Good for FSX?

[matt4]

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
80GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 90MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
500GB SATA-II 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB 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
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£16)
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
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
24" Widescreen TFT 1920 x1080 5MS, DVI, 23.6" Panel (£119)
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
2 x 2 METRE DVI-D CABLE (£9)
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK250 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£21)
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

Been waiting to order from pcspecialist for a long time after hearing good things. Not much of a techie myself. Is this a good spec?

Thank you,

 

[dangro474]

Looks like an ideal spec, especially for FSX.

I don't own the game, but going by its minimum requirements (unmodded) i doubt you would experience any issues with it

 

[Wozza63]

it requires nothing at minimum settings, but if you want to go full out, then well you are gonna need better than a 3960x from what ive heard

 

[Fear]

Just a few things to improve the build if you have the budget are a slightly better case, up the GPU to the GTX570 or if you don't want this and you are only using a single monitor you only need the 1GB GTX560Ti, with your SSD you will find that an 80GB is going to fill up very quick and personally i don't think they are worth the price still especially for gaming a good high performance HDD is all you really need so you could go for a larger caviar black or barracuda instead, don't forget the silver warranty it's only £5 and will extend the collect and return from 1 month to a full year.

 

[Wozza63]

Just a few things to improve the build if you have the budget are a slightly better case, up the GPU to the GTX570 or if you don't want this and you are only using a single monitor you only need the 1GB GTX560Ti, with your SSD you will find that an 80GB is going to fill up very quick and personally i don't think they are worth the price still especially for gaming a good high performance HDD is all you really need so you could go for a larger caviar black or barracuda instead, don't forget the silver warranty it's only £5 and will extend the collect and return from 1 month to a full year.

from what ive heard, a single monitor on FSX can eat through memory easily, well over 1GB too