let me give you some thoughts :and notes <br>My system built 8 months ago <br>I started with a HAF 132 chasis because it has 3 210mm fans and is very cool (quiet,clean)running $150<br><br>A gold 1100 watt power supply $279( here we have ENERGY STAR) which means very efficient electric system this PSI can run at 1470 MAX all day(overhead)<br>
<br>A classified mother board the first out $500(this was over the top but I wanted the best) .It has never missed a beat usually first time out has issue this has none<br><br>6 gigs corsair dominator GT 2000 speed ram $350 then <br>
<br>i7 2.66 with the overclocking pin now stock, 4.0gigs easily possible $255 <br><br>Dual Evga 285 OC with 2 gigs each total 4 gigs SLI 2.0 bridged both for $1000<br><br>I have had raptors before I don't like them if I wanted to go crazy I would<br>
go to SCSI 15,000 RPM drives with a Promise caching controller W/256 megs of cache <br><br>I went with a Seagate Barracuda III 1.5 gigs from Fry's $120 <br><br>A friend put it together for $100<br><br>It runs a tripleheadtogo to run 3 -24inch LCD monitors at 1680 X1050 converts 3 monitors into 1 big one 5040X1050<br>
<br>This has not had a gulp or a crash it sometimes runs 15 hours a day perfect. X-Plane is still 32 bit should it go to 64 bit <br>then I have total of 10 gigs .<br><br>I live in Southern California we have high temps and it rarely get below 40F at night daytime ave is 63F year around but<br>
summers are always 75-85-95-105F still this baby runs like a clock<br><br>Total price total price about $3000 these figures include shipping because California 10% sales tax most item were bought in<br> NY city or New Jersey except the power supply and MOBO were bought direct from EVGA .<br>
<br>note: of all the card suppliers EVGA was the best not only a live person tech support. We needed to know exactly how much<br>the video cards drew in power full out. Nvidia won't talk,ATI would not talk AMD the same but a VP at Evga would and told me<br>
exactly in watts what each card drew maximum. This private information which we got and nobody else would talk about it . <br>That is how I got a 20amp system to run at 20 amps exactly and never have a giitch.<br><br>I found out the, top end at that time, the 295 extreme with prox 1700MEGS although no one ever expressed a maximum <br>
requirement for power we found out 1 card needed 550 watts to run flat out . This new 480 and AMD you need to know<br>for sure that information before you buy a power supply unless you buy a 2000 watt PSI or run only 1 card .<br>
<br>The biggest issue on computers today is under powered PSI <br><br>After all most a year since we started planning for this system I have to say its been a wonderful experience <br><br>one last thought<br><br>4 years ago I wanted to build the hottest gamer you could get .Nobody had ever even heard the words SLI no one built<br>
a Mobo to run more than one. I did <br><br>The hottest video cards on the planet were Geforce 7800GTX 512megs each the only mobo that would run 2 at once was<br><br>was a SuperMicro a server board .Server boards can be from 13inch X 13 inches to 2 feet X 2feet <br>
<br>They need a special case <br><br>With 2 gigs of ram and Supermicro 750watt server board I ran flight simulator with every feature to the limit at 60FPS over Manhattan<br><br>at control height but it ran hot,Dirty and sounded like a jet engine . I got fed up with it and gave it to Rick Davis Shelburne Nova Scotia <br>
<br>because its cold up there and I figured it would run better . I had to break my piggy bank on that one and beg mummy for some more<br><br> money.<br><br><br>Regards<br><br>William Segal <br><br>sorry for bad writting I am not college boy <br>
<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 7:04 AM, Sander van der Moolen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sander@vpilot.net">sander@vpilot.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Is FSX CPU dependant like FS9 (and
previous) is? Or is it “leaning” more on the GPU?</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Justin, I think if you had upgraded the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I’m going to upgrade my system at the
start of the summer and have picked an AMD/ATI combo. I’ve already got a 550W
PSU, case and HDD’s.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">AMD Phenom II X4 955 B.E.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">GeIL GV34GB1333C7DC 4GB DDR3 (2x2)</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Gigabyte GA-770TA-UD3 mainboard</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Sapphire Vapor-X HD5770 1GB</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Scythe Katana 3 CPU cooler (may change
though)</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Sony AD-7240S cd/dvd burner because the “old”
one is beginning to show problems.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Total price around € 500 which is just
under maximum W.A.F.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">Van:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">
<a href="mailto:simpits-tech-bounces@simpits.org" target="_blank">simpits-tech-bounces@simpits.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:simpits-tech-bounces@simpits.org" target="_blank">simpits-tech-bounces@simpits.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Namens </span></b>Justin Messenger<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Verzonden:</span></b> woensdag 7 april 2010
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Aan:</span></b> Simpits Tech<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Onderwerp:</span></b> [simpits-tech] FSX
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">At the Jetline website the only computer they have
that is shown to run FSX at max settings costs $5.000.00 <a href="http://www.jetlinesystems.com/products.html" target="_blank">http://www.jetlinesystems.com/products.html</a></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I dont seem to be very good at building
gaming machines, Such as when I was shocked when my new
$600.00 8800 Ultra video card did little to improve my frame rate in
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worth checking for any FSX specific benchmark testing of</span></font></span><br>
<span>>each video card setup. I have done some pretty
basic testing of nvidia</span><br>
<span>>vs ATI, but not very scientific... it would be
worth the research time.</span><br>
<span>>Our results were quite "interesting",
with the results we saw not</span><br>
<span>>matching the published benchmark results. In 3d
Mark they came out</span><br>
<span>>pretty much as published, but in flightsim it was
a whole different</span><br>
<span>>matter.</span><br>
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<span>>Just my 2c</span><br>
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<span>>SeanG (who would love either of those
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