after few months of sawing soldering gluing cutting configuring here is my cockpit finally playable :-)

Looks great!! 

Hey Andy, that looks a great setup my friend. I am very envious...

Finally figured out how to put up photos  ^_^  heres my setup... 

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/94178013@N06/8568300457/in/photostream

I have always been a fan of portrait mode (3716 x 1920) for my virtual cockpit, here is a picture of my revised setup using three ASUS PA248's. My processor is only a i7 950 and not overclocked, so it is the next targeted upgrade. Not sure which way to go SB, or IB, or wait on Haswell. I am out of sinc for ticks and tocks, but I always have focused on value/$ in my upgrades. The monitors I know will take me through 5+ years.

 

The increased resolution definitely hit the frame rate in the big cities!

 

Hope you enjoy the view. Thanks for the great forum!

 

 

 

I have always been a fan of portrait mode (3716 x 1920) for my virtual cockpit, here is a picture of my revised setup using three ASUS PA248's.

The portrait configuration is very nice. The aspect ratio is more balanced and natural: great views! 

 

I have always been a fan of portrait mode (3716 x 1920) for my virtual cockpit

 

Very neat! Looks like you get a much more lifelike representation of the cockpit due to the aspect ratio... 

Here's my current rig. Next week a new 256GB SSD arrives that'll mostly be just for FSX stuff. My 128 is already getting close to full with a few other games. One day might go to water cooling just cause I always wanted to try it.

 

 

 

And here's the cockpit it powers

 

 

Workspace shots will have to wait until after we have finished moving into the new house, but for now:

 

Workspace shots will have to wait until after we have finished moving into the new house, but for now:

 

 

Looks like a race car engine more then a computer  :smile: 

 

Regards;

 

Fritz

 

Looks like a race car engine more then a computer   

Yes! I initially thought the same.

My newly built rig:

 

 

 

 

My current desktop setup. The small monitor to the right is a second computer running Plan-G, TeamSpeak, Squawkbox, etc.

 

 

Work progressing on cockpit build here: http://uchisworld.wordpress.com

Henry, how do you like the Saitek panel?  I'm thinking of one, mainly for XPlane, because the mouse VC interaction is poor compared to FSX.  It seems like a lot of money to shell out for a little tactile feedback.

 

Is it a PITA to switch the rotary knob to access nav1 and nav2, then comm1 and comm2?  Having two stacks would be nice but double the price ugh.  They need to sell that thing for around 50-75 bucks...