Help on bulding budget flight simulator computer!

Dylan Tierney

Dylan Tierney

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Hey guys

I was really hoping that you can help me, at the moment im using a Medion coputer but everytime im in the middle of a flight it comes up with an error saying not enought memory and so on, So i decided that i would buy a new computer but ive been lookng for weeks now and since my knowledge of computer is very small i cant find a good flight sim computer under 1000. I want to be able to get a computer that will run flight sim to the max with lots of add-ons . I would be looking for intel and Nvidia!As i have now know unfortunatley i wont be able to get this computer by christmas



Many Thanks
Dylan Tierney
 
£1K is definitely feasable. Looks like it would be :

£320 - GTX670.
£200 - 3770K / 2700K / 3570K (depending on hyperthreading usefulness).
£150 - a 256GB SSD (maybe 128GB if not in budget).
£100 - A Z77 motherboard.
£60 - 550W PSU.
£50 - 8GB / 16GB ram (depending on how useful it is).
£50 - 500GB HDD.
£50 - case.
£30 - CPU cooler.

Or there about.
 
Something like this.

YOUR BASKET x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £305.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £219.95
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £46.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £43.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £998.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).



- SSD for OS, and also your software, if you need something that read off hard drives fast (real time update of terrain / textures?). Maybe 128GB is enough for OS and your simulators.
- hyper-threading maybe not necessary, then a 3570K will be plenty fast.
- 16GB / 8GB. I doubt your simulators will use more than 4GB, but I'm no expert. So maybe 16GB will be better.
- GTX670 seems to be the sweet spot for NVIDIA cards. Should handle anything. 2GB VRAM. Double check on forums experts if you need more VRAM (then a 4GB version, much more expensive, or a AMD HD7950).
- a good 550W PSU or there about will handle your CPU + 670.
- CPU cooler for overlocking, but also quietness and cool CPU.

If you don't want to build yourself, then you'll have to add about £150 on top, or reduce the components (so basically, a £850 equivalent machine, with probably a GTX660 EX OC, 8GB, 3570K).
 
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What build do you have trouble running the game on?
So we might get a picture of the games requirements or
The name of the games you are playing
 
olivier renault said:
Something like this.

YOUR BASKET x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £305.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £219.95
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £46.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £43.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £998.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).



- SSD for OS, and also your software, if you need something that read off hard drives fast (real time update of terrain / textures?). Maybe 128GB is enough for OS and your simulators.
- hyper-threading maybe not necessary, then a 3570K will be plenty fast.
- 16GB / 8GB. I doubt your simulators will use more than 4GB, but I'm no expert. So maybe 16GB will be better.
- GTX670 seems to be the sweet spot for NVIDIA cards. Should handle anything. 2GB VRAM. Double check on forums experts if you need more VRAM (then a 4GB version, much more expensive, or a AMD HD7950).
- a good 550W PSU or there about will handle your CPU + 670.
- CPU cooler for overlocking, but also quietness and cool CPU.

If you don't want to build yourself, then you'll have to add about £150 on top, or reduce the components (so basically, a £850 equivalent machine, with probably a GTX660 EX OC, 8GB, 3570K).
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This looks like a good one!
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £305.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £56.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £51.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £46.98
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £24.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.98
Total : £962.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Hyperhtreading won't help you so overclocking the i5K makes the most sense. I dont think FSX supports SLI/Xfire either so you can save cash on the mobo and PSU by opting for a good single GPU setup.
 
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