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DVA3438
Senior Captain, B717-200
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Honolulu, HI

3,901 legs, 8,778.3 hours
1,366 legs, 2,824.5 hours online
3,760 legs, 8,263.1 hours ACARS
130 legs, 355.9 hours event
106 legs dispatched, 98.6 hours

Posted onPost created on June 17 2011 13:43 ET by Kyle Catlin

Welll I decided my motherboard/CPU was fried.. was able to get the following for $230 total. I'm purrty excited! I'll just need a new PSU to power it all along with my GeForce 9600GT. Just landed in SDF! http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS2215/history/20110617/1330Z/KJFK/KSDF

MSI 760GM-E51 AM3 AMD 760G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory

My current PSU is only 450W.. this system will require 125W plus an additional 400W to run the 9600GT... I'm looking for a 600-700W PSU for around $50 if any of you get bored and wanna look up some suggestions! smile

I'll also be looking for a new graphics card sometime in the not so distant future when I run into some more extra cash.. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Kyle Catlin (DVA3438)

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"fly a heavy or dont fly at all"
Northeastern United States

536 legs, 1,889.5 hours
443 legs, 1,401.1 hours online
515 legs, 1,789.3 hours ACARS
20 legs, 68.7 hours event
842 legs, 2,782.9 hours total

Posted onPost created on June 17 2011 15:43 ET by Michael Schlabowske

Looks like itll be a nice system. The only thing that I would suggest is a beefier PSU, the only reason being that you mentioned you want to eventually upgrade your graphics card. The newer cards will require atleast a 750 watt PSU to run stable. Would hate to see you have to spend more down the road to be able to run those bigger cards. Other then that, its looking good! See you back in the skies soon!! smile

DVA9792
Senior Captain, B737-800
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Cripple Creek, CO

10,861 legs, 31,505.9 hours
10,351 legs, 30,232.3 hours online
10,753 legs, 31,162.8 hours ACARS
1,535 legs, 4,172.7 hours event
0 legs dispatched, 2.3 hours

Posted onPost created on June 18 2011 00:05 ET by Jim Rose

Kyle, the 9600 will not draw 400W, that minimum requirement is for the entire system. Not until you get to newer generation video cards do you need more.
If you want to check how much you need try this:
http://support.asus.com/PowerSupply.aspx?SLanguage=en
If you want to future proof your system:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007657%20600014022&IsNodeId=1&name=601W%20-%20700W

Jim Rose

Senior Captain, B737-800

Posted onPost created on June 19 2011 12:28 ET by Kyle Catlin

lol I've searched newegg pretty good Jim... I was hoping there would be a specific suggestion. The absolute minimum I need is the 450 I already have and I need to replace this PSU anyway.

Kyle Catlin (DVA3438)

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