Help needed for upgrading my comp

[dazza28]

Hi i want to upgrade my computer so i can run fsx better than i can now. with the likes of PMDG NGX and Orbx NZNI and that.
The thing is i don't know where to start I'm confused about the different CPUs and that. what do you guys recommend?
i was looking at a intel I5
so what i'm looking at getting is a CPU,Motherboard,8GB Ram,and a new hard drive,
These are my current specs.

AMD Athlon ii x2 245, MB Gigabyte GA-MA74GMT,and 4GB ddr3 ram,9800GT
sorry for going on if anyone could help me out that would be great.
Oh yea budget is not over a $1000.
Cheers Dazza.

[dazza28]

QUOTE (dazza28 @ Sep 8 2012,1:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi i want to upgrade my computer so i can run fsx better than i can now. with the likes of PMDG NGX and Orbx NZNI and that.
The thing is i don't know where to start I'm confused about the different CPUs and that. what do you guys recommend?
i was looking at a intel I5
so what i'm looking at getting is a CPU,Motherboard,8GB Ram,and a new hard drive,
These are my current specs.

AMD Athlon ii x2 245, MB Gigabyte GA-MA74GMT,and 4GB ddr3 ram,9800GT
sorry for going on if anyone could help me out that would be great.
Oh yea budget is not over a $1000.
Cheers Dazza.

Know one here to help me

[mfraser]

Lots of info here

......... and here

Hope this helps...........

[mfraser]

QUOTE (dazza28 @ Sep 8 2012,1:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

So what i'm looking at getting is a CPU,Motherboard,8GB Ram,and a new hard drive,

GA-B75M-D3H Motherboard
Intel Core i5 3570 3.4GHZ CPU
Kingston HyperX 8GB 1600MHZ Ram Kit
Western Digital 1TB 64MB SATA 6Gb/s Caviar Black HDD

NZD $615 inc GST (Shipping not included). Pretty reasonable I'd say and would run FSX no problems at all. You could play around with the components a bit - with the extra money you could get a better CPU, or a new graphics card, or invest in an SSD? For $1000 the computer world is your digital oyster!

[deeknow]

Dazza. Sorry I missed that original post of yours too. If you havent splashed out yet do take the time to read the sticky posts on the avsim hardware forum area, and poke around at the older threads too. Its a real gold-mine of on-topic stuff to consider when looking at components, no matter what the budget...
http://forum.avsim.net/forum/326-mobo-ram-...other-hardware/

Good luck, is a fun process huh.

[dazza28]

QUOTE (deeknow @ Sep 13 2012,12:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Dazza. Sorry I missed that original post of yours too. If you havent splashed out yet do take the time to read the sticky posts on the avsim hardware forum area, and poke around at the older threads too. Its a real gold-mine of on-topic stuff to consider when looking at components, no matter what the budget...
http://forum.avsim.net/forum/326-mobo-ram-...other-hardware/

Good luck, is a fun process huh.

hey guys thanks for the replies.
yea Ive been reading heaps and on youtube the main thing now i'm stuck on is should i get a I5 3570K or try and find a I5 2400K CPU.
But they are getting harder to find now days.
also the MB to i need a all out one or just a budget one i will be overclocking a little bit.
Thanks again for your help.
Cheers Darryl.