Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Can you judge these pcs please

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Can you judge these pcs please

DVA8060
First Officer, B737-800

Joined on December 06 2009
B757 100 Club
Online Double Century Club
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Swindon, UK

347 legs, 998.9 hours
280 legs, 861.5 hours online
343 legs, 986.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on January 01 2012 14:59 ET by Jamie Moss

http://www.wired2fire.co.uk/ccc.php?systype=14

Just wondered if you could check this out and what you think my performance would be, I've decided that if I get a new pc then I will convert to FSX, so if I'm going to part with this much money then as you can imagine I'd want to be able to run very smoothly with the PMDG 747 in vc mode and with settings pretty close to max

Just wondered those that have max settings what sort of systems they have

Jamie Moss

First Officer, 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 January 01 2012 15:31 ET by David Garrison

For that kind of money you can easily build your own computer that would be much better. Think 2500k, z68 board, 8gb ddr3 1600mhz ram, gtx 570

David Garrison

Captain, B737-800

DVA8752
Captain, B767-300

Joined on January 01 2010
50 State Club
Triple Century Club

Sedalia, CO

338 legs, 1,236.8 hours
31 legs, 181.3 hours online
37 legs, 232.7 hours ACARS
2 legs, 8.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 01 2012 15:53 ET by Brandon Howell

David Garrison wrote:

For that kind of money you can easily build your own computer that would be much better. Think 2500k, z68 board, 8gb ddr3 1600mhz ram, gtx 570

+1. You can get a similar setup for a much cheaper price from a site like Newegg

Brandon Howell (DVA8752)

DVA5255
First Officer, A330-300

Joined on November 17 2007

Western United States

31 legs, 54.8 hours
15 legs, 18.7 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on January 01 2012 15:55 ET by Louis Vanbelkum

You can build much better for cheaper......

DVA7357
Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on May 22 2009
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

"With your eyes turned skyward"
Northeastern United States

90 legs, 155.2 hours
38 legs, 51.3 hours online
86 legs, 150.9 hours ACARS
2 legs, 2.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 01 2012 18:14 ET by Matthew McAlpine

http://www.deltava.org/thread.do?id=0x19d4a

Jamie, check out that build and take note of the parts that were recommended by fellow DVA pilots. I have swapped it out for a GTX 560 and i5 2500k and still have the build at about $850.

Matthew McAlpine (DVA7357)

DVA7016
Senior Captain, B767-300

Joined on February 14 2009
B757 100 Club
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

"I5 2500K - 560GTX - 8GB Ripjaw"
Essex GB

385 legs, 1,090.6 hours
384 legs, 1,089.6 hours ACARS
1,821 legs, 4,442.9 hours total

Posted onPost created on January 01 2012 18:48 ET by Alan Barber

Jamie - seeing that you are in the great value for money Uk, I took the liberty of doing a quick 'shop' at ebuyer for you. The case was a random pick but this should give you an idea

Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor 251596 603 in stock £170.98 £170.98
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Socket 775, 1156, 1155, 1366, AM2, AM3 Heatpipe CPU Cooler 176157 639 in stock £15.95 £15.95
Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Z68 Socket 1155 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard 276562 51 in stock £82.05 £82.05
G-Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V 264750 128 in stock £36.83 £36.83
Inno3D GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 Dual DVI Mini HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card 289031 17 in stock £250.00 £250.00
Seagate 1TB 3.5" Barracuda SATA-III 6Gb/s Hard Drive - 7200RPM 32MB Cache 252858 > 25 in stock £104.99 £104.99
Antec TruePower New 650W Modular PSU 159920 180 in stock £59.99 £59.99
Antec 300 Three Hundred Case 143854 53 in stock £49.30 £49.30

Totalled out at £785.00

With a bit of hunting around you can get better deals but will end up paying more delivery charges.

Alan

Alan Barber

Senior Captain, B767-300

Posted onPost created on January 01 2012 18:55 ET by Alan Barber

Me again!! If of course you are a bit daunted doing your own build then if you are in the £1K price range - this might be a better option

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/desktops/369781/chillblast-fusion-flash/specifications

or even this

http://www.chillblast.com/Chillblast-Fusion-Battlefield-Special-Limited-Edition-PC.html

swapping to a gtx570 adds £85 to this.

Alan Barber

Senior Captain, B767-300

DVA5255
First Officer, A330-300

Joined on November 17 2007

Western United States

31 legs, 54.8 hours
15 legs, 18.7 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on January 01 2012 20:29 ET by Louis Vanbelkum

If you need help i can help you build one on tiger direct, I just built my own pc. I am having problems with hardware but it was because i took a not taken path and bought a 8 core processor possibly the only person to buy it. But i built it and everything i am only 16 it was really easy.

Posted onPost created on January 02 2012 02:52 ET by Jamie Moss

Thanks for the advice, what fps could I expect to achieve if I had FSX with mad settings and running Pmdg with vc mode and a fair few add on sceneries

Jamie Moss

First Officer, B737-800

Posted onPost created on January 02 2012 04:45 ET by Alan Barber

Jamie - my specs are not too far away from the above. I am in the middle of reinstalling FSX and tweaking my PC but right now in the QW757 (not as complex as PMDG) on the ground at Flightbeam's KSFO with full Ultimate traffic I get 40fps external view, and between 35-40 in VC. This is with FSX's idea of overcast cloud cover. Also note that I haven't installed REX yet.

Moving to Imaginesims KLGA (denser scenery with regard to autogen) knocks about 10 fps off these numbers. These are both with close enough to max settings. Mileage will definately vary between PC's that appear almost identical (such is the world of FS) and how you set up your graphics card etc has a major influence on the outcome but whatever way you go just check in here with any more questions.

Alan Barber

Senior Captain, B767-300

Posted onPost created on January 02 2012 13:40 ET by Jamie Moss

Thanks Alan,some good views their has given me some food for thought, I did find the QW757 very frame rate friendly regards the VC and I got really accustomed to using it,no doubt the PMDG is a very detailed cockpit so therefore requires more strength naturally, I dont think I will go down the route of buidling it myself I'm not an expert and would rather allow professionals to build it for me, I also want to take my simming to a new level with perhaps utilising multiple screens in future, up until now I've gotten by with just a joystick and basic setup but would love the challenge of having a home cockpit

Jamie Moss

First Officer, B737-800

DVA5255
First Officer, A330-300

Joined on November 17 2007

Western United States

31 legs, 54.8 hours
15 legs, 18.7 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on January 02 2012 18:56 ET by Louis Vanbelkum

Try a site such as cyberpower or ibuypower

they will build what you pick out

Posted onPost created on January 03 2012 12:40 ET by Alan Barber

Jamie - if you do go with multiple screens bear in mind you are asking the GPU to do more and consequently stuff will slow down. Having an SLI or Crossfire set up is a way round this but you will have to up the ante with the the power supply. A lot of guys use the Matrox Triple Head to Go for a multi screen set up, I've no experience of this so maybe someone who has can chime in. I'm mentioning this as it might be advisable to include this option in your new PC rather than add to it at a later date, which a) will probably cost more and b) if you specify it now you are getting the 'professionals' to sort it out for you.

Alan Barber

Senior Captain, B767-300

Posted onPost created on January 03 2012 14:19 ET by Jamie Moss

Yeah I've reconsidered the Multi screen bit as I do use the pc for internet aswell so I dont really need three screens, I already have a 22 inch wide-screen and that pretty much shows the whole cockpit so if anything I might just get the Track IR which looks really good

Jamie Moss

First Officer, B737-800

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