New PC?

[Naki]

Since my last thread has headed off topic in regrads to my kaput PC I will start a new one:

I was pretty happy with my existing system (AMD 4400) except for some of the more sophisticated Carenado aircraft would not run too well through built up areas. I would like to run FSX with Orbx NZ with fairly simple aircraft (Carenado King Air 200 would be max for me) with the autogen cranked up to dense and achieve around 20 -25FPS in Auckland so I'm thinking of an I5 2500k with my existing GPU (9800GT 1gb) and hard drive (and maybe DVD drive)? I would like some ideas and costs on what I should be aiming for as I am no way a tech guru.

[Naki]

This is about $1000 - would this do the job?
3.3 GHz CPU
4 Cores
4 GB Memory
1TB HD
Cooler Master case
Intel Core i5 3550 Ivy Bridge 3.3GHz
GPU - to be specificed
8 GB DDR34 memory
1 TB HD
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 or 64 bit OEM OS

[Ian Warren]

Golly you will be happy with that one , a good G card and you'rd be racing

[ZK-MAT]

I'm about to start looking around too, so will be watching this thread Let me know if you buy local who you go with Paul.

[Naki]

I've decided not to buy a new PC for now. Giving up flight simming for a while, have other priorities.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Naki @ Oct 28 2012,12:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I've decided not to buy a new PC for now. Giving up flight simming for a while, have other priorities.

Please .. your not going to tell us your going fishing for the next couple of years ... this is bloody serious !

[Naki]

Looking for something like this now but in the New Year probably - should do the job I would think? Any feedback would be appreciated especially on the GPU?

Specification:
Intel Ivy bridge Core i5 3570 3.4GHz 6M LGA1155 Processor
GIGABYTE GA-Z77-D3H INTEL Z77 IVY BRIDGE PCI-E3.0 Motherboard
GIGABYTE All Digital Power Engine: Digital Voltage, Frequency and Phase Control
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel High Definition Audio, Support for S/PDIF Out
2 Front USB 3.0 ports, 4 Rear USB 3.0 ports, 4 Rear USB 2.0 ports
Gigabyte LAN, Broadband Ready
Strontium Hynix 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600MHz CL9 Memory
Seagate Barracuda 1TB Hard Drive
24x Speed internal DVD Write
AMD Radeon HD7770 PCI-E 3.0 1GB GDDR5 Graphic Card
Antec Three Hundred Two Unbeatable Gaming Case
Acbel IPower G600 550W (Max 600W) 80Plus Power Supply

[Ian Warren]

I think possibly only piece may need that extra would be your power supply .. maybe the next one or two up