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DVA4455
First Officer, B757-200

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Clearwater, FL USA

233 legs, 828.8 hours
229 legs, 817.6 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on May 19 2012 15:41 ET by Manny Fellouzis

Hey guys, just to warn everyone this is another annoying "Will this run FSX ok?" thread. I am curious as this is my first build and I am pretty excited. Here it goes....
GA-Z77X-UD5H (may set up SLI later on just want the expandability)
i5-3570k (will be overclocked)
Corsair H60 (push-pull)
8 GB Corsair Vengence 1600 (may overclock)
GTX560 Ti 1GB 900MHz
60 GB SSD
1TB hd 32M Cache
Please let me know how this looks. I always like to have a 2nd,3rd,4th,5th...etc set of eyes! Thanks guys!

Manny Fellouzis

First Officer, B757-200

DVA10131
Captain, MD-11
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Joined on August 29 2011
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"If it's not Boeing, I'm not going"
Charleston, SC USA

136 legs, 473.3 hours
123 legs, 428.0 hours online
130 legs, 451.7 hours ACARS
11 legs, 38.5 hours event

Posted onPost created on May 19 2012 16:01 ET by Robbie Johnson

Switch to a 2500k, the IB overheats when overclocking. I would switch to a good heatsink and save some money on the cooling. The Hyper 212 will perform about the same for about half the cost. The GPU should work fine, but you might consider switching to a 570; especially if you are going to be using more than just flight sim. That SSD is small; if you're using it as a cache for the HDD it should be fine but otherwise you should get something a little bigger. If you can give me a budget I can throw a wishlist together for you with my best recommendations.

Robbie Johnson (DVA10131)

DVA4455
First Officer, B757-200

Joined on May 06 2007
Double Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

Clearwater, FL USA

233 legs, 828.8 hours
229 legs, 817.6 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on May 19 2012 16:41 ET by Manny Fellouzis

I have heard that the reason for the ivy bridge was the stock paste was not as good as the SB. My sources could be wrong. FSX is my primary game of choice with addons of course. And I am using the SSD as a cache for the HDD. My budget is somewhere around 1500 give or take. I am open to any and all recomendations. Thanks Robbie

Manny Fellouzis

First Officer, B757-200

Posted onPost created on May 22 2012 23:45 ET by Robbie Johnson

Ok, sorry about the delay I've been out of town for a few days. I have the wishlist made up, and you can view it here http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=15263574 . It currently comes to $1239.88 after MIR. If you get the GPU before 5/25 it will also be $20 off bringing the total down to $1219.88.

I went ahead any put the 2500k in this list. The overheating issues with IB might be the thermal paste, but I would still go with SB atm just in case. If you decide on IB everything else on the list will still work fine with it.

I switched you to a heatsink instead of liquid; you will get very similar (if not better) cooling performance with this one. If you really want liquid, I would go with an H80 instead.

I went ahead and bumped the GPU up to a 570; its within your budget and is defiantly worth the extra ~$50.

I also bumped the mobo up to a sabertooth. The one you picked out is a good one, and the sabertooth is very similar in some respects, but it is made to last a lot longer.

Everything else in the list (case, psu, etc) are my stock recommendations, and can easily be switched out for something else; just let me know.
If you have any more questions or want me to update the list, I will be checking back here or you can feel free to email me. Until then Blue Skies & Happy Landings!

Robbie Johnson (DVA10131)

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 May 23 2012 22:09 ET by Louis Vanbelkum

Manny Fellouzis wrote:

I have heard that the reason for the ivy bridge was the stock paste was not as good as the SB. My sources could be wrong. FSX is my primary game of choice with addons of course. And I am using the SSD as a cache for the HDD. My budget is somewhere around 1500 give or take. I am open to any and all recomendations. Thanks Robbie

its not the paste even with after market paste people are having problems...i have not seen any ocs with the super good paste but the stuff that comes on h60s ect

DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
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Joined on June 03 2006
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Anderson, MO

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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 May 23 2012 22:26 ET by Michael Brown

It isn't the paste between the CPU and fan/heatsink that is the issue ....it is the paste between the die and the heat spreader.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-s-Sub-Par-Thermal-Grease-Busted-268995.shtml

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