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DVA7697
Captain, B767-300

Joined on August 12 2009

Northeastern United States

73 legs, 145.5 hours
1 legs, 1.2 hours online
71 legs, 140.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on March 15 2010 17:01 ET by Connor Damelia

my computer is destroyed basically. it is 7 years old so i was debating about getting a new one and spending around 800-1000 dollars. or should i use some of my parts and just upgrade i have e8400 3.5ghz 4 gb ddr2 800 mhz ram and the rest is useless. please tell me what to get and if anyone would like to design what i should get i will look into it. i would really appreciate it. i am debating about a possible prize for the best model for the best price. i would really appreciate this. thanks everyone.

Connor Damelia (DVA7697)

DVA4295
Captain, B767-300

Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club

Stratford, CT USA

212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs, 368.4 hours online
190 legs, 356.7 hours ACARS
3 legs, 6.7 hours event
19 legs dispatched, 10.0 hours

Posted onPost created on March 15 2010 17:24 ET by John Alusik

If you have 800-1000 to spend then I diffidently encourage you to buy a new one. I personally recommend a Phenom II X4 and an ATI 5800 series card, but you will get the people who recommend and i7 and Nvidia. I do believe that from the articles i have read that AMD has a better cost to performance ratio then intel,and the new 5000 series graphics cards are the fastest cards in the world right now.

John Alusik

Captain, B767-300

DVA7697
Captain, B767-300

Joined on August 12 2009

Northeastern United States

73 legs, 145.5 hours
1 legs, 1.2 hours online
71 legs, 140.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on March 15 2010 17:27 ET by Connor Damelia

alright well i dont know alot about what parts i exactly need if anyone wants to go on newegg or another site and design one for fun. it would really help me. i really appreciate it

Connor Damelia (DVA7697)

Posted onPost created on March 15 2010 18:23 ET by John Alusik

Here's what I got, includes everything minus monitor and Operating System:

CPU/MB combo: Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.4ghz, Biostar AM3 DDR3: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.345265

Memory: Corsair 4gb(2x2gb) DDR3 1600: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145260

Power Supply: Corsair 650w: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005

Video card: Sapphire ATI HD5830 1gb: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102878

Hard Drive: 1TB Seagate: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433

Case: Mid-tower Cooler Master: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119068

Disk Drive: SATA CD/DVD Burner: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289

There are rebates and such the grand total is $891.92 before shipping. If you want latest and greatest technology there are motherboards that can support new SATA speed of 6 Gbps, which also brings up the price of the hard drive. There's room to expand but i think that's a decent build.

John Alusik

Captain, B767-300

DVA7697
Captain, B767-300

Joined on August 12 2009

Northeastern United States

73 legs, 145.5 hours
1 legs, 1.2 hours online
71 legs, 140.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on March 15 2010 18:26 ET by Connor Damelia

thanks how does this compair http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229171

Connor Damelia (DVA7697)

Posted onPost created on March 15 2010 18:29 ET by John Alusik

The one i gave you has better video card, cpu and faster ram.

John Alusik

Captain, B767-300

Posted onPost created on March 15 2010 18:30 ET by John Alusik

if you want a pre-built one i recommend this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227179

John Alusik

Captain, B767-300

DVA7697
Captain, B767-300

Joined on August 12 2009

Northeastern United States

73 legs, 145.5 hours
1 legs, 1.2 hours online
71 legs, 140.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on March 15 2010 18:39 ET by Connor Damelia

thats pretty high priced would the one i was looking at run fsx with ease or high settings is all.

Connor Damelia (DVA7697)

Posted onPost created on March 15 2010 18:43 ET by John Alusik

You said you had a budget of $800-$1000 and that one is pretty much in the middle. The one you picked may be probably can run FSX on high, but it would only run well with freeware aircraft, once you load up a PMDG, the load on the CPU would become too great.

John Alusik

Captain, B767-300

DVA7697
Captain, B767-300

Joined on August 12 2009

Northeastern United States

73 legs, 145.5 hours
1 legs, 1.2 hours online
71 legs, 140.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on March 15 2010 18:47 ET by Connor Damelia

alright um could u try to find one that is around 500-750 maybe 800 i wanto run level d 767 rex 2.0 with no problem but on a budget

Connor Damelia (DVA7697)

Posted onPost created on March 15 2010 18:51 ET by John Alusik

this is probably the best bang for your buck, but i can't make any guarantees: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229173

John Alusik

Captain, B767-300

DVA7697
Captain, B767-300

Joined on August 12 2009

Northeastern United States

73 legs, 145.5 hours
1 legs, 1.2 hours online
71 legs, 140.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on March 15 2010 18:55 ET by Connor Damelia

do u think i could keep my 3.4 ghz processor and build a comp around around that

Connor Damelia (DVA7697)

Posted onPost created on March 15 2010 19:06 ET by John Alusik

the only real way to bring down the cost is a new video card. I found what is probably at least a decent replacement but i don't know much about the card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161319

John Alusik

Captain, B767-300

DVA7697
Captain, B767-300

Joined on August 12 2009

Northeastern United States

73 legs, 145.5 hours
1 legs, 1.2 hours online
71 legs, 140.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on March 16 2010 15:24 ET by Connor Damelia

how would this computer run fsx http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883147038

Connor Damelia (DVA7697)

Posted onPost created on March 17 2010 00:10 ET by John Alusik

thats a great machine but if the prebuilt $850 is out of you budget but this $1100 machine is in your budget?

John Alusik

Captain, B767-300

DVA7697
Captain, B767-300

Joined on August 12 2009

Northeastern United States

73 legs, 145.5 hours
1 legs, 1.2 hours online
71 legs, 140.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on March 17 2010 06:32 ET by Connor Damelia

im not a huge amd fan if you really think its good ill get it but idk how that compares to a core i5 or i7

Connor Damelia (DVA7697)

Posted onPost created on March 17 2010 10:26 ET by John Alusik

I can't say which one you should buy, I believe you should decide for yourself, here are 2 articles comparing AMD vs. Intel, and the best CPU for a price range.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gaming-cpu,2570.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclock-phenom-ii,2119.html?xtmc=phenom_vs_i7&xtcr=1

John Alusik

Captain, B767-300

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