August 28, 201510 yr Hi everyone, I'm thinking of assembling my first computer soon (around Thanksgiving/Black Friday). I don't really have experience doing this, but I hear its pretty easy. Anyways, I want a computer that can run FSX well (like around 30-40fps on average) and can also run well with payware addons like the NGX, 777, and FSDT airports. I'm on a budget of about $700-900 including monitor and Windows and am thinking maybe prices for some parts may go down around Black Friday. I also live near a MicroCenter if that means anything. I searched on PcPartPicker and found an interesting result. http://pcpartpicker.com/forums/topic/52388-budget-pc-for-flight-simulator What do you guys think? How many fps would this get? Thanks! (Sorry if this sounds stupid, but I'm just really new to buying computers and analyzing specs)
August 28, 201510 yr 30-40 fps for 700-900 Not possible Maybe with 2000 bucks... Microcenter might save you a couple hundred For 30-40 avg you want i7 4790K and GTX980 ti - along with a solid motherboard (300 dollar range) and 8gb ram min) - expect to overclock it For a true budget system consider the pentium G3258 highly OCed with a gtx 960 - that could get you 20-30 fps | 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 |
August 28, 201510 yr FSX is terribly optimized. It also hates AMD stuff, so stick with Nvidia and Intel. Anyway, Ryan is right. You need a powerhouse of a PC to get over 30 fps in FSX. If anything, you can always join the P3D master race! My system is rather mid-range, but I almost always get 30fps steady, even with ASN storms going on. You can check out my profile for the specs. I think my sim looks rather nice :smile: EDIT: And remember, in flight sims, you want SMOOTHNESS over high framerate. Philip LaBianca _____________________ "I think, therefore I am."
August 30, 201510 yr https://pcdiy.asus.com/2015/08/build-a-pc-630-z170-gaming-build-6600k-gtx-950/ You might want to check this out... $630... You say you can go a couple of hundred dollars more, but this might be a good starting point.
August 30, 201510 yr https://pcdiy.asus.com/2015/08/build-a-pc-630-z170-gaming-build-6600k-gtx-950/ You might want to check this out... $630... You say you can go a couple of hundred dollars more, but this might be a good starting point. Thats actually not a bad system. The other option for OP is to look at second hand parts. I picked up a GTX 780 from an Avsim member for $135 and its awesome. ZORAN
August 30, 201510 yr Thats actually not a bad system. The other option for OP is to look at second hand parts. I picked up a GTX 780 from an Avsim member for $135 and its awesome. True, it's not a bad system, not at all. New Skylake platform. 6600K, only thing the CPU lacks is hyperthreading which we don't need. Overclockable. DDR4. He says he has a couple of hundred dollars more he could spend, so he could spend that on the graphics card. Or maybe an SSD. If he can build a system like this for that price, I see no reason why he should settle for used parts. Go new, with a full warranty.
August 30, 201510 yr I agree new is best however a lot of punters that stay in the upgrade loop are selling cards that are 1-2 yrs old and they are designed to last a lot LOT longer than that. The weak link in the above system is the GPU and I would scrap it because he may turn to P3D and that card will bring tears ZORAN
August 31, 201510 yr Asus system is $630. He said he could pay up to $900. For the extra, he could get a new GTX 970. Full warranty. Not sure if second hand warranties are transferable, I suspect not.
August 31, 201510 yr Asus system is $630. He said he could pay up to $900. For the extra, he could get a new GTX 970. Full warranty. Not sure if second hand warranties are transferable, I suspect not. Great idea! ZORAN
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