Cpu for flight sim

Nrpjr · January 18, 2016

Hello all,

I have a budget of about 700 bucks and I need to get a good computer for flight simulation, I need 3.2 ghz or more and a really nice gpu. what sort of processor should I get and what type of gpu and motherboard should I get?

oskarha · January 18, 2016

See this:

http://www.simforums.com/forums/the-fsx-computer-system-the-bible-by-nickn_topic46211.html

1Revenger1 · January 18, 2016

What flight simulator are you using? I use MFSX quite a bit with quite a few addons (PMDG 737, 777, etc). I at least have found that single core performance really helps, but GPU can defintaly make a difference especially in newer sims coming out. An i5 will probably work. I'll see what I can do about getting a build together.

Hello all,
I have a budget of about 700 bucks and I need to get a good computer for flight simulation, I need 3.2 ghz or more and a really nice gpu. what sort of processor should I get and what type of gpu and motherboard should I get?

EDIT:PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($186.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-D3V ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($75.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($87.19 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($95.50 @ Amazon)
Total: $740.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-18 13:01 EST-0500

Just made this really quickly. Something like that might be effective. I do encourage you to do your own research though, as I haven't really done much research into flight sims recently.