FSX System help please

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Hi guys

I am looking at getting a new FSX PC, I have built one in the past but am looking at these for ease, could i get your oppinions on them please i.e which one you think is best? Cheers

System 1

-Corsair Carbide 330R, Black, Steel/Plastic, 210x495x484 (WxHxD mm), 2x USB 3, Headphone & Mic

-Asus Z87 Motherboards [Asus Z87-K, Intel Z87 Chipset]

-Intel Core i5 4670K - Quad Core, 6MB Cache [3XS Grade Two - Up to 4.4GHz - Tuned for optimal performance, with acoustics and temperatures midway between Grades One and Three.]

-Thermalright HR-02 Macho Performance CPU Cooler

-8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro - 2133MHz, CAS 9-11-11-31, 1.65V [Silver Heatsink]

-2GB EVGA GTX 760 SC ACX, 1072MHz GPU, 1152 Cores, 6008MHz GDDR5

-600W Corsair CX, Semi-Modular, 80PLUS Bronze - Any Single Graphics Card

-128GB Sandisk Enterprise X110 - 505MB/s Read, 445MB/s Write, 81K IOPS

-System Drives - These drives have been hand-picked as system drives as they are the highest performing conventional spindle based disks, this is primarily due to the higher 7200rpm speed. Although fast an SSD is still the ultimate in performance storage. [1TB Seagate Barracuda, 7200rpm, 64MB Cache]

-Samsung SH-224DB - 24x DVD Reader & Writer

-Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit, Supports upto 16GB of RAM.

Total Price: £996.75 ($1676.73)


System 2


-Corsair Obsidian 550D, Black, Aluminium/Steel, 221x495x531 (WxHxD in mm), 2x USB 3, Headphone & Mic

-Asus Z87 Motherboards [Asus Z87-K, Intel Z87 Chipset]

-Intel Core i7 4770K - Quad Core with Hyperthreading, 8MB Cache [3XS Grade Two - Up to 4.4GHz - Tuned for optimal performance, with acoustics and temperatures midway between Grades One and Three.]

-3XS Customised Corsair H100 hydro cooler with dual SP120L fans.

-8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro - 2133MHz, CAS 9-11-11-31, 1.65V [Red Heatsink]

-2GB EVGA GTX 770 SC ACX, 1111MHz GPU, 1536 Cores, 7010MHz GDDR5 [Single card - good up to two monitors]

-550W Corsair RM, Modular, Silent, 80PLUS Gold - Any Single Graphics Card

-256GB Sandisk Enterprise X110 - 505MB/s Read, 445MB/s Write, 81K IOPS

-System Drives - These drives have been hand-picked as system drives as they are the highest performing conventional spindle based disks, this is primarily due to the higher 7200rpm speed. Although fast an SSD is still the ultimate in performance storage. [2TB Seagate Barracuda, 7200rpm, 64MB Cache]

-Samsung SH-224DB - 24x DVD Reader & Writer

-Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit, Supports upto 16GB of RAM.

Total price:£1398.99 ($2353.38) £402 difference from system 1 to 2.

Cheers

 

[Nathan Willis]

I would go for the second build.
The CPU is better.

I5:

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-4670K+%40+3.40GHz

I7:

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-4770K+%40+3.50GHz

I would go with an air cooler though.
Look at some Noctua coolers. They make really good stuff.
Those closed loop coolers are not the best.
They can leak and kill your whole system.

I would also get a bigger PSU.
550 watts is not that much especially if you plan to upgraded.
The GTX 770 does not pull that much power.

You will be fine with the 550 watt PSU.
I would get a bigger one if you plan to upgraded though.
The Corsair RM series is not that good.
Get XFX or Seasonic.
Here are two:

http://www.amazon.com/XFX-ATX-550-Power-Supply/dp/B004RJ8EKI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1400885209&sr=8-3&keywords=XFX+psu

http://www.amazon.com/SeaSonic-550-Watt-CrossFire-Certified-SSR-550RM/dp/B00918MEZG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400885228&sr=8-1&keywords=seasonic+psu

You can use this calculator to get an estimate of how may watts you need.

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

Other then that your system looks great.