colwah 0 Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 Hello Guys and Gals The paperwork has been filled in, in triplicate and my Beautiful wife has allowed me to have a new PC. One of my friends is going to build it for me but we still have quite a tight budget. The budget is between Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 Hi Colin, That is quite a tight budget for a flight sim PC. Have a look here http://www.scan.co.uk/ there's some good stuff there. You want to get at least an Intel core2 Quad if possible, that's about Link to post Share on other sites
colwah 0 Posted November 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 Thanks Mutt, When you find a processor that you think might be ok how do you know what motherboard to buy. Or are you supposed to find the motherboard first?? Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 You have to check the socket type and speed of the motherboard is suitable for the CPU. Have a look here http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/bundles.html Maybe the best way for you to go is to get a motherboard bundle which has a matched CPU & ram already on board, probably a bit more expensive but takes a lot of teh worry out of it. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
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