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DVA8594
Captain, MD-11

Joined on May 07 2010
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
Everett 500 Club
US Coastal Club
US Mountaineer Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Ann Arbor Charter Township, MI USA

1,281 legs, 3,424.3 hours
8 legs, 12.8 hours online
1,264 legs, 3,400.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on July 27 2011 16:28 ET by Mark Brown

I dont know much about computers, but this was a recommended build from some computer nerds on a car forum I frequent. I'm trying to keep it under $1,000. How does this look?

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz
MSI P67A-G45 LGA1155 P67 SATA6 USB3.0 ATX Motherboard
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5
Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W PSU
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit
XFX HD-695X-ZNFC Radeon HD 6950 1GB

Total Price: $990

Mark Brown

Captain, MD-11

DVA9443
Senior Captain, B767-300
OLP

Joined on January 23 2011
50 State Club
Six Century Club
Everett 500 Club

Ottawa, ON Canada

639 legs, 1,677.0 hours
80 legs, 136.3 hours online
639 legs, 1,677.0 hours ACARS
4 legs, 15.3 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 27 2011 17:07 ET by Craig McGrath

Looks good to me. I just ordered nearly the same rig, but with some different brands (ASUS for the motherboard, different power supply with more watts).

Where are you ordering from?

Craig McGrath (DVA9443)

Posted onPost created on July 27 2011 17:11 ET by Mark Brown

newegg

Mark Brown

Captain, MD-11

DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP, COMM

Joined on June 03 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club

"pitchpowertrim.com"
Anderson, MO

619 legs, 1,093.4 hours
292 legs, 503.1 hours online
580 legs, 1,026.5 hours ACARS
89 legs, 191.0 hours event
236 legs dispatched, 110.1 hours

Posted onPost created on July 27 2011 18:15 ET by Michael Brown

Mark Brown wrote:

I dont know much about computers, but this was a recommended build from some computer nerds on a car forum I frequent. I'm trying to keep it under $1,000. How does this look?

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz
MSI P67A-G45 LGA1155 P67 SATA6 USB3.0 ATX Motherboard
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5
Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W PSU
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit
XFX HD-695X-ZNFC Radeon HD 6950 1GB

Total Price: $990

Almost the same as mine too ....good computer for a good price! ...love Newegg!

Michael Brown (DVA3196)

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