Best computer for FSX...

[Cag40Navy]

Hello,
I am looking for the absolute best computer for FSX. I want the best set up that will run FSX at maximum everything and still keep up on a 30 FPS lock while also making it lighting fast everywere else. Thank you.

[txnetcop]

Hello,
I am looking for the absolute best computer for FSX. I want the best set up that will run FSX at maximum everything and still keep up on a 30 FPS lock while also making it lighting fast everywere else. Thank you.

To buy or build CAG?
Ted

[Cag40Navy]

To buy or build CAG?
Ted
Lets play out both and then i can really get a good comparison.

[txnetcop]

CAG I will get back with you this evening and give you some of my top choices. Harleyman should also be around here today too and there are several other guys in here that I consider PROS when it comes to computers
Ted

Also visit the ToyRoom in the forum...back this evening

[Cag40Navy]

CAG I will get back with you this evening and give you some of my top choices. Harleyman should also be around here today too and there are several other guys in here that I consider PROS when it comes to computers
Ted

Also visit the ToyRoom in the forum...back this evening
Thank you, i will look around.

[txnetcop]

CAG this rig beat out two more expensive rigs in our testing:Gamer Paladin F970 by IBUYPOWER $3300. We use the same zero-point comparison as MaximumPC in our testing
http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Gamer_Paladin_F970

Two very fast rigs it beat:
Digital Storm’s tri-CrossFire Hail Storm $7800 faster than Alienware's best
Main Gear’s tri-SLI Shift $6900-faster than Velocity's fastest

Case
CoolerMaster HAF 932 Full Tower Gaming Case - Black

iBUYPOWER Labs - Noise Reduction
None

iBUYPOWER Labs - Internal Expansion
None

Case Lighting
None

Processor
Intel® Core™ i7 980X Processor Extreme Edition (6x 3.33GHz/12MB L3 Cache) OC'd to 3.8Ghz


iBUYPOWER PowerDrive
None

Processor Cooling
[Free Upgrade] Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ 120mm Radiator [SOCKET-1366]

Memory
6 GB [2 GB X3] DDR3-1600 - Corsair Dominator

Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 - 1.5GB - Single Card

Video Card Brand
Major Brand Powered by ATI or NVIDIA

Motherboard
[SLI] Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R w/ 4x PCI-E 2.0 x16

Motherboard Add-on
None

Power Supply
800 Watt -- Power Supply - SLI Ready

Primary Hard Drive
80 GB Intel X25-M MLC SSD - Single Drive

Data Hard Drive
2X1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 32M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s - Dual 1TB Drives (2TB Capacity) - RAID 0 High Performance

Optical Drive
24X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive - Black

2nd Optical Drive
[10X Blu-Ray] LG BLU-RAY Re-Writer, DVD±R/±RW Burner Combo Drive - Black

Flash Media Reader/Writer
12-In-1 External USB Flash Media Card Reader/Writer

Meter Display
None

Sound Card
3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard

Network Card
Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)

Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate + Office Starter 2010 (Includes basic versions of Word and Excel) - 64-bit

Keyboard
iBUYPOWER USB Keyboard - Black

Mouse
iBUYPOWER Internet Mouse - Black

Monitor
None

2nd Monitor
None

Speaker System
iBUYPOWER 2.1 Channel Stereo Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System

Power Protection
None

Headset
None

MP3/MP4 Player
None

Video Camera
None

Warranty
Standard Warranty Service - Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support

You may substitute the ASUS p6X58D as a mainboard for the same results

Never once in all the testing of FSX with SP1 using GEX, Ultimate Terrain, TrafficX 2010 as a base did it drop below 30fps (all settings were full right and set to 100% traffic) anywhere in FSX using Nick N's guides at simviaiton.com (Disclaimer: We did not have FSX Gold or Acceleration for our FSX Deluxe as FSX is not a normal software used for gamer testing).
Ted

By the way: the term lightning fast is a pipe dream!

[txnetcop]

If you want to build your own-DarthVader has it right:

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=38709&p=435395&posted=1#post435395

The only thing I would add is get a very very good single rail modular power supply for gaming! I also use liquid cooling systems on the i7Core processors. If you OC to 4.0 or better you will be glad you did and it's not hard to install just time consuming. If you decide you want to build there are videos on youtube that show you everything you need to know including OverClocking!
Ted

[Cag40Navy]

thanks txnetcop, i will look into these systems. Anyone else is welcome to introduce other systems also.

[Cag40Navy]

How come 12GB of RAM is really never used and people use 64-bit windows?

1 more, What is the fastest and best SDD formy uses?

[txnetcop]

How come 12GB of RAM is really never used and people use 64-bit windows?

1 more, What is the fastest and best SDD formy uses?

It depends on the applications requirements as to how much RAM you need?

The fastest is not the best, but right now the leading SSD in overall performance is OC Vertex, but that will change in about a month as Patriot Torqx is coming out with a better version of already good version. I am sure that will change in another month
Ted

[harleyman]

Good to know Ted...many thanks Bud....

[blazefox2]

hi cag ;) if you want to go overkill i would recomend getting a sli capable mobo and get two dual-gbu vid cards (mabye the nvidia 200 series?) so you basicly have 4 vid cards :mixedsmi:

[harleyman]

I disagree with FSX and SLI

although many have done it and gotten away with it, there are thousands that stumble with a SLI or CrossfireX set up.

Any good card from ATI 4890 up rocks FSX