Flight sim rig around £600

[AMG]

Hi there

I m on the civi comminty for my formor ATC sqn of which I was a cdt at back in my *youth* anyways, they are in need of a need flight sim rig as thier own well you don't really wanna know

anyways budget is tight and I m trying to do it with £700 they have everything so its only the base unit. I will be overclocking and unlocking. althrough this build may not take shape for a good few months due to grants and what not and I have to get the funds released first. ( the cheaper it is the easier it will be)

here is my specs


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Here is the optical drive

 

[stulid]

This will waste that build above.

 

[anuraj]

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £164.99
(£137.49) £164.99
(£137.49)
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £104.99
(£87.49) £104.99
(£87.49)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.98
(£68.32) £81.98
(£68.32)
XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply £68.99
(£57.49) £68.99
(£57.49)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
(£34.16) £40.99
(£34.16)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £20.99
(£17.49) £20.99
(£17.49)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)
Sub Total : £579.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £118.23
Total : £709.39
nicer case than stulids
Op need to change title

 

[stulid]

too much money, he did say budget was tight.

 

[AMG]

yeah I could go up to £700 and I said it would, but I would perfer not as it will be easier for me to get the money released to me.

I m only using this as a referance as it would be go with the cheapest for that particaulair component (trustworthy retilier like OCuk )

god damm it my spelling is very bad today

 

[stulid]

Well the performance between the two builds is identical, just my case and psu choice is cheaper and more than enough.

 

[anuraj]

Go with stulid if you don't want to spend as much.

 

[shadow_boxer]

Stulid build looks good. Remember fsx is an awfully coded sim and runs best (well better) on highly clocked Intel CPUs. The i5 2500k fits the bill perfectly. Also worth getting a second hdd dedicated to fsx and nothing else. That cooler should help to overclock to 4.0ghz at least fairly easily, but may be worth getting a slightly better on if your really looking to push it to 4.5+. Should stick with a nvidia card as they are better generally with fsx (although worth shopping around).

Be sure to read the guide by nickn about how to install and optimise fsx for best performance and the fsx thread in pc games has some useful advice too. Sorry on phone so can't to link it.