IcedUpPitotTube 0 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Hey people, it's just about time I got a good gaming PC. Note that I'm not a hardcore gamer; just want to get smooth FPS w/ FRAPS on in FSX, and about 30 FPS for other games (Crysis, COD, etc.). I also plan to do some video editing, but not much. Here are the specs: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP ASUS P8P67 DELUXE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Other software I'm planning to install: FSX Gold Edition Camtasia Studio Norton Anti Virus 2011 Microsoft Office Home & Student 2010 FRAPS __________________________________________________________ Please offer any suggestions for improvement. I'm aiming for less than $2000 USD, no more than $2500 USD. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Hi IUPT I am far from an expert but I would advise getting a couple of drives the main one being either a WD Veloceraptor or SSD for the O/S and programs and keeping the Caviar for data/backup/downloads etc. Maybe increase the PSU to at least 850, preferably higher otherwise when you want to add in that extra...... there's not enough juice to power it. I now back-away in reverence to the experts! Link to post Share on other sites
IcedUpPitotTube 0 Posted March 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Increase the PSU? I've a friend who has an i7 2600K, GTX 570, etc., and he powered it with a 750 watt. Oh, and he overclocked his CPU. I'm not sure... Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 I'm no expert on hardware either, but just to be sure double check that the 1155 socket runs with dual memory sticks. Some I5 & I7 processors require three memory circuits if I remember correctly. And I fully agree with Joe on the hard drives. Link to post Share on other sites
IcedUpPitotTube 0 Posted March 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 I believe it does. And I think I'll add a 128 GB SSD into the mix... do you guys think that'll be enough? Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 I think budget comes into it as well Andrew, SSD's are still very expensive and you would be talking a lot of money for a 256. 128 dedicated to flight sim would be fine, if you were a scenery junkie then don't forget it takes up huge amounts of disk space. Also consider that if you make the SSD your boot drive with your operating system and a couple of programs you have already taken a fair hit on storage. Have a look at your present set up and disk usage and use that to make your judgement :smile: Link to post Share on other sites
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