PC modification for MS FLight

[Richard Stevens 1116018]

Hello Again,

I am currently running an i7-930 at 2.8 Ghz, with 6 Gigs of memory, GTX 280, and a 750 watt power supply.

I'd like to run a little faster to support some of the more intesive addons, as well as prepare for Microsoft Flight (I doubt I jump in right away).

Any reccomendations?

I'm open to just about anything. I built my current PC myself so I'm somewhat confident about cracking it open again.

A few ideas I had myself were...

1. OC the processor. I've never done this before, makes me nervous.

2. Upgrade the CPU to another 1366 processor.

3. New Motherboard with a newfangled (country speak for "fancy") sandy bridge processor. If this is the case, would there be any considerations for any other hardware I am currently using?

4. Graphics Card?

I'm not restricted by cash, but I'm rather frugal.

Any Ideas? What do ya'll have?

 

Thanks,

Rick Stevens

[Ernesto Alvarez 818262]

you wont need to change much for Flight. its not as hardware intense as FSX.

 

what you have will run it just fine (currently)

[Richard Stevens 1116018]

Thanks for the good news Mr. Alvarez!

If I were to stick with FSX for the time being, which of the prospective mods would [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ist me to best run a frame hungry aircraft, with some strength yet to power REX.

 

P.S. This forum is great!

 

Thanks Again.

[William Sequeira 1192651]

For FSX and its addons, I would OC that chip, and think about a newer GPU, even though I am sure it already runs fine.

 

For flight, you are way ahead of what is needed to run Her full max. As stated above though, for now.