captain.cupcake Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Hi All! I'm getting back in flight sim after just over 4 years (work and other commitments prevented play!) Anyway, I have a pretty good budget (max GBP £2000) and am looking at gaming laptops to save space... or would I do better keeping to a desk top unit - that is my first question. I'm going to come back using FSX (only ever used s2004 previously) what should be the MINIMUM I should look for in terms of graphics card, memory, hard drive etc. I like to have all the scenery sliders up to max along with acft shadows etc which hits the memory hard I know but I prefer the more realistic looking set up. Basically, if I build my own laptop gaming pc what is the minimum amount of RAM, memory etc to give something that will run as smoothly as possible. I hope this makes sense and you understand what I'm asking! I can't wait to get back 'in the air!' On a side note I've been looking at the SAITEK X52 controller (I only 'fly' commercial acft) is this a good joystick/ throttle set? Thank you for taking your time to read this and for all help I am given... Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I don't know why everyone wants to use a laptop to game with. You're far better off with a desktop. Get an i7 Skylake. Overclock. Make sure you buy a good well known PSU as they are the heart of your system. Check out pcpartpicker. OOM errors? Read this. What the squawk? An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaskancrab Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I don't know why everyone wants to use a laptop to game with. You're far better off with a desktop. Maybe because laptops make the overwhelming majority of PC sales these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain.cupcake Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 This is where things got confused previously. People get hung up on the fact I mentioned a laptop and bypass my actual question. (just for info I don't have a huge amount of space so a laptop is the better answer for me!) Thanks for advising on an overclocked i7 what amount of RAM etc should I do looking for? Ideally I would find a list of what I need to include when building a system... Thanks!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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