FSX Spec?

[RobDob]

Hi all

Looking at a decent PC to run FSX fairly maxed out with no problems, will the spec below be up to the job?!?!?

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz @ max 4.60GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR!
Memory (RAM)
4GB KINGSTON HYPER-X SPECIAL EDITION GREY - DDR3 2133MHz (2 x 2GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£45)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
Sound Blaster® Audigy™ SE (£19)
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
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
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 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,452.00 including VAT and delivery.

Thanks for any advice!!!

Rob

 

[Frenchy]

think u might struggle to max out with an i5, I still done run fuly maxed out on my system in sig tbh. The main problem is when you have tr4affic on 100% for boats, cars, airport and aircraft

 

[Wozza63]

id probably recommend either an i7 or a 6 core AMD (probably overclocked either way)

i wouldnt bother with that board, its a pretty old chipset and you are better off getting some sort of Z68 board

the 2133MHz is definitely not worth the price, just get 8GB of 1600MHz RAM, although I'm not sure if you need more than that to max out FSX

From what ive read, its pretty much impossible to max out FSX so a 580 will do you good, but cant guarentee it maxing out

might wanna consider a 60GB SSD for your OS and FSX, it will read data much quicker

Probably best to get a 750W PSU just to last longer, or maybe even an 850w

Dont bother with a sound card unless you get something decent such as a titanium

Make sure to get silver warranty for a fiver

 

[RobDob]

Thanks guys.

Frenchy; I'm not fussed about boats/cars etc, I'm more interested in the scenery add-ons such as the Horizon VFR stuff.

Wozza; I'll change the RAm & motherboard, thanks for the tip. Will change to i7 too. As for the SSD, do you mean as the primary drive or the cache option? I suspect my FSX installation will exceed 60 gb with the OS on the same drive. Would it be OK to have a small SSD for windows then FSX on a caviar black as a 2nd drive?

I'll ditch sound card & upgrade PSU.

Cheers

 

[Wozza63]

do you know how big it is? windows is about 20gb then allow 10gb for other programs and then add on FSX, see what you get, then buy one a bit bigger than that

 

[RobDob]

With the Horizon UK scenery with other stuff I think it easily creeps up towards 30 or 40 gig. Just thinking ahead with adding extra bits on. Might get a slightly bigger SSD with a 1 gig caviar black; gives me the option to move FSX to that if it gets too big!

Slight hitch is my PC is at home which is overseas, so I can't check how much room my current FSX installation takes up! Going to buy this PC & take it back with me.

 

[RobDob]

OK....attempt no.2!

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.80GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB OCZ VERTEX 3 SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 500MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£45)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) 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
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
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 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,620.00 including VAT and delivery.

Does this look a little better? Thanks again for advice so far.

 

[Wozza63]

you dont need the 6gb/s SSD if you dont want it, get the 750GB Caviar Black, for the double the cache and it literally costs nothing

also get the silver warranty

 

[RobDob]

Thanks; I'll decide between SSD or Caviar Black over the next few days. I won't be using silver warranty as I'll be taking it home with me to Qatar so it won't be any use. Thanks again for advice!

 

[Wozza63]

dont decide between, im just saying you dont need the 6 gb/s SSD

and either way you should get the 750GB Caviar Black

 

[RobDob]

Sorry; misread your post! Thanks.