Budget flight sim machine

[brpeden82]

he needs to know u cant sli on a amd chipset. u need a nvidia chipset am i right?

 

[clarkjd]

Here's an AMD MB with Nvidia chipset to allow for SLI:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131636

 

[ScrewySqrl]

the NVidia chipsets are old, really dating to AM2+, ever since nvidia pulled out of the chipset market

 

[clarkjd]

Yep...No 6gb SATA or USB3.0 but if you want to use SLI w/AMD CPU, your options are limited.

 

[esaglik]

wait, so what do I do? D:

 

[clarkjd]

Figure out what you MUST do(AMD or INTEL), then whatever is left, is what you CAN do.

 

[esaglik]

intel wise, for similar price to a 955be and a Gigabyte GA-880GA so around 210 quid what can i get on the intel side, will it be of comprable performance and will there be enough pcie lanes to run everything?

 

[ScrewySqrl]

the US price for that is about $250, while a Sandy Bridge 2500 and an H67 runs about $300

 

[esaglik]

grrr............ what a painful choice! plus if i went sandybridge i would be having to get an unlocked one for him cuz he upgrades every five years so he can gain a lot by just overclocking when it comes to it, mabye it'll be worth it.

 

[ScrewySqrl]

if you want a P67 and unlocked sandy bridge, its $350-400

 

[esaglik]

hmm, im looking at a giga p67 a-ud and a i5 2500k

 

[esaglik]

all in all thats gone up around about 120 quid, which when you consider youre getting, higher clockspeed, hyperthreading, and a better mainboard is too good to pass up i think

 

[ScrewySqrl]

should be good

 

[esaglik]

screwy, i cant help but notice your sig, do you really run vista still? :O

 

[ScrewySqrl]

yes, I do. I'll upgrade to 7 when I build a new PC

 

[esaglik]

ahhhhh more confusion, the gtx 560's have just come out in the uk! is it worth the money?

 

[ScrewySqrl]

GTX 560 is an improvement over the 460, but I think pricewise both match up rather well (the 460 is not as powerful, but it's priced well compared to the 560)

 

[esaglik]

all in all the upgrade would cost me a total of 100 gbp extra, so like what, 180$?

 

[ScrewySqrl]

basically: if you can afford it, the 560 is faster. if you can't the 460 is good enough

 

[jeeps83]

Very simple. I'm a FSX fanatic, enthusiast and may potently need intervention at some point, but for now I'm content.

I recommend starting with a higher end Intel MB there significantly more stable, easier to work with and the new MB have a rollback feature that protect it from wrong bios and settings if you muk up. Gigabyte Intel H67 LGA 1155 DDR3 1333 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard (GA-H67A-UD3H-B3) Its phenominal for cost to performance ratino, its got a stock video capability which some higher ends don't and it handled alot of basic games witih no card installed with out freezing ( on low res). Very crisp quality stock index rating was 5.3 or 5.1 not sure.


Depending on your budget and how obsseed you are. My specs for an ideal are the following

i5-2500k . Nothing less than i5( 2500k)You can do i7 but in FSX and 100% of other games you wont see a difference, I found no real difference in performance from the i7 2600k, the i5k is just the same in performance and you will not notice a difference.. I don't know about the others and I don't care, I build what I know will work time and time again. Don't waste your time with the stock heatsink, get you a nice larger one for 4 or so bucks. I don't use water cooling, I don't understand it and don't want to. I have mines over clocked at 3.9 with the i5

When I run dirt 3, and other games the graphics and permance looks so real its actually scarry, my xbox and play station look like nintendo from the 90's withi respect to graphics and performance.

I use the 800watt power supply. ( don't be cheap on that, spend the extra money cause I've had problems with faulty ones in the past, shutting down even some blue screens) I use not one but 2 HD 6990 830M 4 GB GDDR5, I just purchased another one ( I know 😀).hence why you will need a huge full tower, You don't need to cross fire cause I have 4 screens and was just obsseded with having crossfire, you can get away with 1 but make sure its a 6950 2gb and above!

I use the AZZA tower. Its great! its got 8 fans stock! no need to upgrade and its huge enough to fit a anything you every wanted, easy slots for installation simply open up and plug in the extra Hard rive or cd.

Use 2tb 7900 hard drive. You can go with a slower, no real major difference except on boot there's about a 2-3 second delay after you type in the password to you window. But once you type in, I'm ready in literally 2 seconds. but if your a freak like me I want my pc to 7.9 on everything..I don't know It makes me feel good I suppose.

NO LESS THAN 8GB OF MEMORY. I've tried every variation and I've foundn that 6 is border line 8-12 is the best.

In the end FSX needs alot of working on to tweek and Microsoft had better start shaping up and improving its simulation package and no matter how much money you spend FSX is and will always perform less than sub par with respect to what you want. Its not the same as say Dirt 3 with respect to graphic, still has some glitches and patches.


ALSO ALOT OF PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING OF BLUE SCREEN WITH ATI, IVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR YEARS THE MAIN REASON ARE

1 -BAD MEM CARDS!! THEY CAUSE ALOT OF BLUE SCREEN ERROS AND DIFFERENT CODES BUY NEW ONES, DON'T TOUCH WHEN INSTALLING, GROUND YOUR SELF AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE THE CORRECT ONE FOR YOUR PC!! 1333 ETC ETC. IT MAY NOT EVEN SHOW BUT 8/10 TIMES I JUST SWITCHED UP THE STICK AND BOOM! BUT MAKE SURE THEY AGAIN MATCH THE MOTHERBOARD AND EVERYTHING ELSE, DON'T JUST BUY ANYONE.

2-UPDATE YOUR FILES FOR COMPUTER, DOWNLOAD WHAT EVER PATHCES ARE NEEDED FOR FSX DON'T MESS AROUND WITH BIOS ( I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON PC BUT I KNOW ENOUGH TO KNOW TO NOT SLASH OR CHANGE THEM IF I DON'T) ITS CAUSED ME COUNTLESS HOURS AND MONEY TO REMEDY A MESSED UP PC FROM MINES OR MY FRIENDS.

3-UPDATE THE PATCHES AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED FOR THE GRAPHICSCARD. ALLOT OF TIME PEOPLE WERE COMPALING BAOUT THE CARDS AND THE DRIVER. THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME ITS THE PC NOT THE CARDS.I'VE SEEN ALL SORTS OF ERRORS AND IT WAS JUST GOING BACK TO BASICS, CHECK YOUR MB AND SURE ITS WORKING WELL, CHECK OUR MEM CARD, CHECK YOUR ELECTRICAL OUTPUT, CHECK YOUR BIO. EVEN THOUGH SOME SAY THAT THEY DOWNLOADED DIFFERENT CATAYLST AND SAW NO MORE PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY DOWNLOADED NEW ONES, I NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE NEWEST ONES. IT THINK THIS GOES BACK TO MEM STICKS AND BIO AND UPDATES.