Recently I have been thinking of building a PC to move away from my Pentium 4 build. Problem though is budget, I'm 15 so its going to be about £300 give or take a bit. But here is my current idea:

• AMD Athlon II X4 620 (about £65)
• ASROCK M3A770DE AM3 socket motherboard (about £55)
• Some cheap DDR3 memory, for now (about £40)
• NVidia GeForce 8600GTS (about £55)
• WD Caviar Blue 320 GB (about £30)
• Case, drives etc. (about £50)

Even this takes me to £295, and I'm sure other things will take me over. An important question ism is DDR3 worth it, or just save some money and get more DDR2 memory and a cheaper motherboard? Please give me some advice on this!

If I were you, I would buy what he ^^ is offering bro.

DazzleStar wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 11:14am:


I could take it apart, re-box it all and send it to you....

 

Who reads the directions anyway? 

Hey, Fozzer.
One question, its not the first time i see your posts and your specs.You say you run almost fs 2004 maxed out.Do you have any adds on it? what fps you have?

I ask this because of my specs ( and your opinion is welcome for some modifications

Gigabyte Ga-p35-DS4
Intel Pentium 4 Dual core 2.8
2Gb Ram (if necessary i will check cicling)
Ati HD 4350 1gb
Sata 500gb
Sata 300gb

757200ba wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 6:57pm:


Hello ba... ...!

My FS 2004 is an absolute joy to fly with my (ancient?) Computer system...(It will even run FSX SP2 with slightly reduced Autogen).

I don't do any "tweaking/overclocking, etc" to my Hardware, (a recipe for disaster!), or FS 2004 Software.

I have all my FS 2004 sliders maxed, and all the boxes ticked, and with my Frame Rated locked at 20 FPS, I obtain a "smooth" flight at 19 FPS in most places flying at low levels... ...!

My Trusty AMD 2600+ Thoroughbred Socket A Processor running at 2.1 GHz copes admirably with the Sim (and most games), and the upgrade from an AGP nVidia 6600GT O/C 128 AGP Card to my present AGP nVidia 7800GS 256 Card made the biggest difference to my "Smoothness", speed,  and object detail... ...!

(Note my Motherboard is still the "old" AGP type, with a Socket A Processor).

I have LOTS of my own designed LAGO FSE and Abacus Ez-Scenery Scenery add-ons, installed, plus 3rd. Party free Scenery add-ons, and my system copes smoothly with little or no problems!

I am forever amazed at how even the most basic of Computer systems can run FS 2004!

At the moment I have little need to upgrade my present system, at additional expense!

I think FS 2004 relies more on the Graphics Card (and Memory), and FSX relies more on the Processor for good results... ...!

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004...FS Navigator...and a Happy Bunny!... ...!

My Specs:
Desktop case.
Motherboard: Gigabyte. GA7-400 S-L
Processor: Socket A. AMD Athlon Thoroughbred 2600 MMX (2.1 GHz).
Graphics: AGP. n-Vidia Winfast 7800GS 256 MB.
Memory: 2.3 GB.
Power: 700 Watt. Storm PSU.
Sound: Creative Labs. Soundblaster 1024 Live!
Monitors: (2-off). Philips 15" 170C.

The only thing im thinking now is to get or a 8800 gt or the 8800 gtx ($ is also short), and get a unicore 3.6 ghz (since fs9 dont use the dual), i guess i will have better results than the dual at 2.8 ghz.

What you guys think?

I use lots of pmdg and level d and much more scenery from aerosoft and AI.

By the way is anybody using world of AI?Recently i made a fresh instal of fs9.And now i want to instal some AI and the program tells me that i already have them , and ask me if i want to repair what i have installed (i remember that this is a new instalation, no old files or cfg), and when i repair the AI is active 

Many thanks to all

Fozzer wrote on Nov 29^th, 2009 at 4:21am:


I have PCI-E 2.0 Paul  Also 750W OF UNSTOPPABLE POWER MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA