Getting back into flight simming

conork93

Hi Guys, I’m Conor,

First post on this forum, so nice to meet you all. I’m wondering if any of you can provide a bit of guidance.

I’m looking to get back into flight simming. I was big into it years ago and was mainly running FSX with a bunch of lovely addons on an old Dell dimension C521 Desktop PC. It ran FS2004 really well (back in the day) but wasn’t ideal for running FSX with the spectrum of addons I had. Nonetheless, I’m looking to get back into it. I currently run X-Plane 10 on a MacBook Pro I use as my main computer currently, but they’re not really ideal for running this kind of stuff are they.

Looking around at PC options, This is where you guys hopefully come in. I’d be looking to get something off the shelf to run either P3D (which I haven’t tried yet but looks fantastic) or FSX. Would going with P3D be a better option as it’s a more modern platform and still being supported/developed?

In terms of budget, I’d be hoping to spent perhaps €500-750 and get a decent performance with medium settings/sliders but can go to 1000 max if the performance would be worth it. (As you can tell, I really haven’t a clue)

Looking on the gaming section of currys.ie, there seems to be many options within my budget. https://www.currys.ie/ieen/gaming-pcs/desktop-pcs/desktop-pcs/317_3055_30057_xx_ba00010707-bv00308579/xx-criteria.html

Anyone got any suggestions on where to start/and of course where to buy in Ireland? Any tips and or suggestions at all would be much appreciated. Apologies if I’m being way too optimistic or Ill informed.

Hoping to hear from you,
Regards,
Conor.

FunkyDa2

*quietly suggesting*...might this be better posted in the "PC Gaming" section of "Computer Games"? 🀔

conork93

Oh my apologies if I have, thought that as this forum was more geared specifically for flight simulation, it might be better.

Hocus Focus

conork93 wrote: »

Oh my apologies if I have, thought that as this forum was more geared specifically for flight simulation, it might be better.

That's what I would have thought.

Skyknight

No apologise necessary, Conork93,
Though onr would be more likely to get a suggestion in the in the Computers and Technogly PC Building & Upgrading section (https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=842.) I'm sue you have a general idea of the machine you are looking for though, which might help should the machine not be available off the shelf.
This section mainly deals with either the software or hardware specifically related to the flightsim (joysticks etc.) I wouldn't say there is much hardware discussion on the Games forum. Lastly....Flightsim is NOT a game, it is an ADDICTION. By the way...Welcome back

conork93

Skyknight wrote: »

No apologise necessary, Conork93,
Though onr would be more likely to get a suggestion in the in the Computers and Technogly PC Building & Upgrading section (https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=842.) I'm sue you have a general idea of the machine you are looking for though, which might help should the machine not be available off the shelf.
This section mainly deals with either the software or hardware specifically related to the flightsim (joysticks etc.) I wouldn't say there is much hardware discussion on the Games forum. Lastly....Flightsim is NOT a game, it is an ADDICTION. By the way...Welcome back

Hi there,

Thanks a million for your reply. I’ll go ahead and pop a similar thread into that section straight away. Oh your absolutely right though, it really is an obsession once you get a performance your happy with isn’t it. Can be hugely frustrating if you can’t. Lastly, cheers for the warm welcome, hope to be more regular with the posts once I can get sorted with a machine.

Thanks again, Conor.

Mountjoy Mugger

FunkyDa2 wrote: »

*quietly suggesting*...might this be better posted in the "PC Gaming" section of "Computer Games"? ��

Quietly suggesting that flight simming is NOT GAMING!

FunkyDa2

https://flyawaysimulation.com/news/4492/

Hocus Focus

If I may make an observation which may be slightly off topic; when I got my first Flight Sim, and progressed from handling a light aircraft to the Boeing 737, I found that while landings went very smoothly, until I tried it after just one bottle of beer, at which point every landing attempt ended in a pancake on the runway. Makes you think!

Skyknight

Mountjoy Mugger wrote: »

Quietly suggesting that flight simming is NOT GAMING!

:cool: Damn right.....its an addiction