Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - New CPU or hold out for New MB and CPU

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | New CPU or hold out for New MB and CPU

DVA11011
First Officer, MD-88

Joined on September 05 2012

Greenville, NC

2 legs, 2.6 hours
1 legs, 1.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on October 03 2012 16:09 ET by James Kieffer

I have a question some of you tech savvy types might be able to answer. I currently run FSX on a Gigabyte GA-H55-S2H MB with an Lga 1156 I3 CPU running at normal clock speed (I think 2.8GHz), I have 8Gb of DDR3 1333MHz Ram and a GTS550 NVidia Video card. My question is, should I consider upgrading my CPU to an I7 or wait till I have the funds to change out the MB and CPU.

The current system I have works well, but I think I can improve Frame Rates if I upgrade my CPU. I find myself cash strapped at this time and a complete rebuild of my system is not practical. So I figured I get the most bang for my buck if I do a CPU change-out first.

Any ideas you Tech guru's can provide would greatly be appreciated.

James Kieffer

First Officer, MD-88

DVA10434
First Officer, B737-800
OLP

Joined on January 01 2012
Everett Century Club
Century Club
Online Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

"Jet Noise Rocks!"
Virginia Beach, VA USA

199 legs, 614.0 hours
152 legs, 483.5 hours online
192 legs, 592.3 hours ACARS
3 legs, 9.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 05 2012 19:26 ET by James Mclees

Find a reasonable second generation i5 and overclock it. FSX is very CPU dependent. One can spend big bucks for only a few additional frames without plenty of research.

James Mclees

First Officer, B737-800

DVA455
Senior Captain, MD-88

Joined on April 29 2002
Century Club

"Aquatone"
Shelbyville, IN

132 legs, 255.8 hours
79 legs, 158.6 hours online
29 legs, 52.9 hours ACARS
2 legs, 3.8 hours event
276 legs, 632.7 hours total
23 legs dispatched, 11.3 hours

Posted onPost created on October 06 2012 18:45 ET by Ryan Watkins

Take a look here at the mb/cpu combos. You can find some really good deals here for less than you'd spend on a new CPU at full retail price.

http://www.pricewatch.com/motherboard_combos/

Ryan Watkins (DVA455)

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