Building new FltSim rig - need input Please!

[DMullert 216]

Howdy Team!

 

I am building a new flight sim rig and here are my specs:

 

Asus Sabretooth Z77 Motherboard

Core i7 3930K processor - liquid cooled

Corsair Dominator 16gb Ram

Nvidia GeForce GTX680 2GB

Velociraptor 600gb 10K RPM Hard Drive 1

Velociraptor 300gb 10K RPM Hard Drive 2

Windows 7 Pro 64bit

1200 Watt Power Supply

 

Please - I am accepting any input or recommendations. This rig will be focused on running FSX and X-Plane X. Thanks!

 

Dennis

[Falconfly 62]

Wow !!! Great rig !! Would run fsx great !!! Jus one suggestion...maybe throw in a ssd in the mix to improove the boot time and keep fsx on the hdd...otherwise a great machine.

[BimmerCop 332]

1. Drop CPU to i7 3770K and overclock it

2. Drop RAM to 8GB

3. Drop power supply to 750w

4. Drop drive 2 and use drive 1 as backup drive

5. With money saved from 1, 2 and 3, buy a Samsung 830 SSD (512GB) for OS/FSX/XPX.

 

The above are just some suggestions if you want to save some money and put that into improving other aspects of the system. Otherwise, if money is not a concern, stick with what you have PLUS still add a SSD drive.

[Manny 1,293]

Yup on Drop CPU to i7 3770K and overclock it

and buy a Samsung 830 SSD

 

And 8 GB of memory 2400 memory is better.

[Kosta 122]

I've also written some suggestions in my guide, both software and hardware, definitely worth reading, located here.

[RCITGuy 35]

I'd like to add something I learned today...

Get the fastest memory you can put on the systemboard!

 

My ASUS P9X79 Deluxe had Corsair Vengeance 1600 memory on it and it wouldn't over-clock past 4GHz using the "auto-tuning" facility on the system-board...

 

So, as an experiment, I replaced it with G.Skil 2133 memory and BAM! It now auto-overclocks to 4.8GHz...

30% performance increase and the memory was £40 more than the corsair.. (£99 instead of £60)

 

But make sure you have some serious cooling goin'on....

 

Got 16GB of corsair 1600 memory for sale now lol