Right, Well I'm saving up for a new computer but I'm not sure which one to get. I don't want to get the mother of all computers that will set me back £2000. All I want is something that will run FSX + NGX and a few scenery add-ons and possibly REX, along with anti-aliasing. I've found this one that is at a reasonable price of £664.93. What do you think of the specs and will it run what I have listed: Also, here's the link to it if anyone wants to fool around with some of the specs to see if they could improve what I've listed: click here- Case: Antec 300 Gaming Case (default choice, options available)- Power Supply: OCZ ZS 650w PSU- CPU: AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 3.60GHz Processor- Motherboard: AMD 760G Chipset (AM3+) Motherboard- RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit- Hard Drives: 1TB HDD- Graphics Card: OcUK GeForce GTX 550Ti 1024MB GDDR5- Sound: 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)- Optical Drive: OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black)- Cooling: x2 White LED 120mm Fans- OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-BitThere's also this option which is a lot better but as i said, I only wan't something that will run them. I don't want to go wasting few hundred pounds on something I don't need so I don't want a huge computer if I don't need it. As above click here for more information.- Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 Case - Black- Power Supply: OCZ ZS 750w PSU- CPU: Intel Core i5 2550K 3.40GHz @ 4.60GHz Sandybridge CPU- Motherboard: Intel Z68 GEN3 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION **- Cooler: OcUK H2 Flo CPU Cooler- RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit- Hard Drive: 500GB HDD- Graphics Card: OcUK GeForce GTX 550Ti 1024MB GDDR5- Sound: Realtek 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)- Optical Drive: LG DVD+/-RW SATA Drive- OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

Edited February 23, 201214 yr by GregC

Go for the i5 machine I cant imagine it being that much more than the first one. you can't beat Overclockers for build and support.You will be happier in the long run.Wycliffe

Yep, get the sandy bridge system & you'll be good as gold. Also when you get it be sure to click "more options" during the fsx install & put it somewhere besides the default location. Anywhere outside of c:program files(x86) will be fine.

Edited February 23, 201214 yr by MrKen

Anywhere outside of c:program files(x86) will be fine.

Why? (Did I do something wrong? :( )

Why? (Did I do something wrong? :( )

C:program files(x86) has the infamous permission restrictions that screws so badly with programs that depend on editing files in that location (ie... Virtually any addon that makes a change to fsx or an aircraft.cfg)Most of the problems can be avoided by running fsx, installers & addons in general as admin, but it's much easier to simply install fsx in c:fsx or a 2nd hard drive & be done with it.Edit: I'm not saying you should uninstall fsx & all your addons right this second to fix it, but it's definitely worthwhile to remember this & if, in the future, you choose to reinstall fsx it's better to put it somewhere else.

Edited February 23, 201214 yr by MrKen

Thanks for the help guys. MrKen I will definetly follow that advise I have had that problem as well a while back. Only problem is getting the money for that specific case. If you could, could you have a look and see what case would be best for the specs of the computer as I really don't know much about the cases. I'm not really bothered by cases but apparently there important So could someone get a case that is relatively cheap but will do the job. I'm not bothered by what it looks like.

Any case that will hold an atx motherboard & offers plenty of airflow will be fine.

C:program files(x86) has the infamous permission restrictions that screws so badly with programs that depend on editing files in that location (ie... Virtually any addon that makes a change to fsx or an aircraft.cfg)Most of the problems can be avoided by running fsx, installers & addons in general as admin, but it's much easier to simply install fsx in c:fsx or a 2nd hard drive & be done with it.Edit: I'm not saying you should uninstall fsx & all your addons right this second to fix it, but it's definitely worthwhile to remember this & if, in the future, you choose to reinstall fsx it's better to put it somewhere else.

Ahhh, thank you. I principally run FSX as Admin, so it should not make a big difference for me.

Ahhh, thank you. I principally run FSX as Admin, so it should not make a big difference for me.

With Vista, Microsoft introduced a safety feature to seperate program files from program data. That way the OS could monitor the program files and ensure that nothing (like a virus) was messing with them. FSX was written before Vista existed so it writes to files in its default location and this upsets the OS. As Admin, you are allowed to write those files, but the OS is still doing the work of checking what files are being modified and by who. To avoid the system having to do all that extra work, next time you re-install FSX, simply chose another directory.

Don't get AMD - they're way behind Intel now. Up the GPU to a GTX560 Ti if they have that option too - the 550's a significantly inferior card.

Up the GPU to a GTX560 Ti if they have that option too - the 550's a significantly inferior card.

+1 on this one. Up until a week ago, i ran a 560Ti and it is a super card. Why did i get a 580? Well it isn't quite as good as a 580 and i had been saving for it for a while. Bottom line: 560Ti performance/$ = Excellent.