Flight Sim PC

[Graemepaterson]

Hi Guys

Im looking for a new rig that will allow me to run Flight Sim X and also provide some degree of future proofing. Have created the spec below and would appreciate any comments / proposals. Budget = £1,000 (ish)

Many thanks
Graeme


Case
ANTEC NINE HUNDRED TWO - UK, The Ultimate Gaming Case, Evolved
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-950 (3.06GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
Memory (RAM)
6GB SAMSUNG DDR3 TRI-DDR3 1333MHz (3 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1280MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX470 - 2 DVI,mHDMI - DirectX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £982.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[Rakk]

Looks good to me, though consider changing your hard drive to one of the Caviar 64mb cache HDD's, and picking up the silver warranty as well.

PS. also see what everyone else thinks, I may have had two late nights and may not be anywhere near awake at the moment

 

[PCS]

Very nice, well balanced spec. Great for Flight Sim. Ready to go

 

[Graemepaterson]

Thanks for the advice and re-assurance.

Just one other thing to check. For an extra £150 or so is it worth adding a 150Gb Velocirapotor (10000 RPM) HDD? Ive noticed that the 2 higher spec preconfigured flight sim rigs on the website include one of these or an SSD?

Im really not at all sure of what benefits (if any) this would bring to my spec?

Thanks for the help

Graeme

 

[Wash]

I would say no, it's not worth it, instead consider a Western Digital Caviar Black drive which is excellent for gaming (slightly noiser than other hard drives though, not by a huge margin however). SSD's don't really offer good value for money at the moment even though they're lightning fast.

You may want to consider upgrading the graphics card to a GTX570 which is a brand new card whereas the GTX470 has been around for a while now (it's still a very capable card however, I'm sure you'd be pleased with it).