I have a windows 8.1. Tell me if these spec would work. 3.6GHz HP Xeon 800MHz 2MB L2 Cache Socket 604pin 370461602 CPUA 4 GB RAMand a defauly video card (people say fsx dosent rely on the graphics mostly cpu) I have a windows 8.1. Tell me if these spec would work. 3.6GHz HP Xeon 800MHz 2MB L2 Cache Socket 604pin 370461602 CPUA 4 GB RAMand a defauly video card (people say fsx dosent rely on... » Read More I have a windows 8.1. Tell me if these spec would work. 3.6GHz HP Xeon 800MHz 2MB L2 Cache Socket 604pin 370461602 CPUA 4 GB RAMand a defauly video card (people say fsx dosent rely on the graphics mostly cpu) « Show Less
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Your CPU looks alright. I would recommend though that you have a dedicated graphics card. Personally I am running a Pentium G 860 and a NVIDIA GT 640 Graphics card. If you are ever in the market to upgrade, go for a dual core CPU. FSX was built around that architecture. Any more cores and it just gets more and more unstable/jittery/flaky. Good luck and happy flying!
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Should run fine, graphics may be a little "off", as in detail/resolution. Would recommend a check with MS's website to see if any "patches" are required for Win 8.1.
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Everything I've read shows FSX works well through Windows 7. I have tried to make it work in Windows 8/8.1 with no luck. Runs well for about 10 minutes then crashes, youtube had some fixes but none have worked for me. Right now FSX is a door stop for newer systems it is not supported any more, so I went to X-Plane 10 North American region, it works well and is supported with continual updates. Good luck and best of luck!!!!! Oh by the way FSX is 32 bit and will only use 3 meg of memory no matter how much you have in your machine, X-Plane is 64 bit and will use all the memory you have and will use the GPU graphics chip more when you tax the simulator with detail. Everything I've read shows FSX works well through Windows 7. I have tried to make it work in Windows 8/8.1 with no luck. Runs well for about 10 minutes then crashes, youtube had some fixes but none have worked for me. Right now FSX is a door stop for newer systems it is not supported any more, so I went to X-Plane 10 North American region, it works well and is supported with continual updates. Good luck and best of luck!!!!! Oh by the way FSX is 32 bit and will only use 3 meg of memory no matter how much you have in your machine, X-Plane is 64 bit and will use all the memory you have and... » Read More Everything I've read shows FSX works well through Windows 7. I have tried to make it work in Windows 8/8.1 with no luck. Runs well for about 10 minutes then crashes, youtube had some fixes but none have worked for me. Right now FSX is a door stop for newer systems it is not supported any more, so I went to X-Plane 10 North American region, it works well and is supported with continual updates. Good luck and best of luck!!!!! Oh by the way FSX is 32 bit and will only use 3 meg of memory no matter how much you have in your machine, X-Plane is 64 bit and will use all the memory you have and will use the GPU graphics chip more when you tax the simulator with detail. « Show Less
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of course it will work, best card I ever owned for the price. and no there's no cpu requirement. pretty much the games run off the ram on the card.
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Without the exact processor, I can't tell you for sure but most of e5 v2 xeon should work as long as you're on the latest bios for the board. ASUS' website has a cpu compatibility section for all their boards. Put your e5 in and see what it says.
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The card certainly supports it. I've purchased several of them but use them in VMware servers, not desktops. It's HP, so there's a good chance that it will work fine; their products are usually compatible with mainstream devices and OSs.
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The socket on this motherboard allows for LGA 1155 processors only. Do not attempt to use any processor that is not listed as LGA 1155. These Intel processors are also referred to as Socket H2... the so-called "Sandy Bridge" or "Ivy Bridge" line of microarchitecture. Huge lists of these processors are available at places like Wikipedia but suffice it to say that this motherboard requires the latest Core i3, i5, or i7 processor and is not compatible with older versions of Windows... nothing earlier than Windows 7 will work and I strongly suggest a new copy of Windows 8.1 with this motherboard. The socket on this motherboard allows for LGA 1155 processors only. Do not attempt to use any processor that is not listed as LGA 1155. These Intel processors are also referred to as Socket H2... the so-called "Sandy Bridge" or "Ivy Bridge" line of microarchitecture. Huge lists of these processors are available at places like Wikipedia but suffice it to say that this motherboard requires the latest Core i3, i5, or i7 processor and is not compatible with older versions of Windows... nothing earlier than Windows 7 will work and I strongly suggest a new copy of Windows 8.1... » Read More The socket on this motherboard allows for LGA 1155 processors only. Do not attempt to use any processor that is not listed as LGA 1155. These Intel processors are also referred to as Socket H2... the so-called "Sandy Bridge" or "Ivy Bridge" line of microarchitecture. Huge lists of these processors are available at places like Wikipedia but suffice it to say that this motherboard requires the latest Core i3, i5, or i7 processor and is not compatible with older versions of Windows... nothing earlier than Windows 7 will work and I strongly suggest a new copy of Windows 8.1 with this motherboard. « Show Less
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Sorry to disappoint you Tracy L. The processor you want is in the FM2 grouping that is not compatible with the AM3+ socket. My best suggestion for you is to look into the FX series for the latest CPUs that work with AM3+ sockets. I do not know what your needs are, meaning business or gaming. I am a gamer and just use a 3.1 dual core CPU. Not much a CPU but it is Radeon graphics enhanced and matched to a 6670 HD video card. I can enjoy games such as Skyrim with no frame-rate fluctuations. Perhaps I could suggest something for you if you would give me more information about your needs and your PC. Thank you for asking me and I am at your service if needed.
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Yes,Be sure the CPU is on the compatible list of processors...it must be a 65 watt processor. If you have 4gb or more in memory you'll want to install the 64-bit version of Win 7. If you have 3gb or less in memory, the 32-bit Win 7 will work fine...Look on Intel's support website and see if the motherboard has 64-bit drivers first, before buying the 64-bit version of Win7...if not you must use the 32-bit version of Win 7. Good Luck!!
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David,When I ordered this computer it came with Windows 8. Still, I would call CPU Solutions and confirm which version of Windows it ships with. CPU Solutions is easy to work with, and I have purchased two computers from them, and both work fabulously. Just make sure you get the video card you really need.
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Should not be a problem. Gives you suggestions though. Keep using Microsoft software with this computer. When you first turn it on use the Microsoft windows licence registration coded that should have been on the computers case. Only the win64 codes will work. This is a fine fast machine that uses a VGA monitor connection. Good luck
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I installed in HP 2730p 6 months ago & it works great, faster, cooler are some of the benefits. I would have preferred higher capacity but they seem to have stopped making the larger, about double the capacity, SSD. It should work, but don't know specifically if it will work for the Dell, but I suggest that you at least partially remove the old orig hard drive to see if anything physically unusual about it such as connector adapter used or not. Other than that I don't see why it wouldn't work...also mine had Vista on it originally so I upgraded to Win 7 64 immediately, which made it very easy to set up. I installed in HP 2730p 6 months ago & it works great, faster, cooler are some of the benefits. I would have preferred higher capacity but they seem to have stopped making the larger, about double the capacity, SSD. It should work, but don't know specifically if it will work for the Dell, but I suggest that you at least partially remove the old orig hard drive to see if anything physically unusual about it such as connector adapter used or not. Other than that I don't see why it wouldn't work...also mine had Vista on it originally so I upgraded to Win 7 64 immediately, which made it very... » Read More I installed in HP 2730p 6 months ago & it works great, faster, cooler are some of the benefits. I would have preferred higher capacity but they seem to have stopped making the larger, about double the capacity, SSD. It should work, but don't know specifically if it will work for the Dell, but I suggest that you at least partially remove the old orig hard drive to see if anything physically unusual about it such as connector adapter used or not. Other than that I don't see why it wouldn't work...also mine had Vista on it originally so I upgraded to Win 7 64 immediately, which made it very easy to set up. « Show Less
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It will work. You may not achieve the maximum throughput, due to no PCI-E 3.0 and no SLI. If you plan on getting an additional video card, I would recommend getting a SLI compatible motherboard and a board that supports PCI-E v3.0
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Yes it will work. I'm running an i7 intel and it works just great.Hope this helped.
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Be prepared for a fight to get it installed. You have to do a couple of things first because of Windows 8. First go into the bios by hitting delete on start up and disable secure boot. Then dig around in bios to find and enable the legacy boot option. I'm sorry I can't tell you exactly what that is called but it wasn't hard to find. You may also need to make sure you have the latest drivers for the NVidia product you are installing. Then, as Jel said, you should upgrade at least the power supply to a minimum of 500 watts. My GTX-650 SC is running just fine with a 550 watt PS and just the stock RAM. Be prepared for a fight to get it installed. You have to do a couple of things first because of Windows 8. First go into the bios by hitting delete on start up and disable secure boot. Then dig around in bios to find and enable the legacy boot option. I'm sorry I can't tell you exactly what that is called but it wasn't hard to find. You may also need to make sure you have the latest drivers for the NVidia product you are installing. Then, as Jel said, you should upgrade at least the power supply to a minimum of 500 watts. My GTX-650 SC is running just fine with a 550 watt PS and just the... » Read More Be prepared for a fight to get it installed. You have to do a couple of things first because of Windows 8. First go into the bios by hitting delete on start up and disable secure boot. Then dig around in bios to find and enable the legacy boot option. I'm sorry I can't tell you exactly what that is called but it wasn't hard to find. You may also need to make sure you have the latest drivers for the NVidia product you are installing. Then, as Jel said, you should upgrade at least the power supply to a minimum of 500 watts. My GTX-650 SC is running just fine with a 550 watt PS and just the stock RAM. « Show Less
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The card will likely work as it is a Broadcom at its core. Direct built in support may not exist in the OS but it is highly likely there are drivers that will work. However, you will not be able to use the advanced toolset without Windows and the Killer driver set for it.
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This motherboard is *NOT* optimized for windows 8. its simply compatable with it, and certified to work with it. Windows 7 *SCREAMS* on this motherboard. Amd 8350 @ 4.85ghz , 16gb ddr3 2133mhz ram, corsair h100I cooler, Corsair 600D case
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It has a PCI-E 16x slot. I think it's like revision 1.0 so it won't run very fast, but it should work. It has 4 RAM slots? I don't know about channels on this board, but I think i got it to run with two unmatched pairs of 2GB RAM, totaling 8GB. Here is the manual:
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I don't foresee any case that you need 8 DIM sockets. If you plan on gaming on Windows 7 then 16GB is max. Even if you want to run Windows 8.1 more then 16GB is probably over kill.