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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | looking for a new computer:

DVA364
Captain, A330-300

Joined on October 23 2001
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett Century Club
Double Century Club

"COWBOY UP!"
Carrollton, GA

261 legs, 480.8 hours
5 legs, 6.5 hours online
221 legs, 363.1 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on January 20 2016 15:11 ET by Ralph Templeman

i've asked this before, but it has been a long while since i've asked. Please help me to build a computer so that I may get into flight sim again. My computer mother board shorted out and I need a new one or a new computer. I don't want to spend alot of money. maybe 600 to 800 dollars. Can someone give me some clues???? also what does steam cost and is it a good investment?

Ralph Templeman

Captain, A330-300

DVA11021
Captain, B757-200
OLP

Joined on September 13 2012
B757 100 Club
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

Milford, NH

375 legs, 620.5 hours
365 legs, 604.5 hours online
374 legs, 618.9 hours ACARS
21 legs, 51.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 20 2016 15:22 ET by Sean Zarella

Steam is the company that sells Games, and is the Host the games to launch is no cost,

For a PC I am HIGHLY recommending the I7 4790k CPU. its stock @ 4.0 ghz, I personally overclocked mine with ease to 4.7ghz, see this post for more details. https://www.deltava.org/thread.do?id=0x1f3a6

I have put together a parts picker with some items for you, including cpu board, cooler, drive, and video card and ram. Not sure about what is broken in your pc this is just reference,

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LVvyjX

any questions please let me know.

Sean Zarella (DVA11021)

Posted onPost created on January 20 2016 15:39 ET by Ralph Templeman

Thank you Sean. I do appreciate the advice. i'll check into it.

Ralph Templeman

Captain, A330-300

DVA11701
Captain, B747-400
OLP

Joined on July 30 2011
50 State Club
Everett Century Club
Double Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Nijmegen, Gelderland The Netherlands

290 legs, 1,050.1 hours
95 legs, 406.2 hours online
290 legs, 1,050.1 hours ACARS
11 legs, 25.1 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 21 2016 18:44 ET by Liam Kroes

Sean is your rig water-cooled?

Liam Kroes

Captain, B747-400

Posted onPost created on January 21 2016 19:19 ET by Sean Zarella

yes Corsair H100i with 2 NFF12 noctua fans in pull ontop of the radiator out the case, inside a fractal R5 windowed case.

Sean Zarella (DVA11021)

Posted onPost created on January 23 2016 09:38 ET by Liam Kroes

I'm setting up a new rig. Do you think the Cooler Master Hyper 412S would be sufficient? Or the Corsair Hydro H80i GT? The one you have is kinda out of my budget.

Liam Kroes

Captain, B747-400

Posted onPost created on January 23 2016 10:13 ET by Sean Zarella

If your running a 4790k at stock speeds that should be sufficient, maybe even to 4.2 GHZ manually overclocked with a little voltage increase for stabilization,

I can tell you that my H100i with 2 noctua NFF12 fans, yes I replaced the Corsaid SP fans for howling loud, and paired together with my fractal r5 silent case, I cant hear this thing at all even with the 2 noctua fans mounted to the top of the case through the grill pulling ontop of the radiator in PULL ,

That is keeping my 4.7 ghz 4790k 1.31 volts cool and not over 55c using prime 95 and aida64, keep in mind these programs maximize the cpu usage for testing that no game or program can do.

But tested stability for voltage levels and temps.

I would go with the H80i just for the low profile of the CPU block to allow more air in your case movment to decrease the overall temps in the case

Sean Zarella (DVA11021)

Posted onPost created on January 26 2016 14:52 ET by Ralph Templeman

Great information thank you.

Ralph Templeman

Captain, A330-300

Posted onPost created on January 26 2016 16:54 ET by Liam Kroes

Very helpful!

Liam Kroes

Captain, B747-400

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