Classic British Flight Sim

That's a handsome (and mean) looking beast. Looking good!

Hi Nigel, Did you make a decision? One thing you didn't list was the motherboard - these can make quite a difference regarding the expandability of the system, e.g. adding more storage when you need it, as well as how easily the system can be overclocked. As for the processors below is the conclusio...

A belated very Happy Birthday Graham - sounds like it was a good one. I must admit that's probably one of the best excuses I've heard to get a bigger cabinet!

A belated Happy Birthday Andy. I hope it was a good one with many more to come.

Welcome to X-Plane Paul. Apart from Orbx True Earth (Halifax coming soon) XEurope v2 coupled with the relevant Ortho tiles are good investments (both free) and plenty of other free stuff also. I've downloaded the Alpha but not had a chance to try it yet. As for the Hawk - I also managed to make a pi...

My internet stayed up long enough to download. Might have a chance later to install but it looks best to do a fresh install so here comes the joy of reinstalling all those add-ons!

I'll let you know Paul as soon as I've done the hours of reinstalling.

Many congratulations to you both! Doing/Done anything special or saving that up till next year?

On the subject of graphics card I can add a bit from experience. As some of you may have guessed I've upgraded from my previous 1060. My new card is the Asus Turbo 2070 with 8Gb memory. It isn't the most overclocked version but it was among the cheapest. Experiences to date: XP - just about all the ...

I was looking at one of then discovered two spare pins so effectively a six and an eight. Mike, it's worth checking for that spare pair.

Thanks for that heads up Nigel. I think I'll get those.