Hi,

I'm new to this forum and I just want some help building my pc so that it works the way I want it. I have the spec I think i'm going to be getting in it and would like some comments and advice on wether anything needs changing/adding.

 

So first of all here is what I want my flight sim to do.

-The main one, run on 3 screens in SLI mode seamlessly

-Run at max settings and still be getting at least 20fps in most places (+- a few fps at busy airports eg NY)

-Be able to handle add-ons such as scenery add ons and a few aircraft add ons

 

I looked into this a while ago but it has been put on hold with exams and things so I'm reposting on this forum but back then I was going to be getting a radeon GPU and put two of them in X-fire but I heard they dont like clouds? Wondering if this is still true.

 

So here are the specs of the computer:

 

Computer Case: Cooler Master 690 II Lite

CPU: Intel Core i7 960 D0 (4 x 3.20GHz) 8 MB

CPU Heatsink: Intel Heatsink & Fan - Low Noise (may upgrade)

Memory Corsair: 12GB (3x4GB) XMS3 1600MHz - Lifetime Warranty (DDR3)

Graphics Card: 2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 - 1.5 GB - SLI (not sure if I should upgrade to the 670 or wether the 580 is sufficient enough?)

Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Guerrilla (Intel X58)

Standard sound and networking

Power Supply: Cooler Master 750W PSU - Low Noise

500 GB hard drive and operating system will be windows 7 Premium 64 BIT

 

Let me know what you think!

Thanks,

Tom.

I'm not clear on what you propose. It seems to me that you are asking about buying a computer but the CPU and mobo combination is now several years old. Are you asking for parts advice or if you should buy a system that's already been assembled? Unless you're getting some kind of crazy deal on the aforementioned system I would suggest you get a newer CPU & mobo as the performance gains are pretty significant for FSX.

 

Z77 is the chipset of the choice now, while there is debate over the CPU. Several of us have taken the plunge on the latest CPUs and are happy with them, while many users of the prior generation are also quite happy. Either way, you should be looking at a Socket 1155 CPU from either the i5/i7 family and of either the 2nd or 3rd generation. Models 2500K, 2600K, 2700K, and 3570K, 3770K are the ones to look at. Whatever you do, be sure to get something that can overclock (in other words: a "K" model).

I looks over all good. But i would recommend getting a hard drive that has over 500gb my hard drive is 1tb but the other specifications are lower then yours. I have the Gateway DX series. It has an Intel i5 (Im not sure what model of i5 though) 3Ghz. 4-core. I have the nVidia GeForce 210 Video Card. 1tb hard drive space. 8gb of RAM. And of course I have Windows 7 64-bit.