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Keeping in mind that I'm a strictly FS9 person, should I stay single core CPU or move on to a dual core.

olderndirt,

Hum...............

My thoughts....which are not coming from a PC hardware guy at all..... are that while fs9 does not truly support multicore, if you are running a lot of other stuff in the background that you can move to the second coere, that might speed up the sim which you keep on the first core.

If that is true (I am still using a PC with hyperthreading only) then I'd be looking for maybe the fastest clocked dual core you can find... since the sim will only be using a single core of the pair.  Likely going quad core will not buy you anything much unless you are running a lot of other stuff too (like for a simpit).

You'll get your best and most accurate advice on this subject down in the "Hardware" section of the SimV forums... so I am going to move this down there.  Hopefully someone like NickN will see it and comment.

best,

................john

John
Appreciate your reply.

Hey olderndirt,

I would imagine that, if you're going to stick to FS9, these should do just fine:

CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819116072

Graphics card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 814121263R

and at least 2gb of RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820231098

For your power supply, I believe 600w should do the job just fine

Hey olderndirt,

I would imagine that, if you're going to stick to FS9, these should do just fine: For your power supply, I believe 600w should do the job just fine

Thanks a lot.