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Hello guys and gals,

I'm looking for some help to build a computer for my father who loves to play flight simulators, however he has recently got X Plane 10 which barely runs on his mac.

 

1. Budget & Location

£400~600 and UK. Sorry the budget is vague but I'm unsure how much he is willing to spend.

$670~1005 USD

 

2. Aim

To play X Plane 10. Literally it is all he wants to do, sadly it's quite a resource hungry game.

 

3. Monitors

I don't know what we are doing with the monitor yet, there will only be one but i would aim the resolution for 1920x1080

 

4. Peripherals

Don't need anything extra.

 

Let me know if you need any more info.

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CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£59.71 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard:  MSI A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£31.54 @ Aria PC) 

Memory:  Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£53.51 @ Amazon UK) 


Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card  (£239.72 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case:  BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  (£28.04 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply:  XFX 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£20.00 @ Maplin Electronics) 

Monitor:  ViewSonic VA2246M-LED 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  (£101.00 @ Ebuyer) 

Total: £576.50

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-09 21:26 BST+0100)

 

For £40 more you can have a much better CPU (FX 6300) and an ATX board, but then you have to pay a lot more.

"If violence does not work, try more violence"

 

 

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CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£59.71 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard:  MSI A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£31.54 @ Aria PC) 
Memory:  Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£53.51 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card  (£239.72 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case:  BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  (£28.04 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply:  XFX 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£20.00 @ Maplin Electronics) 
Monitor:  ViewSonic VA2246M-LED 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  (£101.00 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £576.50
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-09 21:26 BST+0100)
 
For £40 more you can have a much better CPU (FX 6300) and an ATX board, but then you have to pay a lot more.

 

I used a hyper 212 evo to quiet it down and allow overclocking

 

 
CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£59.71 @ Scan.co.uk) 
CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard:  MSI A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£31.54 @ Aria PC) 
Memory:  Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£53.51 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card  (£239.72 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case:  BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  (£28.04 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply:  XFX 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£20.00 @ Maplin Electronics) 
Monitor:  ViewSonic VA2246M-LED 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  (£101.00 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £601.95
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-09 21:30 BST+0100)

CPU: i9-13900k MOBO: Asus Strix Z790-E RAM: 64GB GSkill  CPU Cooler: Corsair H170i

GPU: Asus Strix RTX-4090 Case: Fractal Torrent PSU: Corsair HX-1000i Storage: 2TB Samsung 990 Pro

 

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I used a hyper 212 evo to quiet it down and allow overclocking

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£59.71 @ Scan.co.uk) 

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard:  MSI A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£31.54 @ Aria PC) 

Memory:  Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£53.51 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.98 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card  (£239.72 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case:  BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  (£28.04 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply:  XFX 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£20.00 @ Maplin Electronics) 

Monitor:  ViewSonic VA2246M-LED 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  (£101.00 @ Ebuyer) 

Total: £601.95

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-09 21:30 BST+0100)

  

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£59.71 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard:  MSI A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£31.54 @ Aria PC) 

Memory:  Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£53.51 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.98 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card  (£239.72 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case:  BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  (£28.04 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply:  XFX 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£20.00 @ Maplin Electronics) 

Monitor:  ViewSonic VA2246M-LED 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  (£101.00 @ Ebuyer) 

Total: £576.50

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-09 21:26 BST+0100)

 

For £40 more you can have a much better CPU (FX 6300) and an ATX board, but then you have to pay a lot more.

Extreme bottlenecks!

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Given the fact that many flight sims can be pretty CPU demanding, I threw this together.

 

 
CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£75.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard:  Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£42.55 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory:  Kingston Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£55.72 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  (£118.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case:  NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£38.65 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Monitor:  Dell S2240L 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  (£127.37 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £604.84
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-09 21:49 BST+0100)

CPU: i9-13900k MOBO: Asus Strix Z790-E RAM: 64GB GSkill  CPU Cooler: Corsair H170i

GPU: Asus Strix RTX-4090 Case: Fractal Torrent PSU: Corsair HX-1000i Storage: 2TB Samsung 990 Pro

 

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