Will this run FSX smoothly

pttruth · May 3, 2013

Alright guys, so in about 1 and a half months I am going to building my first pc. this pc is mainly going to be used for FSX. So i just wanted to know what you guys think about the build, and whether I can improve it or not (budget is $2400 but I am at arounf $2250 right now)

The Build:

CPU: i7-3770k (3.5 GHz) (planing to OC)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100

Mobo: MSi Z77A-GD65

Memory: 16 gb DDR3-2133

Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128 Gb (FSX Only)
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200RPM HDD

GPU: EVGA GTX 680 4GB

PSU: SeaSonic X 850W GoldPLUS

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium

tigerg · May 3, 2013

That is a pretty high end machine as it is. HYou could get two 670s instead of a 680 and still probably be in your budget depending on which brands you select. A little googling says FSX is pretty CPU demanding so stick with that i7 or wait for the haswell which comes out shortly.

mrmez · May 3, 2013

Yeah, FSX is CPU bound, pretty much regardless of GFX card, so buy the best CPU you can.
An i7 should be ideal.

pttruth · May 3, 2013

Thanks for the responces guys!

The reason I am not going to go with 2 GTX 670's (which normally would be ideal), is because SLI actually is not very benificial to FSX, and sometimes might even lower perfomance

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