x Saitek Pro Flight Yoke System - PC (PZ44) £106.80
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals - PC (PZ35) £89.99
1 x Intel 335 Series 20nm 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (SSDSC2CT240A4K5) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 32-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00658) £74.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD £62.98
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £60.00
1 x OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM £39.95
1 x MicroLab M700 40W 2.1 Speaker System - Gloss Black Finish £29.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
Total : £2,136.02 (includes shipping : £32.90).

 

[passey89]

just a bit of info thrown in, with a couple of high res airport textures and REX on a single 1440p monitor I see an average of 3-3.5gb/6gb vram use

Might swap the 780 for an r9 290x

 

[passey89]

this is what i'm going to recommend then.
Might be for other flight sims than FSX as well.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 750W PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £559.92
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 780 iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (C78V-1SDN-N5HSX) £399.95
3 x BenQ GW2760HS 27" Widescreen LED Flicker-FREE Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £169.99 (£509.97)
1 x Saitek Pro Flight Yoke System - PC (PZ44) £106.80
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals - PC (PZ35) £89.99
1 x Intel 335 Series 20nm 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (SSDSC2CT240A4K5) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD £62.98
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £60.00
1 x OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM £39.95
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x MicroLab M700 40W 2.1 Speaker System - Gloss Black Finish £29.99
Total : £2,175.98 (includes shipping : £32.90).

 

[passey89]

Doesn't look bad though, if its not JUST for FSX maybe (i may be being very knitpicky here) you should look at SLI capabilities, of the cards mainly..

The card you've selected is a full 3 slot card, which means it will be touching the back of a second card if you go SLI.

These cards are both 6GB again and the same price as the Ichill.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 780 HOF 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **ALL WHITE** £399.95
Total : £809.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Never been a fan of the pahntoms myself but many other rave about them.

The PSU should be able to take SLI too, its a stunning unit.

He's not a proper gamer so the 1 780 will be fine for him doubt he would notice much difference anyway.

Yeh I have a superflower PSU and its brilliant. Best psu I have ever had.

 

[passey89]

had these delivered from OCUK this morning, so shall report back to you with how they perform

nice

How are they?