April 6, 20224 yr I've loved his 'Bible'. Very sad that he passed. - Harry 9800x3D (Strix x870e-E) - 64GB RAM (DDR5 6000, CL 30) - RTX 5090, 34'' 1440p OLED HDR - Windows 11 Pro (1TB M.2) - MSFS 2024 (MS Store, 4TB M.2).
April 21, 20224 yr NickN guides were both legendary and gospel, many a FSX rig saw Nick's influence both in the build hardware and its software configuration (my 4770k rig did). I was fortunate enough to strike up a close friendship (as that LM brat) in his last two years, when he was starting on his final hardware guide, on building a 10900K FSX rig. I'm greatly saddened by his passing though it was expected, sorry I didn't find about this sooner. Let us all remember and honor him for his enormous efforts and contributions to the flight sim community. "I'm the stuff that stars are made of" CPU: AMD 9800X3D PBO MB +200 CO -25| Motherboard: MSI MAG X870e Tomahawk WiFi | GPU: MSI RTX 5090 Ventus 3X OC | RAM: G.Skill 2x32GB DDR5 6000 cas 30 | M.2 SSDs: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2T, WD Black SN750 M.2 1T | Hard Drive: WD Black HDD 6T 7200 | Optical Drive: LG Bluray writer, internal | Cooling: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO | Case: Fractal Design Focus G | PSU: NZXT C1200 1200W Win 11 Pro 64|HP Reverb G2 revised VR HMD|Asus 25" IPS 2K 60Hz monitor|Saitek X52 Pro & Peddles|TIR 5 (now retired)
April 22, 20224 yr Nick was not one to accept any sort of gratuity for his efforts, in fact he disdained them with the idea of squashing any perceived conflict of interest. Before knowing that about him I sent him a few flac encoded 96 khtz 24 bit vinyl rips I made from my vinyl collection, and surprisingly he was most grateful and thanked me graciously along with providing (what he considered were) corrections for their equalization and this kicked off our friendship. Nick at that time was building up a home theater lounge, which included high-end hifi gear with a Wurlitzer Bubbler jukebox that he restored. On a particularly crazy and epically huge topic on "his" website's forum, he even posted the recipe that he used for his movie theater style popcorn popper in that lounge...man that guy was 110% (or more) on everything he endeavored. He didn't take any "horse hockey" from anyone and staunchly wouldn't ever create any himself. RIP NickN Edited April 22, 20224 yr by TheFamilyMan CPU: AMD 9800X3D PBO MB +200 CO -25| Motherboard: MSI MAG X870e Tomahawk WiFi | GPU: MSI RTX 5090 Ventus 3X OC | RAM: G.Skill 2x32GB DDR5 6000 cas 30 | M.2 SSDs: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2T, WD Black SN750 M.2 1T | Hard Drive: WD Black HDD 6T 7200 | Optical Drive: LG Bluray writer, internal | Cooling: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO | Case: Fractal Design Focus G | PSU: NZXT C1200 1200W Win 11 Pro 64|HP Reverb G2 revised VR HMD|Asus 25" IPS 2K 60Hz monitor|Saitek X52 Pro & Peddles|TIR 5 (now retired)
May 20, 20224 yr Oh no. Knew of Nick from the Flight1 forum. Was he ill or this sudden? Floored. He will be sorely missed. Win10Pro 22H2-19045.7184 IntelCorei7-3770K GigabyteGA-Z68XP-UD3 32GBGSkillCL7-8-8-24 AsusRTX2070OC8GB 1TBCrucialMX500SSD 2 TB PNY CS900 (x3)1TBRAWMushkinSSDs LGBlueRayBurner RosewillChallengerTowerBlack CorsairRM750wPSU X56HOTAS TtesportsCommanderKeyboardMousecombo TrackIR5Pro 34inUltraWideScreenLG2560x1080p TM2xMFDCougar OculusQuest2 InateckKU5211PCIe3.2 LTERIVERPCIeG2S4 TMobileHomeInternet5GMSI Codex Series R2 B14NUC7-095US Windows 11 Home 25H2 26200.8524 - i7 14700F MSI Pro B760 VC Wifi II RTX 5060ti OC 16GB 32GB DDR5 5600mhz 2TB MSI nVME 4TB Crucial nVME 4TB SPCC SATA SSD P-3 4TB SSD 650w Gold PSU Monitor LG 2560x1080p 34in
May 20, 20224 yr Author Moderator 15 hours ago, udidwht said: Oh no. Knew of Nick from the Flight1 forum. Was he ill or this sudden? Floored. He will be sorely missed. He's been fighting cancer for over 20 years. RIG#1 - I9 14900K MSI Pro z790 RTX 5070Ti 40" 4K Monitor 3840x2160
May 20, 20224 yr Condolences to the family and the flying community., Nick was a great advocate of making your sim run as best it could and his contributions to the community won't be forgotten. RIP Nick. You deserve it. Thank you. Rick $Silver Donor EAA 1317610 I7-7700K @ 4.5ghz, MSI Z270 Gaming MB, 32gb 3200, Geforce RTX2080 Super O/C, 28" Samsung 4k Monitor, Various SSD, HD, and peripherals
July 4, 20223 yr Nick's work was truly appreciated by all in the FSX group I flew with and he will be greatly missed.
July 5, 20223 yr Rest In Peace, Nick. Thank You for everything you did to make our simming a very enjoyable and knowledgeable experience. Chris Howard
August 11, 20223 yr I was looking for his guide to visit old memories (FSX Steam) and came across this post instead. Very sad to find out that he had passed. Someone should post the last known version of his guide here as a testament to his contribution to this great hobby. Hardware: i7-8700k, GTX 1070-ti, 32GB ram, NVMe/SSD drives with lots of free space. Software: latest Windows 10 Pro, P3Dv4.5+, FSX Steam, and lots of addons (100+ mostly Orbx stuff).
October 18, 20223 yr RIP. 13600KF - AIO - 32GB DDR4 - RTX4070 - UW1440p GSync - USB DAC - 2TB NVMe - Windows 11 Pro - Gladiator NXT EVO - 1 Gbps Fiber - MSFS 2024
December 11, 20223 yr I only found out about Nick's passing today in another thread and i am both surprised and in shock. I followed many of his tutorials and learned quite a lot from them. Thank you, and wherever you are, RIP. CASE: Fractal Terra Silver CPU: AMD R5 7800X3D 5.0Ghz RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 GPU: nVidia RTX 4070 Ti SUPER · SSDs: Samsung 990 PRO 2TB M.2 PCIe · PNY XLR8 CS3040 2TB M.2 PCIe · VIDEO: LG-32GK650F QHD 32" 144Hz FREE/G-SYNC · MISC: Thrustmaster TCA Airbus Joystick + Throttle Quadrant · MSFS2024 · Windows 11
December 11, 20223 yr 11 minutes ago, Nuno Pinto said: I only found out about Nick's passing today in another thread and i am both surprised and in shock. I followed many of his tutorials and learned quite a lot from them. Thank you, and wherever you are, RIP. Same here. His tutorials were amazing, and he personally guided me through my first overclock over 10 years ago. RIP MSFS Premium Deluxe Edition; Windows 11 Pro, I9-9900k; Asus Maximus XI Hero; Asus TUF RTX3080TI; 32GB G.Skill Ripjaw DDR4 3600; 2X Samsung 1TB 970EVO; NZXT Kraken X63; Seasonic Prime PX-1000, LG 48" C1 Series OLED, Honeycomb Yoke & TQ, CH Rudder Pedals, Logitech G13 Gamepad
December 11, 20223 yr Nick's was one of those legendary names that go back to the early 2000s (possibly earlier) of the hobby. Nick along with people like J Bogota (another super user who innovated with FSX, as Nick did), Steve of "Steve's Fixer", Pete Dowson, "Radar Man" (from Flyawaysimulation) and a few select others were senior servants of hte hobby. Many of them helped transformed the then problematic release into something that served many of us for over a decade. It's funny because I had always thought Nick Needham was a Brit; just sounds like a Brit name. I'd often imagines him a fine country fellow, in the mold of Pete Dowson. Seems I was wrong and he was a true American legend, living life to the full, unapologetically. I still have FSX installed on a spare drive, and it still has a CFG file that contains Nick's magic. That says it all really. Thank you Nick. Fly high. Edited December 11, 20223 yr by JYW Bill 😎FS2024 • Currently in 'GA mode' : A2A Comanche 2024 & Aerostar • Black Square C208, Bonanzas, Barons, TBM850, Dukes • COWS DA40 & DA42 • FSW Legacy, C24R Sierra & C414 • Echo Falco F8L • FFX HJET, Visionjet and P180 2024 • Got Friends A32 Vixxen • FSReborn Sirius TL3000, Sting S4 and Piper M500 • Flyboy Rans S6S • Skyward DA50RG • SWS Zenith CH701, RV-8, RV-10, RV-14, PC12 • Milviz C310R • Air Foil Labs Bristell B23 TrackIR • BeyondATC • PMS GTN Payware • RealTurb • Axis & Ohs • FS Realistic Pro9800X3D • RTX 3080 • 64GB DDR5-6000NPPL licence holder in the UK
December 12, 20223 yr How sad. His FSX guide and methodology was a tremendous help back then. It was much appreciated work. I very much appreciated the "directness" of his writing, if I recall it correctly. 5800X3D - Strix X570-E - 32GB 3600Mhz DDR4 - AMD RX 9070 XT- Samsung 980 Pro x2
December 13, 20223 yr Just saw this thread, terrible news... I uses Nicks FSX guides and his invaluable Windows set up guides... He was a very knowledgeable man...RIP Nick...
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