Simviation Forums

I have been out of the Flightsim circuit for a couple of years due to lack of interest and insufficient hardware. But now I've just ordered the following setup:
Motherboard: Gigabyte X58-UD3 motherboard
(Intel X58 chipset)
CPU: Core i7-920 4x2.66GHz 4,8GT/sec      
Ram:      6 GB DDR3 RAM TriChannel (1333MHz)
Harddisk:      1000GB S-ATAII 3Gb/s 7200rpm
Grafik:      nVidia GeForce GTX285 1024MB  PCI-E
Cabinet:      Aplus Miditower Deluxe LowNoise (Ekstra k

Velkominn til SimV (

Funny you should mention that about OC, someone wrote the same in another forum to me. Does that mean that 1333 mhz ram can't be overclocked and what should I get instead if I decide to oc at a later time?

Welcome back to the sim bud. Ive been at this for little over 11 years so I know how it is to loose interest and get burnt out. I still go through those phases but I always come back after a week or two

Jlund,

I recommend you install XP x64, but many folks have had success with W7. It's all up to you though.


This is all you will need to set up FSX on Windows 7: http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_p ... 29041&PN=1

Read EVERYTHING, follow the instructions CORRECTLY, and ENJOY FSX

And yes, 1333 memory cannot be used to OC the i7 processors. The mem multiplier is 8x, so let's say you try to OC to 3.2ghz. The BCLK (FSB on i7 basically) would be 160, times the multiplier 20x. So, 160x20=3200 (3.2ghz). Now, 160 (bclk) times the mem mult (8x), 160x8=1280mhz on the memory, which means you would be underclocking the memory, probably losing performance.

If you try to OC to 4ghz... 200x20=4000. 200x8=1600mhz memory.

That's why it's not good to use 1333 memory to OC with i7s.

EDIT: Well, now that I do the math, you can overclock to about 3.32ghz, but the goal with i7s is to get it to 3.8+ because of its simplicity and performance increase at those speeds.

I have just bought this today:

Motherboard: Gigabyte X58-UD3 motherboard
(Intel X58 chipset)
CPU: Core i7-920 4x2.66GHz 4,8GT/sec
Silent CPU Scythe Core cooler                                  
Ram:      6 GB DDR3 RAM Corsair 1600 Mhz
Harddisk:      WD 74GB Raptor for the Operating System (Win 7 RC)
I own a WD 1TB already for programs
Grafik:      nVidia GeForce GTX285 1024MB  PCI-E
Cabinet:      Aplus Miditower Deluxe LowNoise (Ekstra k