Budget FSX PC Build

[lukefinch]

I am building a budget gaming PC to run FSX on. The hardware I am going to use is an AMD X4 955 3.20GHz CPU, 4gb RAM and a Radeon HD 4850 GPU.

My first question is, will this hardware run FSX well, with good FPS and image quality.

My second question is, which GPU would be better for FSX, a HD 4850 or 9800GT?

My third question, is anyone running FSX on a system similar to this?

Thanks in advance

[ShaneG_old]

Read this thread - http://205.252.250.26/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaB ... 1244736039

[Slotback]

That thread is getting old...

[ShaneG_old]

That thread is getting old...

Agreed, but it's hardware within, is about as current as what the poster listed above, and no one else has stepped up to the plate with a replacement for it yet. 

[Slotback]

i7 930 has replaced i7 920.

i7 960 has replaced i7 950.

i7 980X has replaced i7 975.

Tuniq 120 Extreme and Noctua NH-U12P are the best air coolers at the moment.

PC POWER & COOLING power supplies can be difficult to find, no idea why one would buy one anyway they're loud and there's plenty of power supplies that are way more efficient, quieter, cheaper, modular... etc. Seasonic X-series, Enermax MODU87+, Corsair AX series, Corsair HX series, and Enermax Revolution85+ are much better.

GTX 480, GTX 470 would probably now be considered the best cards for fsx followed by the GTX 285 and Radeon 5870.

ASUS P6T is old, better someone get a Gigabyte X58-UD5 or UD7 or maybe one of the newer ASUS P6 X58 boards.

I'm betting an Intel X25-M would blow a Velociraptor away in performance although I haven't seen any reports of it in FSX.

[ShaneG_old]

Careful, with NickN no longer in the picture, you may be the turn to guy here.

[Slotback]

I get most of the hardware advice from overclockers and review sites because unlike Nick N I don't have the ability to try the hardware myself. I'll ask for his opinion on what I posted maybe, just not this week, busy.

[ShaneG_old]

Unless you have his personal line, that may be a bit hard to do.