System for flights sims - £1k max budget

philtorrens said:
FSX is more CPU dependant than GPU so keep this in mind when putting together your spec. As a FSX user myself one of the best upgrades I have done recently was getting a SSD which makes it run much better :) This is because FSX has to load a lot of Autogen scenery which a normal HDD tends to bottle neck.
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Seconded. An SSD for FSX makes for a good combo for reducing stutters.

As for Windows, get 64bit. I fully understand that some applications are 32 bit, but why not just spend a very small amount more???
 
cpu should be the priority. as fast as possible no need for more than 4 cores. my 2500k at 4.2ghz gives me 20 fps more than my old q6600 at 3.0ghz did with the same gpu. nvidia gpus get more recommendations for fsx than ati, but my 5850 works ok at 1920x1200 2xaa. i run fsx with an fps limiter and full screen vsync forced through the ini file to prevent tearing when panning views. 4gb ram should be enough. put fsx on the fastest hard drive you can. i use a vraptor at present but will probably move it to an ssd when they cheap enough.
 
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