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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:39 pm Post subject: my shopping cart..New PC

Hi guys been shopping around online for my new PC. I am on a tight budget and have decided to build my own machine. Below are the components i have gathered can you please let me know if i have left anything out to run the computer soley for FS9 and FSX smoothly!

Below are the components:

1, ThermalTake Soprano VB1000BWS Black c/w 2x case fans +USB2 + +window NO PSU (CASTHEVB1000BWS)

2, 550W Quiet ATX PSU with 12cm fan 20 - 24 Pin Connector (PSUATX550DUAL)

3, Samsung DVD RW SH-S202N BEBN IDE 20x DVD ± R 16x DVD ± DL DVD+RW x8 / -RW x6 Lightscribe Black OEM (DVDSAMSHS202NB)

4, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 512MB SLI PCI-E (VIDNVI7300GT512P

5, 160GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA II 300 Hard Disk Drive 8MB cache 7200rpm HDS721616PLA380 (HAR160HITSA72)

6, Xpro RF Optical Keyboard+Mouse Black/Silver (KEYXPRO036OPTB

7, Intel CPU Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz 1333FSB LGA775 4MB cache Retail inc.Fan (3yr Manufacturers Warranty) (CPUIP4775E6750

8, Gigabyte GA-VM900M motherboard LGA775 VIA P4M900 Intel Core 2 Duo/ Pentium D/P4 PCI-e x16 micro ATX (MOTGIGVM900M

9 Samsung 1GB SODIMM DDR2 667MHz EZ3 For Notebook (MEMSODSAM1GBEZ3 by 2

10 17" Hanns-G HW173AB Widescreen TFT Monitor Silver / Black 8ms, 500:1 (MON17HGHW173

Looking forwad to hear your opinions!

Tufela

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:00 pm Post subject:

You'll definitely be able to run FSX, but not with all the bells and whistles. How much are you spending for the 7300GT? There are cards that don't cost much more that will give you better quality, frames, and have DX10 support.

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:02 pm Post subject:

The only problem I see is the power supply. 550w would be the lowest I would go.

Otherwise, I woud recommend something around 750w for a power supply unit. Everything else looks fine. Although I have to agree with heeshung on the graphic card choice.

RD

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:13 am Post subject:

Why go SLI 7300gt? Why not spend $90 on an 8600gt? That way, you won't have to worry about excessive power drainage via an SLI system. You would need a very powerful PSU to go SLI. By using one powerful midrange card you eliminate this need.

Benefits of the 8600gt:

DX10!!!
Highly Overclockable
GDDR3 RAM
65nm GPU (less power usage, cooler operation)
No connection to the PSU required. Power is drawn from the PCI Express slot only!!!

It's really up to you. I recommend the 8600gt over SLI 7300gt. HOWEVER, I haven't seen real benchmarks to prove my point. I just speak from experience.

Psst...I'm running an overclocked (volt-modded too!) 8600gt and I can play FSX with (almost) all the bells and whistles.

And why are you purchasing Notebook memory? Isn't this a desktop you want to build?

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:43 pm Post subject:

thanks guys your opinions really matter. Well as for power i will upgrade to 650W since the 720W may stretch my budget. Hope 650W is suffecient.

As for the NX8600gt graphics card i had a go on ebay and think i can afford it qnd hope to get cheap on an auction...therefore i will be getting that one.

Finally thanks for spotting the memory mistake i made i was gona rush and buy it and get disappointed when i get home. Do you think with these specs i can run FSX smoothly..FS9 i am 100% confident. I am looking to get between 2GB and 4GB memory

Thanks guys.

PS do you guys suggest i should get Vista or should i stick to XP for now.

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:10 pm Post subject:

2 GB DDR2 should suffice.

As for Vista vs. XP, it really depends which DirectX you prefer (9 or 10). If you prefer stunning graphics over frame rate, use Windows Vista as DX10 is enabled. If frame rate is first priority, however, use Windows XP. There are several rumors around the web claiming slower frame rates via Windows Vista.

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:13 pm Post subject:

If you don't plan on buying new peripherals (printer...etc), then I would stay with XP for now.

I have Vista Ultimate, and I'm still not 75% happy and comortable with it.

RD

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Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:08 am Post subject:

michael_horatio, that is an excellent shot of FSX.

Would you mind posting up your system specs please.

RD

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:18 pm Post subject:

thanks RD, nice of you to say so.

This machine I built about 3 or 4 months ago.

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (running @ 3.0 ghz.)
Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400 2GB 2X1GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800
Asus P5K VM motherboard
EVGA E-GEFORCE 8600GTS 675MHZ 256MB 2.0GHZ GDDR3
Anti Aliasing set to 4X.
Soundblaster Live PCI card
320 gig. Seagate SATA Hard drive
Windows XP Pro.

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:32 am Post subject:

NICE, very nice.

And by the way, Welcome to SurClaro.

RD

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:25 am Post subject:

thanks for the welcome RD, hopefully I may be of some use occasionally.