xPlane Budget Build

[balle]

Hello!

I am looking forward to purchasing my first rig, but I need to know if I am making a good buy.

 

This is my parts list:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Rzhc

 

Thank you,

balle

[Ntr09]

Hello!

I am looking forward to purchasing my first rig, but I need to know if I am making a good buy.

 

This is my parts list:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Rzhc

 

Thank you,

balle

Looks quite good, but I might opt for a better CPU cooler if you're gonna be doing any overclocking. 

 

Get a Noctua (all of them are pretty good, just keep in mind your ram hight and room in the case) if you want air cooling, or for liquid you could get a number of things but the Corsair H60 and H80i are very nice.

 

-NR

[balle]

Looks quite good, but I might opt for a better CPU cooler if you're gonna be doing any overclocking. 

 

Get a Noctua (all of them are pretty good, just keep in mind your ram hight and room in the case) if you want air cooling, or for liquid you could get a number of things but the Corsair H60 and H80i are very nice.

 

-NR

Thank you for the suggestion and answer!

 

Also, I'd like to know if the case and motherboard look big enough to cram all of my components in to it.

I added a Noctua as well.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1S2ZA

Edited October 23, 2013 by balle

[Ntr09]

Thank you for the suggestion and answer!

 

Also, I'd like to know if the case and motherboard look big enough to cram all of my components in to it.

I added a Noctua as well.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1S2ZA

 

Ok yeah that case might be a bit tight, if you want to stay under $100 for the case this one is one of my favs: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146109

 

Also, the Noctua might interfere with that high-profile ram, and since high-profile doesn't do anything special besides look good, you could actually save some money by buying these, which are the same except with a shorter heatsink: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233366&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

Let me know if you need any more help!

 

-NR

[balle]

 

Ok yeah that case might be a bit tight, if you want to stay under $100 for the case this one is one of my favs: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146109

 

Also, the Noctua might interfere with that high-profile ram, and since high-profile doesn't do anything special besides look good, you could actually save some money by buying these, which are the same except with a shorter heatsink: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233366&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

Let me know if you need any more help!

 

-NR

 

I really do appreciate your help as a first timer.

 

Just one more question.. WIth these specs, what performance can I get out of the build with at least High/Medium settings?

Do you think I could run it really fluidly?

 

Thanks!

 

Balle

[Ntr09]

I do indeed think it will run quite well, I would expect on high-ish settings to get at least 70fps in rural areas and around 25 in super urban areas like Atlanta. I recently upgraded to a GTX 660Ti and though it's a bit slower than the 760 I am quite satisfied, my CPU is now the main bottleneck. 

 

-NR