Hi
I use a 3 Screen setup for FSX at the moment, and want to upgrade since my system was high spec in 2007. I may switch to Prepar3D in due course and want to be able to overclock.
Does anyone have any tweaks preferably based on experience, to this suggested spec which might have a real impact on flight sim performance with FSX or Prepar3D .... My current spec from 2007 is Intel Pentium dual core at 3Ghz stock speed (I forget the chip number offhand but good at the time) 8GB, GTX8800 sual SLI, Ram DDR3 at 1066Mhz, air cooled, twin HD drives and one of the first DDR3 Asus ROG motherboards. (Wasted my money on the second GTX8800 given that FSX does not use SLI...)
I figure it may be best to use a 4790k chip (z97 chipset) rather than an x99 chipset since the clock speeds are higher on the 4790k which is better for FSX (being CPU bound).
Thanks in advance!
Suggested new spec is:
Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM TROOPER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4790k (4.0GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® MAXIMUS VII GENE: RoG, PCI-e 3.0, SATA 3.0, USB3.0
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 Ti - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk
120GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 410MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
250GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media
Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
I use a 3 Screen setup for FSX at the moment, and want to upgrade since my system was high spec in 2007. I may switch to Prepar3D in due course and want to be able to overclock.
Does anyone have any tweaks preferably based on experience, to this suggested spec which might have a real impact on flight sim performance with FSX or Prepar3D .... My current spec from 2007 is Intel Pentium dual core at 3Ghz stock speed (I forget the chip number offhand but good at the time) 8GB, GTX8800 sual SLI, Ram DDR3 at 1066Mhz, air cooled, twin HD drives and one of the first DDR3 Asus ROG motherboards. (Wasted my money on the second GTX8800 given that FSX does not use SLI...)
I figure it may be best to use a 4790k chip (z97 chipset) rather than an x99 chipset since the clock speeds are higher on the 4790k which is better for FSX (being CPU bound).
Thanks in advance!
Suggested new spec is:
Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM TROOPER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4790k (4.0GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® MAXIMUS VII GENE: RoG, PCI-e 3.0, SATA 3.0, USB3.0
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 Ti - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk
120GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 410MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
250GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media
Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
