Focha Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Hi there guys, My actual PC specs are below in my signature. I have €600 that I can spend in the new hardware, can the experts give me some advice? I would appreciate it. Thank you very much. Regards. ASUS N552VX | i7-6700HQ @ 2.59GHz | 16 GB DDR3 | NVIDIA GF GTX 950M 4 Gb | 250 Gb SSD | 1 Tb HD SATA II Backup | TIR4 | Microsoft S. FF 2+X52 Throttle+Saitek Pedals | Win 10 64 bits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Rhodes Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Upgrade to more RAM and if you have enuff left over a new Vid Card would certainly help. Just my two cents worth. Dusty Rhodes Play HARD, Play FAIR, Play TO WIN Win 7 Professional 64 Bit / Intel i7 4790 Devils Canyon, 4.0 GIG /ASUS Maximus VII Formula Motherboard/ ASUS GTX 1080 8 GB/ 32 Gigs of RAM / Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog / TrackIR 5 / 2 Cougar MFD's / Saitek Combat Pedals/ DSD Button Box FLT-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focha Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 Ok, and what kind of graphics card should I went for? Thank you mate. ASUS N552VX | i7-6700HQ @ 2.59GHz | 16 GB DDR3 | NVIDIA GF GTX 950M 4 Gb | 250 Gb SSD | 1 Tb HD SATA II Backup | TIR4 | Microsoft S. FF 2+X52 Throttle+Saitek Pedals | Win 10 64 bits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jctrnacty Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 (edited) If you re an nvidia fan buy gf 660. AMD go for 7850. CPU go for intel 3570 and buy a good Mobo this is very important. Edited May 8, 2013 by jctrnacty [sigpic][/sigpic] MB MSI x570 Prestige Creation, RYzen 9 3900X, 32 Gb Ram 3333MHz, cooler Dark rock PRO 4, eVGA 1080Ti, 32 inch BenQ 32011pt, saitek X52Pro, HP Reverb, win 10 64bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paganus Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 If you can hold out until June the next Intel CPU will be released which should lower the price on the current generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haukka81 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 OC your cpu and buy new GPU (7850 etc.. 660TI etc.. ) + SSD drive. My ex E8400 was runing 3.8ghz easily. -haukka81 Oculus CV1, Odyssey, Pimax 5k+ (i5 8400, 24gb ddr4 3000mhz, 1080Ti OC ) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focha Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Thanks for the tips guys. So my CPU and MOBO is still capable, but the HD and GPU are off a bit, right? Memory is also necessary? Thanks guys. Regards. ASUS N552VX | i7-6700HQ @ 2.59GHz | 16 GB DDR3 | NVIDIA GF GTX 950M 4 Gb | 250 Gb SSD | 1 Tb HD SATA II Backup | TIR4 | Microsoft S. FF 2+X52 Throttle+Saitek Pedals | Win 10 64 bits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slayer Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 (edited) Thanks for the tips guys. So my CPU and MOBO is still capable, but the HD and GPU are off a bit, right? Memory is also necessary? Thanks guys. Regards. XP will hold back any of the above. Do not neglect your OS, get Windows 7 x 64 whatever version you can get cheapest and you'll be miles ahead. DCS has already shifted to x64 so even on your old system it's not so great to use a 32 bit OS. Windows 8 stinks, you might get it cheaper than Windows 7 but it is still too new for stable hardcore gaming like DCS. Also the second most overlooked item is a good quality PSU. Do not skimp on this , I know it's hard to quantify but what good is a fast system if it dies after a month or is not stable? For your budget you should do OS first (after the above 2 items), GPU second and get the fastest used processor that will go on your board , then get some new memory cheap on New Egg. Dual channel kit and definately don't mix and match.... Edited May 9, 2013 by Slayer [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] System Specs Intel I7-3930K, Asrock EXTREME9, EVGA TITAN, Mushkin Chronos SSD, 16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws Z series 2133, TM Warthog and MFD's, Saitek Proflight Combat pedals, TrackIR 5 + TrackClip PRO, Windows 7 x64, 3-Asus VS2248H-P monitors, Thermaltake Level 10 GT, Obutto cockpit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd1312 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Windows 8 stinks, you might get it cheaper than Windows 7 but it is still too new for stable hardcore gaming like DCS. Could you please explain why you think this? I recently switched from x64 Win 7 to Win 8 and haven't had a problem with it. I'm also using an old x52 and a PSEye for freetrack. (which has sketchy drivers at best) and never had stability issues. What problems did you have with it? I personally can't find any difference to Win7 other than the slightly different UI (MetroUI for example which you don't have to use) an that it's faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericoh Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Windows 7 is far better then Windows XP and Windows 8 is better then Windows 7. EVerytime Microsoft brings a new system people complain for years that it sucks. This is allready tradition! Windows 8 is the SAME then Windows 7. Just that it is better crafted under hood and you can optionaly use the Metro UI (which you dont have to). It is a goddamn lie. Cannot belive sso much people jump for it... Drones... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r3m Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 600 EUR or approx 790 USD can buy you a significant upgrade from what you currently have, in particular a SATA3 mobo and SSD, a 64 bit OS and 8GB of ram, and a new processor. Haswell is coming soon, along with the rebranded nvidia gpus (GTX 760,770,780) which will affect prices and availability of their entire lines. You can probably score pretty well on ebay in the coming weeks, so it's definitely something to consider. Here are some ideas for parts. They would both work well the way I posted them but you could obviously take a GPU or an SSD from one to the other. If you have a good PSU you can reuse then it would change the builds, but in ways that I hope you could see yourself. A8-5600K/7870 XT PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($101.70 @ Amazon) Motherboard: ASRock FM2A85X Extreme4 ATX FM2 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg) Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($55.98 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($92.99 @ NCIX US) Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($238.99 @ SuperBiiz) Power Supply: Thermaltake SMART 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($57.99 @ NCIX US) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US) Total: $727.63 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) (Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-09 09:37 EDT-0400) i3-3220/GTX 660 PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/W5JA Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/W5JA/by_merchant/ Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/W5JA/benchmarks/ CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master RR-H101-22FK-RI 30.0 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($9.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($118.98 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.82 @ NCIX US) Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($121.72 @ NCIX US) Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($204.99 @ Amazon) Power Supply: Thermaltake SMART 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($57.99 @ NCIX US) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US) Total: $778.47 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) (Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-09 09:35 EDT-0400) Crosshair VI Hero | Ryzen 3900X @ 3.9 Ghz | eVGA GTX 1070 Ti 32 GB G.Skill Trident Z 3600 MHz | MS Force Feedback 2 | TIR 5 ASUS VG248QE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slayer Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Could you please explain why you think this? I recently switched from x64 Win 7 to Win 8 and haven't had a problem with it. I'm also using an old x52 and a PSEye for freetrack. (which has sketchy drivers at best) and never had stability issues. What problems did you have with it? I personally can't find any difference to Win7 other than the slightly different UI (MetroUI for example which you don't have to use) an that it's faster. Early on it had problems with TrackIR. Overall it just "seems" less stable. In FSX for instance I couldn't complete a 2 hour long flight without a crash. Same system with Windows 7 - no crash. Maybe it's immature drivers or who knows. Also it has issues with Nvidia surround...3 times it would boot to a black screen rendering the system totally unusable, I couldn't even get into safe mode to repair it. IL-2 had problems with it as well. Just lots of things like this...so yeah now I am one of the "klingons" who get stuck on an old OS and doesn't want to move on. There were other things as well. It runs fine on a 3 year old notebook that I use to run FSX addons etc. but again I don't do gaming or hardcore simming on it either. Honestly I don't want the hassle, I wasted weeks tinkering with it. When I get home after working all day and want to game or fly a sim I don't want to spend the first hour or 2 tweaking or searching the net for workarounds. I just want to play. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] System Specs Intel I7-3930K, Asrock EXTREME9, EVGA TITAN, Mushkin Chronos SSD, 16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws Z series 2133, TM Warthog and MFD's, Saitek Proflight Combat pedals, TrackIR 5 + TrackClip PRO, Windows 7 x64, 3-Asus VS2248H-P monitors, Thermaltake Level 10 GT, Obutto cockpit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focha Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 Sorry, those stats are off, I have windows 7 64. ASUS N552VX | i7-6700HQ @ 2.59GHz | 16 GB DDR3 | NVIDIA GF GTX 950M 4 Gb | 250 Gb SSD | 1 Tb HD SATA II Backup | TIR4 | Microsoft S. FF 2+X52 Throttle+Saitek Pedals | Win 10 64 bits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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