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fs_addict Full Member Offline Posts: 173 Joined: Mar 3^rd, 2011	Time for a new computer? Jul 23^rd, 2012 at 7:43pm	Print Post
	I my current computer is lagging behind (pun intended) for games, so I think it's time to build a new one. (Actually the computer I'm on was factory built ) Here's what I'm looking at... Intel i5 quad core @ 3.3GHz (3.7 w/ Turbo Boost) ASUS P8Z77-V LK USB 3.0 Motherboard 750W PSU Windows 7 64 bit Nividia GTX 560 GIGABYTE GZ-X8BPDX-400 Case 250 GB HDD (FSX Install) 600 GB HDD (OS, Misc) 8GB RAM I've triple-checked all this will work together... What do you guys think? BTW: My old computer's case and PSU are both too small for any improvements... I could replace but it's more trouble than it's worth.

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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12453 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Time for a new computer? Reply #1 - Jul 24^th, 2012 at 2:09am	Print Post
	It sounds very good to me.

	Mark Fletcher PC: i7 10700K @3.8/5.1GHz \| 64GB DDR4 3200 \| 12GB RTX 4070 Super \| 32" LCD Monitor \| 1TB SSD + 2TB SSD + 2TB HDD \| Win 11 Pro
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Cappy Senior Member Offline Moar fuel please Posts: 375 Location: United States of Australia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2010	Re: Time for a new computer? Reply #2 - Jul 24^th, 2012 at 9:06am	Print Post
	Get a velociraptor and put your fsx install on that. And a smaller SSD for windows, that will make a HUGE difference. But only put windows on the SSD, nothing else.

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fs_addict Full Member Offline Posts: 173 Joined: Mar 3^rd, 2011	Re: Time for a new computer? Reply #3 - Jul 24^th, 2012 at 5:27pm	Print Post
	The SSD is something I looked at, but right now it seems a little out of budget. I added up everything on a calculator and it was ~$760. I'm trying to go under $800. I might expand later though to an SSD for the speeds. (I'm assuming that's why you said that though) Also, I think I like this case better. It has a clear panel on the sides and is only 5$ more!

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Cappy Senior Member Offline Moar fuel please Posts: 375 Location: United States of Australia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2010	Re: Time for a new computer? Reply #4 - Jul 28^th, 2012 at 4:49am	Print Post
	Yep an SSD will speed up your system far more than any cpu will. All cpu's are plenty fast enough these days, despite what fanboys will tell you. There is a LOT of fud around what's needed for FSX. SSD will NOT speed up your fsx though that's why I suggest a velociraptor for that and SSD for windows only. You only need 60-80GB for that.

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gandy Senior Member Offline Posts: 266 Location: Near EGHH Joined: Mar 25^th, 2011	Re: Time for a new computer? Reply #5 - Jul 28^th, 2012 at 5:00pm	Print Post
	The more raw cpu power you have per core the better for your frames when combined with a decent graphics card. SSD for fsx is the way to go but it wont give you more frames per second but improve the loading time of the sim and thats about all it will do. I run windows and fsx on there own ssd drives and the improved loading time is well worth it even more so now that ssd's have had a massive price drop as i plan to buy 2x 256gig ssd drives and raid them for fsx/p3d and buy a 128gig ssd for windows as the 60gig one im using atm is a little small. When you buy your first ssd.. use it for windows as the boot times will blow your socks off but yeah fs_addict that build should do you well and give you some nice performance

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Cthulhus Senior Member Offline If it's Boeing, � I'm going ! Posts: 850 Location: France Joined: Mar 1^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: Time for a new computer? Reply #6 - Jul 30^th, 2012 at 7:16am	Print Post
	That will be good !

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