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Hi everybody. Can someone make this more simple for me . I have been using fsx. For a long time now. Only thing I ever play . I am building a fully enclosed cockpit in my garage. But I need a full list of parts for a high end pc. Just for fsx. Nothing else. I find it hard to understand all the info on the net . Please can someone put a complete package together. Thanks ger......
 
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Based on what I've read, you'd need at least an i5-750 and GTX 560 or something to run FSX smoothly. It takes advantage of up to 256 threads once you've updated it fully as well so you should get decent performance out of an FX-6 or FX-8. It seems to run more smoothly on AMD cards as well for some reason.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($96.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($55.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($42.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial BX100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.99 @ Adorama)
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Based on what I've read, you'd need at least an i5-750 and GTX 560 or something to run FSX smoothly. It takes advantage of up to 256 threads once you've updated it fully as well so you should get decent performance out of an FX-6 or FX-8. It seems to run more smoothly on AMD cards as well for some reason.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($96.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($55.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($42.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial BX100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 370 2GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card ($144.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $495.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-23 06:11 EDT-0400

Based on what I've read, that should give you decent performance.
 
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Very overkill but will run FSX very very well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($93.04 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($172.81 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($329.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1271.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-23 08:42 EDT-0400

 
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Ahh OK, I don't think you'll need an i7 but if you're going for a higher end system, you could go for this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($359.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Directron)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($53.90 @ Adorama)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 380 4GB IceQ X² OC Video Card ($219.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $966.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-23 08:45 EDT-0400
 
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You're right, spending so much (as in my build) for playing FSX doesn't seem right!
 
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Thanks guys. . I will probably have a lot of add ons. Installed by the time I am finished. Will this be still OK with these specs. . I have being running i 7 g5800. And ati. Radeom 5570. For a long time now. But when I put my two side screens on it just killed it. my aim was to have large 40 inch screen for front view and two 32 inch screens for left and right view. And one small screen for instruments display.
 
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Ahh fair enough, playing across all those screens will need a great graphics card with 4GB+ of graphics memory I think. Considering this is the one game that will actually use 8 cores (once updated) I'd go for an FX-8 and a decent GPU instead of an i5.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($164.37 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Directron)
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($55.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($42.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial BX100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($319.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $791.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-23 10:27 EDT-0400
 
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you might even want to consider this:

4(8) core i7.
Mini ITX build.

Super premium

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($359.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($42.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: EVGA Stinger Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($172.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($334.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 380T Mini ITX Tower Case ($128.25 @ Directron)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($106.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1425.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-23 11:54 EDT-0400
 
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