Hey, in the process of upgrading my computer for animation work I do - will I be able to run the NGX with REX and addon scenery okay with the following spec? My specs are: i7 2600k 3.4Ghz, 12GB DDR3 1600Mhz Ram, GTX 560 1GB. It'll be Win 7 64bit. Thanks in advance guys! Craig Hayers

lol. Are you kidding?

In short.....without doubt.

Beast computer

If it runs great with mine, you wont have any issues that's for sure.

Ah thats great! :) Craig

Hey, in the process of upgrading my computer for animation work I do - will I be able to run the NGX with REX and addon scenery okay with the following spec? My specs are: i7 2600k 3.4Ghz, 12GB DDR3 1600Mhz Ram, GTX 560 1GB. It'll be Win 7 64bit. Thanks in advance guys! Craig Hayers

That's exactly the system I have, and the NGX runs great!

Thats great Jim - I've been sat viewing youtube videos all day and have seen various results so this is a relief :) Craig

Pick an I5 2500K instead8GB (2 x 4GB) of RAM better than 12GBGet a good CPU coolerOverclock the I5 2500K to 4.5 - 4.8GHz

So an i5 would be better than an i7? I was planning to Overlock the i7 a bit up to 4.5Ghz +I'm going to need to buy 16GB of ram anyway - wrote 12 by mistake - I need the 16 for animation work I do for rendering out stuff...

So an i5 would be better than an i7? I was planning to Overlock the i7 a bit up to 4.5Ghz +

No, it's not better, but not worse either... for FSX. If you do other things like animation and rendering and that makes good use of hyperthreading you may want to stick to your original plan and get the I7 2600K

Ahh alright so really its more that FSX doesn't utilise the full capability of an i7? That makes sense, yeah I think I'll just go for the i7 (already budgeted for it) as it'll help with my animation stuff etc.

You'll be hapy with your new machine. I have pretty much the same except for a GTX580. My SB is cranked up to 4.8ghz on air and I've yet to have any issues with it (make sure you install a good CPU cooler though), runs the NGX in and out of KSEA/CYVR with Orbx scenery at 30fps rock solid and no stutters. Rob Finlay

Ah thats good Rob, was thinking of this cooler for the CPU http://www.ebuyer.com/176157-arctic-cooling-freezer-7-pro-rev-2-socket-775-1156-1155-1366-ac-frz-7pr2 and after reading some reviews of PSUs I think a 650W would be reasonable wouldn't it? http://www.ebuyer.com/200491-coolermaster-gx-650w-psu-6x-sata-2x-pci-e-80plus-certified-rs650-acaae3-uk Thanks in advance.Craig

I went with a 1000w supply, there's a few different power requirement calculators to be found on google that'll help you get a generalized idea of what you'll need for power but don't leave your self too slim on the power department, you'll want horsepower to spare for future upgrades. As for the Arctic Freeze, they're good. I've never used one but my brother is happy with his and he's got a OC'd i7-980x and hasn't had any issues. I run the Thermaltake Frio http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106150 It's a push pull 2 fan cooler, took about 2 minutes to set up. With sliders all the way to the right, NGX in Orbx world with REX2.0 running in the background, the warmest I've seen the processor is 62 degrees and that was pushing it on VATSIM out of KSEA.