January 13, 201412 yr I have decided that i would like to build a computer for X-Plane 10 as it simply does not run on my PC.My budget is around £600-£700 and have created a list of parts for a system on PCPartPicker and would like some feedback on how it will perform running X-Plane on pretty high settings.I am wondering if an SSD accelerated setup would help boot times etc, if it would be worth it, but have no clue how to do it, what SSD to use ETC. I may in the future overclock but only if I desire higher performance which is why there are overclockable components. I only use a single monitor.The List: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£177.78 @ Scan.co.uk) Motherboard: Asus Z87I-Pro Mini-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£119.84 @ Scan.co.uk) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£66.96 @ Scan.co.uk) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.20 @ Scan.co.uk) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card (£154.39 @ Scan.co.uk) Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case (£69.95 @ Aria PC) Case Fan: BitFenix Spectre Pro LED 156.3 CFM 230mm Fan (£16.99 @ Amazon UK) Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£47.23 @ Amazon UK) Total: £698.34 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) (Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-13 20:03 GMT+0000) Any help on how to make it cheaper without compromising performance etc would be great!
January 13, 201412 yr Hey that looks good. But IMO if you can afford a higher end card with higher VRAM would be terrific. X plane 10 uses more of the GPU power and with a higher terrain and road traffic and AI it uses the CPU. Better check the X plane 10 developer blogs. Ryzen 5 1600x - 16GB DDR4 - RTX 3050 8GB - MSI Gaming Plus
January 13, 201412 yr Hey that looks good. But IMO if you can afford a higher end card with higher VRAM would be terrific. X plane 10 uses more of the GPU power and with a higher terrain and road traffic and AI it uses the CPU. Better check the X plane 10 developer blogs. I agree with Ironmaiden and it appears that you are pretty much maxed out on your budget, but this would provide more flying pleasure than the SSD you mentioned. John John Wingold
January 14, 201412 yr Commercial Member Looks good. Check my system in my profile and I tell you that my Asus card with 2GB runs perfectly. At KSEA with nearly maxed settings it uses 65% of the 2GB memory and at KLAX 76%.
January 14, 201412 yr See your using £'s so guess ur in the UK, if so check out pcspecialist.co.uk very good price and you can spec ur pc to what you want, the service and support is fantastic, i would use them every time.
January 14, 201412 yr Is Nvidia also preferred choice for Xplane (like for FSX) or is Radeon fine too?
January 14, 201412 yr I believe that right now there remains an issue with the latest Ati cards and drivers with x-plane 10 and HDR mode. We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
January 15, 201412 yr Commercial Member If you are interested in overclocking your cpu, I do not believe it is possible to do with a mini motherboard. REX AccuSeason Developer REX Simulations
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