flight sim x build any ideas guys

jimmyjam1234 · 15 Mar 2010 at 08:08

Hi guys first of all I'd like to say what a fantastic site, this is my first post but I've been lurking for a few weeks now, as the title says I want to build a system to play flight sim well, my budget is 800 quid and I need everything including monitor any ideas?

jimmyjam1234 · 15 Mar 2010 at 14:36

Sorry I forgot to say I have windows 7

jimmyjam1234 · 15 Mar 2010 at 18:44

any ideas welcome

jimmyjam1234 · 15 Mar 2010 at 19:40

ok slightly over my first budget but what do you think of this system?

*OVERCLOCKED* Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz @ 4.00GHz /
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard
/ Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel DDR3 Bundle *
(£469.35) £551.49

Options applied to the above product:
Titan TTC-NK85TZ Fenrir CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775/LGA1366) £32.99
(£28.08) £32.99
(£28.08)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £124.98

Dell IN2010N 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor Dell IN2010N 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor £99.99

(£85.10)
Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 700W Power Supply £84.99

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £42.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £41.99

Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 700 v2 (M7A-00027) Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 700 v2 (M7A-00027) £23.49

LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - OEM £20.99

Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm Blue LED Fan Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm Blue LED Fan £8.89

Total : £1,057.85

jimmyjam1234 · 15 Mar 2010 at 20:09

yeah good idea, hows the rest?

jimmyjam1234 · 15 Mar 2010 at 20:27

id of liked it less but from research flight sim likes between 3.8 - 4gig plus on the cpu to get the best from the game. so left me with little choice

jimmyjam1234 · 15 Mar 2010 at 20:43

wow nice system dude, will maybe look at the i5 bundle then.

jimmyjam1234 · 15 Mar 2010 at 20:54

does the graphics card still play a big part?

jimmyjam1234 · 15 Mar 2010 at 21:20

the oc phenom bundles are only overclocked to 3.6 and i really dont fancy doing it myself.

jimmyjam1234 · 15 Mar 2010 at 22:03

ive found the i5 bundle cheaper on a "barcode" website its only working out at £434

jimmyjam1234 · 15 Mar 2010 at 22:18

the 955 bundle is working out slightly more expensive than the i5 and with the extra clock speed i think im going to go for the i5, and i didnt mean 'only' like that, for a clock speed increase of 0.6 on the amd chip i dont really see the point in going down the overclock route on that one.

jimmyjam1234 · 15 Mar 2010 at 22:25

how easy is it to clock the i5 i build systems a few years ago but ive never atempted to overclock a cpu

jimmyjam1234 · 15 Mar 2010 at 22:26

im thinking that ringo i dont want to fry the thing.

jimmyjam1234 · 16 Mar 2010 at 07:42

That is mega nice one ringo, that's it I'm copying your rig haha