Hi all,

 

need some help on a new computer, i would like to upgrade to FSX and run the 737 NGX and the new 777 with decent smooth framerates....basically buy good and not have to upgrade in the next year or so.

 

I have brought from Mesh Computers before and have been running my old quad core for years maxing out on the settings in FS2004 using the PMDG products with no probs, using active sky, Navigraph, flight following software etc and i was looking at the following spec: http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODUCTCONFIGPAGE&USG=PRODUCT&ENT=PRODUCT&KEY=1071200&UTM_SOURCE=homepage&UTM_MEDIUM=online&UTM_CONTENT=SPECIALIST_GAMING&UTM_CAMPAIGN=homepage_dtbox3

 

Does anybody think this would be ok or does anybody have any comments or links to better systems for the same or about £100 more.

 

As i said i would like to run FSX and the NGX nice and smooth using such add ons as UK2000 uk airports etc.

 

I hope you can help.

Hi

something that i can personally vouch for is that the faster your CPU is the better.i bought a top of the range ATI card and it made no difference at all to FSX.i returned it and saved myself £350-00 by keeping my ATI 6870.I use an overclocked 3570k@4-6 and it runs very nice.so faster CPU is way to go.

 

   steve

brilliant, what processor would you recomend, AMD or i7?

 

 

I7 with an unlocked multiplier, "K" model

 

The config that you are looking at,  is not bad..

 

Upgrade to the 3770k

 

Also, spend the money and get the 750W PSU.

 

If you have more money, next in line are faster memory,

better cooling and CPU overclocking.

 

If you still have money in the budget, 660 video card, instead of 650.

Hi mate

Without doubt for FSX  INTEL  I5 i use this one(no hyperthreading FSX doesn't use this) or I7  this has hyperthreading and maybe faster for other things.

i always used I7,since switching to I5 i've noticed no difference in perfomance between the two in fsx.

the I5 i got from here.had no problems at all.here's a link.

 

 http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=computer++4.6&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313&_nkw=overclocked++4.6&_sacat=0

 

this is a rough idea of what you can get.you would need to be able to install this stuff yourself.took me about an hour to take out old mobo and put this one in.

 very good support with it.this is a preoverclocked [email protected] with 16mb of memory .had to contact support to sort out a few settings .once done it has been excellent.

 

  steve

Thanks Bert, great advice and a starting point for me.

 

Steve, i had to buy a new power unit for my pc so its new, its 650W.

With that link is it a case of ripping out the guts of PC i have and place the new bits i buy, adding a graphics card and hard drive an operating system?

 

It scares me to build my own as i'm unsure on how to install the operating system...but working on the case and internals is a doddle....

Hi mate

ideally you would put in all your new hardware then install win7 64.when i installed my new hardware recently i just put my old harddive in connected it to the mobo booted up,and off i went.win7 64 found my new hardware loaded up the relevant drivers and i was good to go.as for what you put in.

they supply a motherboard ,cpu,memory and heatsink.the CPU,memory and heatsink are already fitted to the motherboard.so its a case of decabling everything and removing your old motherboard and putting in the new one.it was quite a simple install really.the overclocking was already done.

i would make a boot disk while you have your operating system working,incase you have any problems ,then you could boot from that and install a fresh copy of windows.

i use TRUE image home also to make backups of my SSD's so if i have to reinstall a hard drive it take about 10mins to load everything back on.

 

 steve

so are we saying that i can use my original Sata hard drive and dvd writer in this method?

 

If this is the case, would i be right in saying that i could plug everything in and the mobo would see Win XP on the hard drive and boot up from that and be in a state it was before, but alot faster and able to fly FSX?

 

Sorry to sound thick buti'm very new to this.

You'd save a lot of money building this yourself, are you up for that? You can customise is a lot more too. 

 

so are we saying that i can use my original Sata hard drive and dvd writer in this method?If this is the case, would i be right in saying that i could plug everything in and the mobo would see Win XP on the hard drive and boot up from that and be in a state it was before, but alot faster and able to fly FSX?Sorry to sound thick buti'm very new to this.

This will probably result in a headache, if it even works. Unless I'm replacing a video card or ram, I just reinstall windows. If you're switching to a brand new CPU/motherboard, I don't think you'll even be able to boot into windows, and if you do, you're bound to get a bunch of problems. Installing window is pretty easy; I used to be scared of building and installing OS's, etc., but it turns out the process is actually very simple (there are many YouTube videos and even forums such as avsim that can help if you're stuck).

I guess your in the UK as you mentioned £'s.

Have alook at a company called Chilblast PC's, they make a range of PCs for FSX. I've just bought the Hurricane PC from them, upgraded a few things faster memory, water cooling. Very pleased with it.

 

I use Activesky 2012, UTX Europe, Gatwick Extreme and with the a tweaked FSX.cfg file I get around 20-25fps in VC with a locked frame rate of 30fps.

 

Tony

Go up to £870 and you can have this which is a third faster, has twice the memory and is an all round better option:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-179-OE&groupid=43&catid=2475&subcat=2486

 

However, since you already have a PC, which means you already have a case, power supply and graphics card, and so on, then you could do worse then consider something like this at £380 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-122-OE&groupid=43&catid=2479 and add your choice of graphics card.

Tony747-400 check your inbox B)

You might want to reconsider the idea of keeping XP as OS. April 2014 sees the end of Microsoft's extended support. After then it will be open season for security issues. Take the opportunity of the upgrade to put Windows 7 on the system. It currently looks like extended support for 7 will be until around 2020. With the current lack of interest in Win8, currently even less than Vista at the same point after its release, it may even be longer.

 

A

 

 

Andrew Entwistle

Yes aentwis i chose Windows 7. thx for the info B)