Flight Sim build

passey89

passey89

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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
 
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
2 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11226-03-40G) £379.99 (£759.98)
3 x BenQ GW2760HS 27" Widescreen LED Flicker-FREE Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £169.99 (£509.97)
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £91.99
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 Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD £62.98
1 x Pioneer BDR-209DBK 16x SATA Internal BD/DVD/CD Burner - No Software £54.95
4 x Alpenföhn 140mm Wing Boost 2 Plus PWM Fan - Red £9.95 (£39.80)
1 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost 2 Plus PWM Fan - Red £8.45
Total : £2,293.08 (includes shipping : £27.55).

 
Wrong PSU original added - updated!

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC POWER BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 1000W Platinum PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £631.92
2 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11226-03-40G) £379.99 (£759.98)
3 x BenQ GW2760HS 27" Widescreen LED Flicker-FREE Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £169.99 (£509.97)
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £91.99
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 Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD £62.98
1 x Pioneer BDR-209DBK 16x SATA Internal BD/DVD/CD Burner - No Software £54.95
Total : £2,316.84 (includes shipping : £27.55).

 
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).

 
Doomedspeed said:
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).

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Nom
 
Doomedspeed said:
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).

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Now thats what im talking about.

Thanks will have to show him this build
 
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maybe slightly off topic, but have you considered running Prepar3d v2 instead of FSX?

Has been developed by Lockheed Martin and whilst still utilising FSX at it's core, hes been very heavily changed to take advantage of multi-cores, multi threads and multi gfx too.

Linky here

There is a software package that allows you to use the majority of FSX add-ons with it too....it is what I am using as was having a mare with FSX and continual crashes and fails (pc crashes not planes...)
 
passey89 said:
Now thats what im talking about.

Thanks will have to show him this build
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Pleasure

passey89 said:
Question is though does it need the 6 core intel or would a standard i7 be ok?
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You could switch to 1150 i7 but FSX is silly CPU heavy and does use multiple thread/cores as well as strong cores, so overclocking will help too..

To be honest, I don't think you'll see a HUGE difference between the 4790k and the 4930k but you do get the benefits if/when you need it.. :)

lude1962 said:
might as well get the 780ti, and how about some speakers

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 780Ti ROG Matrix 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-GTX780TI-P-3GD5) £629.99
1 x MicroLab FC330 56W 2.1 Speaker System - Dark Wood Finish £41.99
Total : £686.08 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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No,

GPU has a very small effect on FSX so 780 > 780ti is a waste of money for that game alone, especially a silly expensive one.
 
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).

 
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