April 15, 201412 yr I'm trying to put together a middle of the road system for a coworker. He wants to use FSX with his son. He's totally happy with stock airplanes too... this guy is NOT a gamer - but he is a pilot and controller like me and he's used to FS2004/X. I tried my best to put together a decent system but lower cost than mine... I'm having a bit of an issue keeping it below 1000 bucks. He also wants to burn DVD's. But we discussed using a 2TB HDD for keeping backups of his movies on there so he can watch on TV too. I'm not sure what storage route we'll go but at the moment I only have a 240 gb SSD. It will run Win7 and FSX - and that's about it. Should be plenty Anyway the proposed specs: Rosewill Challenger Mid case - $60 Corsair CXM 600w modular PSU - $90 i5 3470 3.2GHz - $190 ASRock Z77M mobo - $84 PNY GTX660 - $190 Crucial 240GB MLC SSD - $180 GSKILL Sniper 2x4GB DDR3 2133 Mhz - $80 Asus DVDRW - $20 Acer 21.5" LED - $140 Logitech kb/mouse - $20 Win7 x64 home premium - $100 Like I said this rounds out to 1000 bucks and change. I'd really like to stay below 800. Can I skimp on the CPU? Should I just use a 1 TB HDD instead? Remember I need Win7 and a LED monitor.... | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
April 16, 201412 yr Author Any comments? Or do we only know monster rigs lol? | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
April 16, 201412 yr Power Shield ZapGuard 6 Way Surge Board Black SI-322705 PSZ6NT 08/02/2012 Out of Warranty Microsoft Windows 7 Professional OEM 64Bit SI-322705 FQC-04649 08/02/2012 Out of Warranty CORSAIR HX-1050 1050W 80PLUS SILVER SEMI-MODULAR POWER SUPPLY SI-322705 CMPSU-1050HX 335000001 11337125 08/02/2012 Extended Warranty (297 days left) ANTEC NINE HUNDRED TWO V3 GAMING CASE SI-322705 0761345-15924-1 08/02/2012 Out of Warranty PIONEER DVR-219LBK 24x SATA DVD-R/RW/DL BLACK OEM SI-322705 DVR-219LBK KHQC295445WL 08/02/2012 Out of Warranty EVGA GTX580 SC 794M/4050M 1536MB/D-DVI/HDMI SI-322705 015-P3-1582-KR 1112931582800436 08/02/2012 Out of Warranty Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARX 3.5" 2TB 64MB Intellipower Rev.1 SI-322705 WD20EARX WCAZAD807401 08/02/2012 Out of Warranty Corsair Force 3 240GB 2.5" SSD SATA3 550/520 SI-322705 CSSD-F240GB3-BK 11510187100011540086 08/02/2012 Extended Warranty (297 days left) G.Skill 16GB Kit (4x4GB) DDR3 Ripjaws X C9 1600MHz SI-322705 F3-12800CL9Q-16GBXL 12020860169682 08/02/2012 Extended Warranty (297 days left) ASUS P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 DESKTOP MOTHERBOARD SI-322705 P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 BBM0AC021590 08/02/2012 Out of Warranty Corsair Hydro Series H80 CPU Cooler SI-322705 CWCH80 223784 11439402 1 08/02/2012 Extended Warranty (297 days left) INTEL CORE i7 2700K SANDY BRIDGE 3.5GHz 8MB RETAIL BOX SI-322705 BX80623I72700K 35137354A0893 08/02/2012 Out of Warranty PLE Gaming Premium System SI-322705 GSPEC2 08/02/2012 Out of Warranty I spent about $2300 in Australia 2 years ago system (its a monster rig) but it is still going strong (extremely stable). Most parts are out of warranty. My next future cheaper system is more about size and portability and getting a good FSX system into a small box to make it portable. I think your system can sometimes only be as good as the weakest link so you need to compare why the high end rigs are important. Saying that I have seen FSX run on the latest mac book pro laptop I7 Haswell running boot camp windows 8 and its smooth (don't know what it would be like to have 3 monitors and the resolution) :ph34r: Go for processors with K for overclock if possible an cooling.....Budget dictates :angry: Paul Moss- QFA1316 http://postimg.org/gallery/fni0e84k/ http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o49/Mossyfly47/2014-9-8_21-43-11-191_zpsb01b1b0f.png
April 16, 201412 yr Any comments? Or do we only know monster rigs lol? A bit of lateral thinking here Ryan, sell him your rig, use the cash towards building yourself a new one. These opportunities do not come along every day.
April 16, 201412 yr Author I can't see myself getting a new system any time soon. I did want to get a $250 SSD but that's about it. A larger VRAM video card for XP will have to wait. Plus I think my system is worth more than 800. | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
April 17, 201412 yr Author Looks like he just wants to run FS9. That should be easy enough. It's actually kinda hard to build an older PC lol! All the parts are generally new online. | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
April 18, 201412 yr For FS9 an I3 would do just fine, but personally I'd get that I5 and do without the SSD, install W7 + FSX in a short stroke of some 240GB in the HDD so that he can easily transfer it to an SSD later down the road if he wants to upgrade his storage
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