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Help with purchase of new computer

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wife said I can get a new computer, budget max is $2000. My question for help is I have only used fs9 and I want to bring it to its knees ,but I may be interested in fsx. What specs would you folks recommend to accomplish what I am looking for. Thanks

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Here is a recent build that really does FSX justice - running at 4.9ghz. Get the exact components and I'll help you set it up. cheers jja

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Qty. Product Description Savings Total Price 1 11-139-009-22.jpgCorsair Carbide Series 500R Black Steel structure with molded ABS plastic accent pieces ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Item #: N82E16811139009

Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$10.00 Instant

$20.00 Mail-in Rebate Card $139.99

$129.99 1 13-130-660-07.jpgMSI Z77 MPOWER LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Item #: N82E16813130660

Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy -$10.00 Instant

$10.00 Mail-in Rebate Card $209.99

$199.99 1 14-127-693-07.jpgMSI N680GTX Lightning GeForce GTX 680 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Item #: N82E16814127693

Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy $499.99 1 17-139-034-09.jpgCORSAIR HX Series HX1050 1050W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Item #: N82E16817139034

Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$20.00 Instant

$10.00 Mail-in Rebate Card $229.99

$209.99 1 19-116-501-03.jpgIntel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770K

Item #: N82E16819116501

Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy $329.99 1 20-148-530-15.jpgCrucial M4 CT256M4SSD1 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC 7mm Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Item #: N82E16820148530

Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy -$55.00 Instant $249.99

$194.99 1 20-231-571-02.jpgG.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-2133C9D-16GXH

Item #: N82E16820231571

Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy $134.99 1 29-102-040-07.jpgCreative Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Champion (70SB135400000) 5.1 Channels PCI Express x1 Interface Sound Card with Sound Blaster I/O

Item #: N82E16829102040

Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $199.99 1 35-181-017-02.jpgCORSAIR Hydro Series H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

Item #: N82E16835181017

Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$10.00 Instant

$10.00 Mail-in Rebate Card $119.99

$109.99

Did you see this? It was built exclusively for FSX by an AVSImmer here -- looks like an awesome system:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271127573796

Smooth Skies! -- Chuck B.

 

MACHINE 1:FS2004/WinXP Pro 64, Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 Clocked to 4.35 GHz, Corsair H50, Asus Maximus Formula, 4GB PNY XLR8 DDR2 @1067, ATI 4870 and 4650, WD Raptor 10K RPM 160 GB HD, Seagate 500 mgb 32mgb cache, 2 Analog 2HTGs w/ 3 19" I-INC flat panel monitors 1280x1024x32, and 1 17" at 1280 x 1024, PC Silencer 750 Quad, FSPassengers, FSUPIC, (Payware), WideFS

MACHINE 2: Dell Dimension, P4, WideClient, FDC Live Cockpit, Pro Flight Emulator, Active Sky v6.5

MACHINE 3: ASUS u81A Laptop, Windows 7 (what a joke!), WideClient, FlightSim Commander

  • Commercial Member

Is it ONLY fos simming? If yes, go with the second post's system but drop it to 8GB RAM, get a 750W power supply and with that extra money, switch the 256GB SSD to a 512GB SSD.

 

If it's not a simming only PC, leave the memory at 16GB but you can still drop the power supply to 750W. That is more than enough unless you want to go with a SLI setup in the future.

 

- Sent from my rooted, Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus LTE smartphone via Tapatalk because haters gonna hate.

 

 

Regards,

Efrain Ruiz
LiveDISPATCH @ http://www.livedispatch.org (CLOSED) ☹️

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