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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | How is this build
DVA8777
Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on June 17 2010
Online Century Club
50 State Club
Triple Century Club

"777-200LR..."
Toronto, ON Canada

300 legs, 884.6 hours
108 legs, 232.3 hours online
298 legs, 874.7 hours ACARS
2 legs, 4.8 hours event
 Posted onPost created on August 01 2011 18:28 ET by Moiz Shakeel
Cooler Master case
Gigabyte P55 USB3 Motherboard
4gb 2133mhz G-Skill Ripjaw memory
i5 760 Quad core @ 3.4ghz
2x gigabyte ATI Radeon 5770's in crossfire
60gb OCZ Vertex SSD "operating system and FSX"
500gb WD Caviar Black HHD for storage
Corsiar P/S

Windows 7 Ultimate
Also this PC is being offered to me for 680$

How would this handle FSX?
Thanks


DVA8777
Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on June 17 2010
Online Century Club
50 State Club
Triple Century Club

"777-200LR..."
Toronto, ON Canada

300 legs, 884.6 hours
108 legs, 232.3 hours online
298 legs, 874.7 hours ACARS
2 legs, 4.8 hours event
 Posted onPost created on August 01 2011 19:59 ET by Moiz Shakeel
I got another offer for this

-Intel i5 2500k overclocked to 4.2GHz runs extremely cool at 35-40 degrees with a full load
-MSI P67-GD65 tons of room for upgrades and reliable components
-EVGA 560Ti 1GB superclocked Crysis 2 edition
-4GB of Kingston DDR3 RAM at 1600MHz for fantastic speeds and multitasking
-Corsair Hydro H50 cpu liquid cooling (Don't ever have to refill)
-1x 1TB Western Digital Black Drive for high performance fast loading
-600 Watt Ultra Power Supply
-22" LED Full HD 1080P View Sonic Monitor

This is for 800$

Again how would this handle FSX

and what is the better option. Thanks smile


DVA8152
First Officer, B767-300
OLP

Joined on December 28 2009
Online Six Century Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club

"By George, we did it!"
Jacksonville, FL USA

1,159 legs, 2,921.6 hours
698 legs, 1,755.8 hours online
1,033 legs, 2,466.9 hours ACARS
1 legs, 11.8 hours event
136 legs dispatched, 40.7 hours
 Posted onPost created on August 01 2011 21:18 ET by Dan Turner
Moiz Shakeel wrote:

I got another offer for this

-Intel i5 2500k overclocked to 4.2GHz runs extremely cool at 35-40 degrees with a full load
-MSI P67-GD65 tons of room for upgrades and reliable components
-EVGA 560Ti 1GB superclocked Crysis 2 edition
-4GB of Kingston DDR3 RAM at 1600MHz for fantastic speeds and multitasking
-Corsair Hydro H50 cpu liquid cooling (Don't ever have to refill)
-1x 1TB Western Digital Black Drive for high performance fast loading
-600 Watt Ultra Power Supply
-22" LED Full HD 1080P View Sonic Monitor

This is for 800$

Again how would this handle FSX

and what is the better option. Thanks :)


That would get my vote.


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 August 01 2011 21:20 ET by Craig McGrath
Looks good to me, though I'd maybe get a bit more RAM.


DVA8447
Senior Captain, L-1011-100

Joined on March 30 2010
50 State Club
Double Century Club

Morongo Valley, CA USA

230 legs, 353.4 hours
31 legs, 38.9 hours online
229 legs, 352.3 hours ACARS
1 legs, 1.4 hours event
 Posted onPost created on August 02 2011 00:31 ET by Phil Baker
Either one, very nice. Dble check the OS and make sure you get win 7 64bit, 32 bit version will not utilize more then 4gb ram


DVA8777
Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on June 17 2010
Online Century Club
50 State Club
Triple Century Club

"777-200LR..."
Toronto, ON Canada

300 legs, 884.6 hours
108 legs, 232.3 hours online
298 legs, 874.7 hours ACARS
2 legs, 4.8 hours event
 Posted onPost created on August 02 2011 08:43 ET by Moiz Shakeel
Thanks for the input guys and how would these computers handle FSX at MAX settings with REX


DVA9589
First Officer, A320

Joined on March 14 2011
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
Commuter Conquest
Millennium Club
US Mountaineer Club
Globetrotter
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Everett 500 Club

Stuart, IA USA

1,495 legs, 2,393.1 hours
45 legs, 90.3 hours online
1,480 legs, 2,370.6 hours ACARS
4 legs, 8.4 hours event
 Posted onPost created on August 03 2011 10:26 ET by Randy Donnelly
No computer, regardless of what they say, will handle FSX maxed. They shouldn't even be run at max! It just waist rescources.

Randy Donnelly

First Officer, A320
DVA9589
First Officer, A320

Joined on March 14 2011
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
Commuter Conquest
Millennium Club
US Mountaineer Club
Globetrotter
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Everett 500 Club

Stuart, IA USA

1,495 legs, 2,393.1 hours
45 legs, 90.3 hours online
1,480 legs, 2,370.6 hours ACARS
4 legs, 8.4 hours event
 Posted onPost created on August 03 2011 10:35 ET by Randy Donnelly
No computer, regardless of what they say, will handle FSX maxed. They shouldn't even be run at max! It just waist rescources. The 500 series video cards are a poor use of financial rescources IMHO.I have read many articles where people have compared the GTX 470 and GTX 580 and saw no difference what so ever in FSX. just $200.00 + price difference. Plus the 500 series is a HUGE power hog! The 600w PSU for the 500 series Video Card and OC'd CPU is right on the edge. It will run it, but for longetivity? I would start to be concerned.

Randy Donnelly

First Officer, A320
DVA3696
First Officer, B757-200

Joined on November 06 2006

"De Plane, De Plane!!!"
Victor, NY USA

91 legs, 184.4 hours
64 legs, 137.0 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on August 03 2011 13:39 ET by Joseph Glick
Well, FSX uses mainly the CPU, so in FSX there isn't much of a difference between the 400 and 500 series cards, but in other games there is a big one. The 500 series is actually LESS of a power hog than the 400 series, and it runs cooler. 600w is a bit low for that rig though, and Randy has a good point about longevity.


AFV313
Senior Captain, B737-800

Joined on June 11 2010
Diplomatic Mission
Pushing Tin Club
Online Millenium Club
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
The Penguins Of Madagascar
Double Millenium Club
50 State Club
Boeing Buckle Down
Four Million Mile Club
GVA 10 Year Anniversary

"Come fly with me, lets fly, lets fly away!"
Howick, KwaZulu-Natal ZA

2,941 legs, 9,560.6 hours
1,901 legs, 5,926.6 hours online
2,853 legs, 9,199.0 hours ACARS
58 legs, 272.0 hours event
350 legs dispatched, 155.5 hours
 Posted onPost created on August 03 2011 15:28 ET by Robert Armstrong
Moiz Shakeel wrote:

I got another offer for this

-Intel i5 2500k overclocked to 4.2GHz runs extremely cool at 35-40 degrees with a full load
-MSI P67-GD65 tons of room for upgrades and reliable components
-EVGA 560Ti 1GB superclocked Crysis 2 edition
-4GB of Kingston DDR3 RAM at 1600MHz for fantastic speeds and multitasking
-Corsair Hydro H50 cpu liquid cooling (Don't ever have to refill)
-1x 1TB Western Digital Black Drive for high performance fast loading
-600 Watt Ultra Power Supply
-22" LED Full HD 1080P View Sonic Monitor

This is for 800$

Again how would this handle FSX

and what is the better option. Thanks :)


Thats got my vote too... That should run FS quite well
DVA8777
Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on June 17 2010
Online Century Club
50 State Club
Triple Century Club

"777-200LR..."
Toronto, ON Canada

300 legs, 884.6 hours
108 legs, 232.3 hours online
298 legs, 874.7 hours ACARS
2 legs, 4.8 hours event
 Posted onPost created on August 03 2011 21:21 ET by Moiz Shakeel
Thanks for the input guys, I like the fact about how long it will run.





DVA8574
Captain, B737-800

Joined on March 08 2010

Fitchburg, MA

89 legs, 139.3 hours
62 legs, 100.7 hours online
88 legs, 137.7 hours ACARS
1 legs, 1.3 hours event
 Posted onPost created on August 03 2011 21:33 ET by David Garrison
It will run just fine if done properly. I have the 2500k at 4.6, sometimes 4.8ghz with a gtx460 twinfrozer. check out my youtube channel, "uberwagn"

And you DO NOT need more than 4GB of ram unless you use other programs that utilize RAM heavily.

David Garrison

Captain, B737-800
DVA8574
Captain, B737-800

Joined on March 08 2010

Fitchburg, MA

89 legs, 139.3 hours
62 legs, 100.7 hours online
88 legs, 137.7 hours ACARS
1 legs, 1.3 hours event
 Posted onPost created on August 03 2011 21:35 ET by David Garrison
Feel free to message me on AIM - I build computers as a side job kind of.

David Garrison

Captain, B737-800
DVA8777
Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on June 17 2010
Online Century Club
50 State Club
Triple Century Club

"777-200LR..."
Toronto, ON Canada

300 legs, 884.6 hours
108 legs, 232.3 hours online
298 legs, 874.7 hours ACARS
2 legs, 4.8 hours event
 Posted onPost created on August 03 2011 22:22 ET by Moiz Shakeel
David Garrison wrote:

Feel free to message me on AIM - I build computers as a side job kind of.


Thanks David, by the look of your other computer. You know what your doing.
Checking out your vids too.



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