Hello,I'd like to buy a new PC for switching over from FS9 to FSx with PMDG NGX and many many good airport and mesh sceneries.What would you say to the following system???PC-Konfigurator - Intel So. 1155 (Core i3/i5/i7)CPU (Prozessor): Intel Core i7-2700K, 4x 3.50GHzCPU-Übertaktung: Übertaktung Stufe 2 - ExtremeMainboard: ASUS Sabertooth P67 B3, Intel P67Grafikkarte: AMD Radeon HD 6850 1024MBArbeitsspeicher: 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 (2x 4GB)SSD: 128GB Crucial m4, SATA32. SSD: 256GB Crucial m4, SATA3SSD fÜr Caching: NeinFestplatte: 500GB Festplatte, 7200rpm, SATA22 Festplatte: NeinLaufwerk: LG GH24NS70 24x DVD-Brenner2 Laufwerk: NeinNetzteil: 730W - BeQuiet! Pure Power L7Gehäuse: Coolermaster - Elite 330UKartenleser: NeinUSB 3.0 Frontpanel: Frontpanel: 2x USB 3.0TV Karte: NeinSoundkarte: HD-Audio OnboardWireless LAN: NeinGaming Netzwerkkarte: NeinWeitere PCI-Karten: NeinHDD Wechselrahmen: NeinInterner USB-Hub: NeinSystembeleuchtung: NeinCPU-KÜhler: Prolimatech Megahalems inkl. BeQuiet! PWM (TOP!)Silent-GehäuselÜfter: NeinLÜftersteuerung: Nein / Im Gehäuse integriert (falls vorhanden)Festplattendämmung: NeinPremium Gehäusedämmung: Nein / Im Gehäuse integriert (falls vorhanden)Betriebssystem: Windows 7 Home Premium, 64 Bit, DE (inkl. Installation!)Antivirus, Firewall, Security: NeinOffice: NeinTastatur / Desktop: NeinMaus: NeinMonitor: NeinThank you so much, heisebaer

Hi heisebaer! (You actually should sign with your full name...)This PC-System is from Mifcom, isn`t it? I am also just thinking of buying a new PC-System there. The CPU is absolutely O.K., because they overclock it to 4,5GHz. As far as I know, Nvidia is better for FSX, but I am not sure.When you wanted to save money, you could exchange the Mainboard into an P8P67 Pro B3, that should aslo be O.K.All other parts are very good.CheersDavid

There is no need for an i7, an i5 2500K will do perfectly well.Mine is overclocked to 4.3GhzNvidia is prefereble to ATiCheck out ZachW's posts too.(Hope you don't mind Zach).

There is no need for an i7, an i5 2500K will do perfectly well.Mine is overclocked to 4.3GhzNvidia is prefereble to ATiCheck out ZachW's posts too.(Hope you don't mind Zach).

Hi Jude!I want to get an akin system to yours, so: What frames do you get with NGX and busy airports like AS Schiphol or Heathrow?ThanksDavid

The i7 2700k CPU will be overclocked by Mifcom self. I think i7 2700k is very well for NGX PMDG???My target is to fly very, very fluently with 30-50 FPS when possible with the PMDG NGX and many, many Aerosoft airports and REX, Mesh Scenery like Real Environmet.What would you say, is it possible???Jerome

The i7 2700k CPU will be overclocked by Mifcom self. I think i7 2700k is very well for NGX PMDG???My target is to fly very, very fluently with 30-50 FPS when possible with the PMDG NGX and many, many Aerosoft airports and REX, Mesh Scenery like Real Environmet.What would you say, is it possible???Jerome

I agree with Jude. You do not need an i7 for FSX. It has such specials like "virtual cores", which you do not need for FSX. An i5 overclocked to 4,2GHz (what Mifcom does for you) is absolutely O.K.!And it is cheaper...David

Hello David,I get about 22~35 fps with Aerosoft scenery with default fsx.cfgI use EHAM from Aerosoft,but use UK2000 Scenery for the EGLL airport.

Hello David,I get about 22~35 fps with Aerosoft scenery with default fsx.cfgI use EHAM from Aerosoft,but use UK2000 Scenery for the EGLL airport.

Thank you Jude!That are great news! I will order my new system as fast as possible CheersDavid

QUESTION!!!!Look in my PC config again pls and say me, why I need two SSDs and a harddisk of 500GB???One for my Windows and FSX and one for my other files. Why three ones???Cheers, Jerome

Hello David, good luck with that.@Jerome, you only need one SSD for FSX seperately,The OS is Ok with a standard Sata disk.

How many capacity should the SSD have is 128GB okay or needs the FSX more than 128GB, maybe 256GB??Thx Jude, Jerome

Depends on how many add-ons you have. I have used up around 80 GB with a lot of airport sceneries, GEX, and REX, and douzens of other things. If you have as many add-ons as Bakaman (a guy on this forum with the most add-ons ever... :(), then you might want a 256 GB SSD.One very important tip! Do NOT get AMD (ATI) videocards. Although they are decend cards, they have a problem with their shaders, which can cause lower FPS with clouds. Also they do not perform as good as NVIDIA (not trying to be a ###### here but I've seen quite a few benchmarks...). If you have the money, get the MSI GTX 580 Lightning 1.5 GB. (450 euros). If you have less money, get the Asus GTX 570 1.2 GB (~300 euros). The best bang for the buck is the GTX 560TI though, only around 200 euros. It will not perform as good as the GTX 580, but in FSX the performance should still be great and it's definately great value for the price. Also, never get 2 or 3 GB graphics cards, because first of all, it's overkill. And secondly, it's can cause out of memory errors (OOM's), in FSX. Also, do not get more than 8GB RAM also, anything more will be overkill.If you want to get the best performance out of FSX, I highly recommend you overclock you CPU. First of all, an i7 is useless for FSX. It's got several extra functions (like virtual cores), that FSX, and pretty much any cannot use. An i5 2500K is much cheaper (180 euros), and will perform similar to and i7 at the same clockspeed. Because FSX is very CPU dependant, the best thing you can do is overclock your CPU. As you can see in my signature, it's overclocked to 4.5 GHz. I can probably get more out of it, but I wait until I get my new videocard and see how it will work.I also recommend you get a Z68 motherboard, with is basicly H67 and P67 in one. It's also a little bit more overclock friendly. The motherboard I have, an Asus P8Z68-Pro is a great board. A non Pro version is also good, but the Pro version has just got some good updates (I dunno what exactly but read it somewhere else...).

The I7 2600K, 2700K has more cache than the 2500K. 8mb vs. 6mb. Not sure how much that would effect performance but there is more of a difference than virtual cores.

Okay. I have many Add ons. Like Airports, REX, AES enhanement, FS Meteo. Overclocking is includd by the constructor of my PC.But my question is now, if I should take a SSD with 128GB or 256 GB?????? JeromeAnd what kind of hard disk should I take?? Is 500Gb enough for the Rest or is 1TB better for all??

Finally my new system which bought in a few weeks. What do you say???

Prozessor:Intel® Core i7-2700K, 4x 3500 MHzProzessorkühler:Scythe Katana 3 PWM, max. 95 m³/h (ultra leise)Mainboard (1155):ASUS P8P67 EVO, Sockel 1155, Intel® P67 Express ChipsatzArbeitsspeicher:16384 MB DDR3-RAM1. Festplatte:240 GB SSD Corsair Force Series 3 F240 (550 MB/s | 520 MB/s) [Für Windows 7 und den FSX + Add ons]2. Festplatte:1000 GB, Seagate®/Western Digital®, SATAGrafik:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570, 1280 MB, 2x DVINetzteil: 800 Watt Xilence Redwing Netzteil , 80 PLUS BronzeSoundkarte:onBoard HD Audio 7.11. Laufwerk:24x Multiformat DVD-BrennerBetriebssystem:Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64Bit + Installation

Cheers, Jerome