December 4, 200817 yr Oh jeese, 900 bucks is a budget lol?That's a pretty high "budget" PC! So I recommend P45 Motherboardhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128358E8500 cpu2GB corsair ram (10 bucks after MIR on newegg)Any brand name power supply (corsair, PC Power+Cooling, Antec)eVGA 9800GT 512mb | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
December 4, 200817 yr Oh jeese, 900 bucks is a budget lol?That's a pretty high "budget" PC! So I recommend P45 Motherboardhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128358E8500 cpu2GB corsair ram (10 bucks after MIR on newegg)Any brand name power supply (corsair, PC Power+Cooling, Antec)eVGA 9800GT 512mbChange that to 4GB and it's all good. DDR2 is so cheap now. $45 buys you 4GB PC2-8000 from G.Skill @ Newegg. I paid twice that earlier this year and don't regret it at all.
December 4, 200817 yr Agreed, 4gb is overkill for fs9 but hey, why not?After MIR its 10 bucks at newegg for some XMS2 stuff (2GB) | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
December 4, 200817 yr Agreed, 4gb is overkill for fs9 but hey, why not?You're right. It won't be used directly by FS9 (at least not in XP/Vista 32-bit) but at that price there's no reason not to. If Dave ever decides to switch to a 64-bit OS and FSX he'll be ready, too.
December 5, 200817 yr Agreed!! | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
December 5, 200817 yr Agreed!!How's the weather up in Duluth, btw? Still haven't had more than a dusting of snow down here in the Cities, yet.
December 5, 200817 yr No Kidding?I'm from Apple Valley, well grew up in South MSP, just 1 mi north of the MSP airportIt's quite chilly here today. Though I can't complain too much, up in the tower where its warm - all those cold pilots on the ramp lolI think the windchill this afternoon was below zero....but it happens! | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
December 5, 200817 yr Yay for negative wind chill!Reminds me of the time I spent @ UND Grand Forks as an aviation student. Cold - check. Windy - check. Planes - check. Trees - negative. Hills - negative. :(
December 5, 200817 yr Author Thanks for the replys.I was looking for some advice on an off the shelf desktop from Dell or some other vendor. We were not looking to build a system.Dave David A Gubert
December 5, 200817 yr Thanks for the replys.I was looking for some advice on an off the shelf desktop from Dell or some other vendor. We were not looking to build a system.DaveDave,unfortunately $900 won't buy you a pre-built gaming computer. A decent Dell XPS or Gateway FX system will run at least $1200.
December 5, 200817 yr Yay for negative wind chill!Reminds me of the time I spent @ UND Grand Forks as an aviation student. Cold - check. Windy - check. Planes - check. Trees - negative. Hills - negative. :(Been there, done that....graduated 2006, major in ATC :) | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
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