LLBGflyer Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 I have FSX and until now i have been running it on a desktop that always crashes. Today for the first time it crashed every second and also the cockpit went purple and black. I've decided that i want and need a new computer but i dont really understand computers.. So today i searched the web and came across a Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop: 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Windows 7 Professional 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600Mhz AMD Radeon™ R9 270 with 2GB GDDR5. 1TB SATA 6Gb/s (7,200RPM) 64MB Cache I dont really know what everything here means so: CAN THIS COMPUTER RUN FSX AMAZINGLY AND ALSO RUN AMAZINGLY AFTER I DOWNLOAD A LOT OF ADD ONS? Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxsttcb Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 ...CAN THIS COMPUTER RUN FSX AMAZINGLY AND ALSO RUN AMAZINGLY AFTER I DOWNLOAD A LOT OF ADD ONS? Amazingly? Probably not. One of the main issues with Dell/Alienware is: unless you pop for a top shelf rig and have it custom made to your specs, you end up with a locked processor, cheap memory, and a generic hard drive. Because FSX is CPU hungry you'll want speed, and that comes with overclocking. Overclocking requires a "K" suffix CPU ie: i7-4790K. Rare in an Alienware rig. I don't know what your budget is, but, from that X51 description I assume(I hate to) it's north of $1400. These sites have Budget Gaming Laptops and Customizeable Desktops: http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/category/configurator/ http://www.ibuypower.com/ibppages/CustConfig.aspx http://www.xoticpc.com/index.html Of the three, CyberPowerPC has the brodest range of options. This should run on par with the X51 top dog: http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/PBET130/ but, I suggest the Z97 Configurator with an i7-4790K, 16GB of the fastest RAM your budget allows, and a GTX 760(minimum). Overclocked(extreme), that rig should run with the big dogs...Don HAF 932 Adv, PC P&C 950w, ASUS R4E,i7-3820 5.0GHz(MCR320-XP 6 fans wet), GTX 970 FTW 16GB DDR3-2400, 128GB SAMSUNG 830(Win 7 Ult x64), 512GB SAMSUNG 840 Pro(FSX P3D FS9) WD 1TB Black(FS98, CFS2&3, ROF, etc.), WD 2TB Black-(Storage/Backup) Active Sky Next, Rex4 TD/Soft Clouds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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