I-7 920 for FSX

**10lrrp** · June 29th, 2009, 16:07

Hi guys need a new computer, best i can afford is the I-7 920
mhz will this run my FSX well, or perhaps better than the quad cores ect
thanks

Andy B.

***jmig*** · June 29th, 2009, 16:10

If you can team it up with equal quality components it will sing. My Q9550 is O/C to 3.4 Ghz and FSX is as smooth as silk.

Somebody around here has one that is O/C to 4.2 Ghz. I can only imagine how well FSX must run on that rig.

BTW: Welcome to SOH!

**ryanbatc** · June 29th, 2009, 16:16

Yeah only if you overclock it though. Make sure you have a quality motherboard and get a cooler like this one:

http://www.crazypc.com/products/ultr...366-50985.html

Overclock settings for a 920 D0 stepping right here:
http://www.simforums.com/forums/foru....asp?TID=30486

***hey_moe*** · June 29th, 2009, 16:21

Hi Andy and welcome to SOH....it would be better for you to post what you are going to be putting in your system, then we would be able to give ya better suggestion...Mike

BananaBob · June 29th, 2009, 16:21

It's what I use, have it OC to 3.7Ghz easily. :ernae:

**RyanJames170** · June 29th, 2009, 17:30

my personal opinion is that an i7 920 is no better speed wise then the Q9650. the i7 will end up costing more $$$$ both can be clocked up to freeken unreal speeds. but the 920 is not much better then the Q9650 and with the Q9650 you can get off with DDR2 1066 RAM and the # of good mobos is just as high but there an little cheaper. thats my opinion anyway
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**10lrrp** · June 29th, 2009, 17:32

Here are some of the specs you guys requested:\
i7-920 2.66 ghz 1mbl2=8mb shared l3 cache with qpi
8gigs ram
2.0 tera 7200 rpm sata drive
1 gig ati radeon hd 4650

'hope this helps guys

**ryanbatc** · June 29th, 2009, 18:08

if you go with the i7 920 be sure you have triple channel ram, and 8gb is not a valid set, you would want 3gb or 6gb or 12gb:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227365

***PRB*** · June 29th, 2009, 18:29

Originally Posted by ryanbatc

if you go with the i7 920 be sure you have triple channel ram, and 8gb is not a valid set, you would want 3gb or 6gb or 12gb:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227365

What do you mean by not "valid"? My computer has the i7 920, and I have 8 GB of ram. It seems valid enough, and runs FSX quite well, but is certainly not the fastest "rig" out there.

**djscoo** · June 29th, 2009, 18:41

Originally Posted by PRB

What do you mean by not "valid"? My computer has the i7 920, and I have 8 GB of ram. It seems valid enough, and runs FSX quite well, but is certainly not the fastest "rig" out there.

I just checked on the instructions that came with my EVGA X58 motherboard and it does have 6 slots for ram and special instructions which sound like you can indeed have 8 gigs or any other multiple of 2 or 3...

**ryanbatc** · June 29th, 2009, 18:43

yes you can have 8 or 4 etc, but you want true tri-channel setup with the x58 motherboards, thats why if going with ddr3 you want 3 stick of ram

***PRB*** · June 29th, 2009, 18:49

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So, what's the down side of having 8 instead of 6 GB? To use "true tri-channel setup", would I have to go down to 6, or up to 9?

MCDesigns · June 30th, 2009, 06:17

Originally Posted by ryanbatc

yes you can have 8 or 4 etc, but you want true tri-channel setup with the x58 motherboards, thats why if going with ddr3 you want 3 stick of ram

Tri channel is recommended for Core i7 setups on certain X58 boards

In a meeting between Legit Reviews and Intel it was discovered that three slots should be used if you want the best performance. If you pop in a fourth module and occupy all the slots the DX58SO motherboard won't be running in quad-channel. It will actually default back down to single channel mode, which will obviously drastically impact memory bandwidth. The official support memory clock speed is 1066MHz, but Intel was quick to say that 1333MHz, 1600MHz and even 2000MHz memory kits will work on the platform.

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/775/1/