Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Need a new pc badly and came across this. What you think guys?

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Need a new pc badly and came across this. What you think guys?

DVA9504
First Officer, B767-300

Joined on February 13 2011
B737 50 Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Century Club

Newark, NJ USA

176 legs, 384.5 hours
175 legs, 382.4 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 26 2012 13:32 ET by Samuel Atta-Peters

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5618898&Sku=V03-24000

Samuel Atta-Peters

First Officer, B767-300

DVA11180
Captain, A320

Joined on December 12 2012
Century Club

Minneapolis, MN

143 legs, 266.3 hours
133 legs, 249.7 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 26 2012 21:35 ET by Caleb Williams

I'm not a huge fan of all-in-one systems, but they may have come a ways since I've used them. Other than iMacs, which seem to have the game down. Check to see how upgradable this system is.

Caleb Williams

Captain, A320

DVA10705
First Officer, B747-400
OLP

Joined on April 27 2012
Two Million Mile Club
Everett 500 Club
Millennium Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Kamloops, BC Canada

1,060 legs, 5,399.0 hours
87 legs, 356.0 hours online
1,059 legs, 5,397.6 hours ACARS
15 legs, 48.6 hours event
3,528 legs, 15,773.5 hours total
15 legs dispatched, 24.4 hours

Posted onPost created on December 26 2012 21:59 ET by Bill Gardiner

I'm not a huge fan of all in one systems either but this one truly sucks. What are you thinking?

Bill Gardiner

First Officer, B747-400

DVA5661
Senior Captain, B737-800
OLP, COMM

Joined on March 07 2008
50 State Club
Online Triple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Everett Millennium Club
Globetrotter
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Two Million Mile Club

"737 or MD-11, how far you wanna go?"
Melbourne, FL USA

1,928 legs, 4,823.7 hours
304 legs, 639.9 hours online
1,880 legs, 4,735.4 hours ACARS
19 legs, 40.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 26 2012 22:12 ET by Vic DeSantis

Sam, I do not know if you are flying FS9 or FSX. If it is the latter, let me offer an opinion...you are most likely not going to have a pleasant experience with the computer you linked to if flying FSX. FSX is most CPU intensive, unlike FS9 which was heavier on the graphics side. at 2.5 Ghz, you might manage on very low settings with minimal add-ons. Again, just my opinion. I am running an i7-960 chip O/C'd to 4.0 Ghz, 8 gigs of RAM, and a very good nVidia card. I think you might not enjoy the all-in-one option if FSX is the version you fly. Please cgeck around and do some research before you spend your bucks. Here is the link to the rig I put together..

http://www.deltava.org/thread.do?id=0x17cca

I have since changed the CPU cooler to a Corsair H60 (liquid) and overclocked the chip to 4.0 (160 x 25) and running 8 Gigs of G.Skills RipJaws ram @ 1600. With PMDG 737-800 (and MD-11) along with UTX, GEX, GSX, and AS2012 all running, I average 30 fps at the airports and a bit more at altitude.

Vic DeSantis (DVA5661)

DVA8441
Captain, MD-88

Joined on March 27 2010
Everett 250 Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Six Century Club

"Gravity is not just a good idea. It's a Law. "
Southeastern United States

661 legs, 1,752.7 hours
93 legs, 166.9 hours online
657 legs, 1,740.2 hours ACARS
1 legs, 3.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 27 2012 08:55 ET by Sid St. Clair

Bill Gardiner wrote:

I'm not a huge fan of all in one systems either but this one truly sucks. What are you thinking?

Ummm. It's completely unnecessary to be so harsh. Would it be better for him to get a computer custom-made? Yes, and that's all that needs to be said.

Remove cob please. Thank you.

Sid St. Clair (DVA8441)

DVA9504
First Officer, B767-300

Joined on February 13 2011
B737 50 Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Century Club

Newark, NJ USA

176 legs, 384.5 hours
175 legs, 382.4 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 27 2012 09:50 ET by Samuel Atta-Peters

Bill Gardiner wrote:

I'm not a huge fan of all in one systems either but this one truly sucks. What are you thinking?

Mind you i know nothing about computers so don't judge me if you don't have nothing positive to say. I'm a huge fan of fsx and all i am looking for is just a good pc i can run it on max with my addons. Thank You

Samuel Atta-Peters

First Officer, B767-300

Posted onPost created on December 27 2012 11:16 ET by Bill Gardiner

I was trying to be positive--that system would truly suck for FSX. Check out newegg.com for pre-built gaming computers or, even better, components so that you can build your own. If you want to build you can get lots of help here. And have a look at this avsim.com thread about hardware and software configuration for FSX before you do anythiing. It gives a really good overview and will give you a better idea of where you want to end up.

http://forum.avsim.net/tutorials/article/78-software-hardware-guide-for-fsx/

Good luck, and if you want frank advice don't be afraid to post. smile

Bill Gardiner

First Officer, B747-400

DVA9677
Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on April 11 2011
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club
Quincentenary Club

"American 1482, your APU is leaking baggage."
Kissimmee, FL USA

543 legs, 735.9 hours
247 legs, 299.2 hours online
538 legs, 725.6 hours ACARS
2 legs, 2.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 06 2013 11:18 ET by John Anderson

Vic DeSantis wrote:

at 2.5 Ghz, you might manage on very low settings with minimal add-ons. Again, just my opinion. I am running an i7-960 chip O/C'd to 4.0 Ghz, 8 gigs of RAM, and a very good nVidia card.

That was my first thought . . . I'm running a Quad-Core 3.8ghz AMD, with 8gbs of 1600mhz RAM, and run FSX at around 17-19fps with the PMDG. That's with minimal settings. If I turn on the clouds, I plummet to about 4fps.

I would look for something a bit more powerful, or take on the challenge of building a system. You could probably build a system with a nice punch for close to the same cost.

John Anderson (DVA9677)

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