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Hey guys.

My friend has asked me to build him a PC for him to use for flight simulators, all he wants it for is the simulator and nothing else. He's budget is about £400-450. I have no idea if flight simulators need more CPU power or GPU power, and help or builds you can suggest would be great. Thanks

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Yeah FSX sorry, no monitor or peripherals needed sorry

xD

Here you go, if you could get a free OS i could do better.

 

 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£78.45 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£34.07 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 360 2GB Core Edition Video Card  (£79.82 @ More Computers) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (£72.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £448.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£78.45 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£34.07 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  (£154.74 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £450.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-22 14:10 GMT+0000
 
 
Note that the PSU comes with the case itself.
It is not a very good power supply, but will do the job considering that 66% of the wattage will be used on load.
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ehh if you dont believe me, i dont care. have fun with 15~ fps o/

Mhmm yes 15 fps.

What are you running on? A cardboard box?

Pentium 4/Athlon XP or better

CPU Speed: 2.4 GHz RAM: 512 MB

OS: Windows XP

Video Card: 256 MB 100% DirectX 9.0c video card (NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or better)

DirectX version: 9.0c

Sound Card: Yes

Free Disk Space: 14 GB DVD-ROM: Yes

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Mhmm yes 15 fps.

What are you running on? A cardboard box?

Pentium 4/Athlon XP or better

CPU Speed: 2.4 GHz RAM: 512 MB

OS: Windows XP

Video Card: 256 MB 100% DirectX 9.0c video card (NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or better)

DirectX version: 9.0c

Sound Card: Yes

Free Disk Space: 14 GB DVD-ROM: Yes

edit: i am aware i play this game at high settings with mods.

 

have you ever played this game?

 

specs:

cpu: i5 3570 

gpu: gtx 660ti KFA 3gb 

case: NZXT s340 

storage: 1x 1tb hdd 1x 128gb SSD 

RAM: 2x4gb hyperX fury black 

cpu cooler: cooler master hyper 212 evo 

motherboard: ASrock B75 Pro3 

keyboard: razer blackwidow stealth 

mouse: logitech g502 proteus core 

mousepad: steelseries qck+ 

headset: 3d cloud soundblasters 

monitor: benq xl2411z monitor 2: dell u2415

 

 

 

 

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edit: i am aware i play this game at high settings with mods.

 

have you ever played this game?

 

specs:

cpu: i5 3570 

gpu: gtx 660ti KFA 3gb 

case: NZXT s340 

storage: 1x 1tb hdd 1x 128gb SSD 

RAM: 2x4gb hyperX fury black 

cpu cooler: cooler master hyper 212 evo 

motherboard: ASrock B75 Pro3 

keyboard: razer blackwidow stealth 

mouse: logitech g502 proteus core 

mousepad: steelseries qck+ 

headset: 3d cloud soundblasters 

monitor: benq xl2411z monitor 2: dell u2415

Would this work for it? 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/QqZWgs
 
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£78.77 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£49.08 @ Dabs) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£34.18 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  (£51.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  (£120.00 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: Xigmatek Recon ATX Mid Tower Case  (£22.78 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic ECO 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£9.00 @ CCL Computers) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (£72.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £473.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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have you ever played this game?

 

specs:

cpu: i5 3570 

gpu: gtx 660ti KFA 3gb 

case: NZXT s340 

storage: 1x 1tb hdd 1x 128gb SSD 

RAM: 2x4gb hyperX fury black 

cpu cooler: cooler master hyper 212 evo 

motherboard: ASrock B75 Pro3 

keyboard: razer blackwidow stealth 

mouse: logitech g502 proteus core 

mousepad: steelseries qck+ 

headset: 3d cloud soundblasters 

monitor: benq xl2411z monitor 2: dell u2415

Your CPU is weaker than the one i suggested in the build single core wise.

 

If your build can't run FSX, then tell me.

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xD

Here you go, if you could get a free OS i could do better.

 

 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£78.45 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£34.07 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 360 2GB Core Edition Video Card  (£79.82 @ More Computers) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (£72.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £448.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-22 14:08 GMT+0000
 
//
 
Without OS
 
 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£78.45 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£34.07 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  (£154.74 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £450.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-22 14:10 GMT+0000
 
 
Note that the PSU comes with the case itself.
It is not a very good power supply, but will do the job considering that 66% of the wattage will be used on load.

 

Would this be good? 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/QqZWgs
 
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£78.77 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£49.08 @ Dabs) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£34.18 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  (£51.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  (£120.00 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: Xigmatek Recon ATX Mid Tower Case  (£22.78 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic ECO 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£9.00 @ CCL Computers) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (£72.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £473.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-22 14:21 GMT+0000
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Would this be good? 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/QqZWgs
 
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£78.77 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£49.08 @ Dabs) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£34.18 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  (£51.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  (£120.00 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: Xigmatek Recon ATX Mid Tower Case  (£22.78 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic ECO 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£9.00 @ CCL Computers) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (£72.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £473.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-22 14:21 GMT+0000

 

Waiting for "Mr played this game before" to answer you before i throw in my thoughts.

But oh well.

 

The CPU doesn't fair well single thread wise, which is pretty bad for a game which mainly focuses on a single CPU core.

And AMD CPUs have terrible single core performances to begin with, so not recommended.

 

I recommend going with a i3 skylake so you can overclock it at a later time, and asrock already released skylake bios overclock updates.

 

The 6100 is better without overclock in single threaded tasks than the i5-3570, not to mention headroom for overclocks as well.

 

TL:DR = FX6300 has 14/20 the performance of a i3-6100

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