October 29, 200916 yr Ok.... FINALLY I did it... After months of saving up money, doing research, asking a zillion questions on forums like this; I just filled in my order on internet and hit the [ORDER] button... :( Unfortunately the graphicscard is not on stock, so I guess I have to wait for maybe a full week until I get it :( :( So, this is what I'm gonna get:Intel CORE I7-920 2.66GHZ (will overclock to hopefully 4GHz)Asus MB/Rampage II Extreme X58 LGA1366 Corsair XMS3 Dominator 6GB DDR3 3X2GB DDR3-1600 CL 7-7-7-20 Core i7 Memory Kit Scythe Mugen 2 SCMG-2000Sapphire RADEON HD 5870 1GB DX11 PCI-E 2XDVI HDMI ATI EYEFINITY IN 3x Samsung 1000GB Samsung HD103SJ Microsoft Win Ult 7 64-bit Dutch 1pk DSP OEI DVD Cooler Master CoolerMaster MidiTower CM STORM SNIPER Black EditionCooler Master 140mm Blue LED fan I'm upgrading from an AMD FX-60, so I'm expecting a whopping earth shaking revolution :( Regards,Frank Regards, Frank van der Werff
October 29, 200916 yr Ok.... FINALLY I did it... After months of saving up money, doing research, asking a zillion questions on forums like this; I just filled in my order on internet and hit the [ORDER] button... :( Unfortunately the graphicscard is not on stock, so I guess I have to wait for maybe a full week until I get it :( :( So, this is what I'm gonna get:Intel CORE I7-920 2.66GHZ (will overclock to hopefully 4GHz)Asus MB/Rampage II Extreme X58 LGA1366 Corsair XMS3 Dominator 6GB DDR3 3X2GB DDR3-1600 CL 7-7-7-20 Core i7 Memory Kit Scythe Mugen 2 SCMG-2000Sapphire RADEON HD 5870 1GB DX11 PCI-E 2XDVI HDMI ATI EYEFINITY IN 3x Samsung 1000GB Samsung HD103SJ Microsoft Win Ult 7 64-bit Dutch 1pk DSP OEI DVD Cooler Master CoolerMaster MidiTower CM STORM SNIPER Black EditionCooler Master 140mm Blue LED fan I'm upgrading from an AMD FX-60, so I'm expecting a whopping earth shaking revolution :( Regards,Frank----------------------------------------------You'll have one...LOLOLOLOL! Just like my going from a Pent 4 3.4GHz/ATI 1950 Pro 256... to the I75-975/GTX285. I still smile (LARGE) months after!!!Mitch
October 30, 200916 yr Wow, you have an FX-60. That was a hot rig back in the A64 days. I still have my San Diego as my standby machine, great cpu's that whole line.I hope you have one of those "knocked out of chair" moments, too!! :)Keep us informed about how that ATI 5870 graphics card works out. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
October 30, 200916 yr My jaw dropped when I upgraded from my Athlon64 3800+ with a AGP card. I'm still grinning everytime I fire up the sim. MSFS Premium Deluxe Edition; Windows 11 Pro, I9-9900k; Asus Maximus XI Hero; Asus TUF RTX3080TI; 32GB G.Skill Ripjaw DDR4 3600; 2X Samsung 1TB 970EVO; NZXT Kraken X63; Seasonic Prime PX-1000, LG 48" C1 Series OLED, Honeycomb Yoke & TQ, CH Rudder Pedals, Logitech G13 Gamepad
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