FSX New Build. Spec?

matthewprince · 14 Feb 2010 at 20:12

Aah didnt know .............. meant thinking lol

If im honest id rather go AMD Phenom II as its cheaper and will save me a bit of money but read a few reviews and it seems the i7 is the best for number crunching

Matt

Essexraptor · 14 Feb 2010 at 20:53

As you can see, by my Sig below, I've gone the i7 route and I'm very pleased with it!!! Although this has not been very kind on my pocket

I mentioned way back, in post #7, that the Phenom II would be the best budget option. At the end of the day you have to decide what's best for you and your budget and be realistic about both.

matthewprince · 15 Feb 2010 at 12:47

Essexraptor said:
As you can see, by my Sig below, I've gone the i7 route and I'm very pleased with it!!! Although this has not been very kind on my pocket

I mentioned way back, in post #7, that the Phenom II would be the best budget option. At the end of the day you have to decide what's best for you and your budget and be realistic about both.

Hi,

What system did you go from when you bought the i7 stuff?

Did you notice an improvement that warrantied the high cost of the i7 kit??

Matt

Essexraptor · 15 Feb 2010 at 12:55

Came from a Core 2 duo system!!!

I went with this as a base and changed components to suit myself. I'm about to add a SSD and also other mods to do...don't we all!!!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-087-OE&groupid=43&catid=1270&subcat=

Performance wise...... you'll notice a big jump on going i7

PhoenixUK · 15 Feb 2010 at 13:06

matthewprince said:
Hi,

I would probably be rebuilding it in 18 months or so anyway so not that mithered about the boards future.

Matt

Then you don't need all the power of i7 since it's not gonna get used for a while yet ;-)

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Get am3 and slap in 6 core later if you feel the need, simple.

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Edit: Is it just me or you mean flight simulator x ?

matthewprince · 15 Feb 2010 at 13:14

Hi,

Yeah i am on about flight simulator x

I think i am going to get an AMD phenom II quad core and increase the budget on the graphics card.

Matt

Rossdh · 15 Feb 2010 at 13:30

As said earlier, I'm in the same boat. I've been doing some research and most of the guys over at avsim are saying Core i5 750 and 4Gb of DDR3. What they also say is, if possible, stay away from the ATI as FSX and the Catalyst drivers don't mix too well. I was told to stick with my 9800GT as I'll see little difference if any with a, eg, 5850 as FSX is basically CPU bound.

matthewprince · 15 Feb 2010 at 13:32

Oh right. Ive heard the opposite and was told the ATi are better?

The reason i was going to go ATi is that the eyefinity seems very good and when funds allow i could get another 2 monitors and have 3 working perfectly.

Matt

PhoenixUK · 15 Feb 2010 at 13:39

Minimum System Requirements

* Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista
* Processor: 1.0 Ghz
* RAM: Windows XP SP2 - 256MB, Windows Vista – 512MB
* Hard Drive: 14GB
* Video Card: 32MB DirectX 9 compatible

I'm sorry but are you serious with the i7?

Anything above 555BE/435-440 x3 is overkill for this game.

matthewprince · 15 Feb 2010 at 13:55

lol you are joking arent you?

FSX eats resources and them specs might get you 1fps but certainly not a good experience

Matt

Rossdh · 15 Feb 2010 at 13:56

Just about to say that... lol

PhoenixUK · 15 Feb 2010 at 13:58

Well having a quick browse looks like people with P4s and old 7xxx geforces were getting 20-30fps in it, any slowest gpu and cpu you can buy one should do 3-4 times more?

What's your current setup and what fps you get on what settings?

Rossdh · 15 Feb 2010 at 14:01

Right this is what I've settled on...

And I'll keep my 9800GT... for now

PhoenixUK · 15 Feb 2010 at 14:26

Looks to me like both i5 750/ i7920 and 965 gets 20.1fps capped, and that's on max possible settings and res ?

You'd better off spending the cash on ssd/gpu.

750W psu is a bit overkill as well unless you're planning on crossfire 5850s.

matthewprince · 15 Feb 2010 at 14:58

There has to summit wrong with that test. I think the testers have put target fps to 20

Rossdh · 15 Feb 2010 at 15:39

I agree with Matt, th FPS has been capped

matthewprince · 16 Feb 2010 at 15:33

Hi,

Well after much research i have decided on what im getting and im over the moon. I have got (in my view) a very poweful system, 3x monitors for eyefinity(all have displayports), saitek rudder, yoke and throttle controls and decent memory, graphics card etc etc

What do you think?

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3)
Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black)
NZXT Gamma Mid-Tower Case - Black
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply
3x Dell Professional P2210H 21.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor (all displayports)
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 3000
Logitech X-210 2.1 Speaker System
Saitek Pro Flight Yoke System
Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals

Total : £1396.97 inc of vat

PhoenixUK · 16 Feb 2010 at 15:44

5770 might lack a bit of power for 3 monitors @ max res but I can't say, on the other hand fsx isn't much gpu intensive game so might be alright : ). You can always add 2nd one in CF later if you need more power.

Other than that looks good.

matthewprince · 16 Feb 2010 at 17:22

So do you think i should spend more on the i7 and get a lesser graphics card?? (when you say it isnt a very gpu heavy game)

scalliwagg · 16 Feb 2010 at 17:51

I am in the process of building an FSX rig myself and from all my research the best GPU seems to be the 9800gtx+ and CPU i7 oc'ed to 3.8-4.0ghz, the higher oc the better.