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Originally Posted by jamesdietz
Also posted over at Community help at Il-2/Pacific Fighters site...
After 2 years of waiting to buy new rig & visitring this site daily to see no new info about SoW for quite a while ( quite ,quite a while...)
I 've finally hit the wall in waiting for specx for SoW to be made available...I really want to buy a new rig today!So with that in mind has someone got the ideal set up for me to give to one of my local ( Seattle) commercial builders ( or order on the internet)that will not only handle the future add-ons that may be necessary for SoW , but will run Il-2 (all I play currently,although I might want to give & the other Silent Hunter Ubisift markets a try...) perfectly? The reasom I add that Caviat is that I have read threads recently where guys have bought the newest & best & found problems getting Il-2 to play on perfect settings.I know I want the best of both worlds here,but its only because my budget won't allow me to buy a new rig when SoW finally appears.I'm no computer whiz so I need something that basically plays Il-2 nearly straight from the box...
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1st - Get a QUALITY PSU... the PSU is what make the difference between a trouble free rig and one that can go up in smoke at anytime.... Don't skimp out on the PSU... Check Johnny Guru PSU review site for more info...
For flight simming get the FASTEST QUADCORE CPU you can afford... actually the bulk of your $$$$ should go toward the CPU as flight sims ARE VERY CPU intensive... Quadcore are not necessary today but will be the norm shorthly.... Or you could buy a slightly slower CPU and overclock the hell out of it. This will give you top of the line performance for a fraction of the price... If overclocing is not your thing... well cough up the $$$. Aslo get an after market CPU cooler like the Zalman9000 or an Ultra Chill Tech if you can afford it... I have the later and its rock solid...
Motherboard... go for a quality MB (i.e. ASUS Striker)... here you got to decide between SLI or Crossfire... its all up to you... remember flight sims PRESENTLY don't benefit much from killer GPUs (graphic cards) they are bottledneck by the CPU... All that being said I prefer ATI (but presently have a SLI rig... go figure). ATI are... IMHO simpler to setup... But ask around as I have read about problem with the 38xx series ATI card with Il2... For the moment for iL2 I would by a single 9600GT (or 8800GT) as these 2 cards will suffice and could be upgraded somewhere down the road... If you go with a single card for now... Crossfire or SLI MB is not an issue... but could become one down the road when you decide to upgrade so think ahead....
3rd RAM you want to get 4 GIG of quality RAM. Check for low timing. You don't need to buy expensive RAM as overclocking your RAM yeild the less benefit...
Harddrive... well go with what you like...
Finally get a large case with a good ventilation... and thats about it...