October 6, 201312 yr Hi all, Reading through the forums and all the advances with DX10 now I dug deep into my piggy-bank and went to my local computer hardware store and are having them build me this system: Cooler Master HAF XB Gamer Case, Black Intel Core i7-4930K Processor, 3.40GHz w/ 12MB Cache Asus Rampage IV Extreme w/ DDR3 1866, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit Lan, PCI-E, 4-way CrossFireX / SLI Corsair Hydro Series H100i Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler Corsair Dominator GT 16GB DDR3 2133MHz CL9 Quad Channel Kit (4 x 4GB) eVGA GeForce GTX 780 Dual Classified 3GB PCI-E w/ ACX Cooler, Dual DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort Corsair AXi Series AX860i Digital Modular Power Supply Samsung 840 EVO Series Solid State Drive, 250GB - Primary OS Samsung 840 EVO Series Solid State Drive, 500GB - dedicated for FSX NZXT Sleeved LED Kit, 1m, Red - to pimp things up a little LG SuperMulti 24x DVD Writer, SATA, Black I've already got all the Saitek goodies and a 27" monitor so the next phase of this purchase will be to run FSX on 3 monitors but I have to let the sting of this purchase die down before I even attempt to run this by my wife!! If I missed anything, I would love to hear about it as it's not too late to make adjustments as the EVO SSD's are being ordered so I have a week and a bit to make some changes. Thanks! M
October 7, 201312 yr If I read your description wrong I apologize. It was told to me that running dual video cards can actually screw up FSX which is why I went with only one card.
October 7, 201312 yr I think that's just the name. The 780 is a single card AFAIK. | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
October 7, 201312 yr I didn't go through in detail..but it looks like a top of the line, system that you can get for FSX today Looking forward to your build and OC and feedback Manny Beta tester for SIMStarter
October 8, 201312 yr You might want to get the factory OC'd version of the GTX780 ... I neglected that fact and had to use EVGA Precision X to OC it by 20MHz. It's best not to have to do that.
October 8, 201312 yr You might want to get the factory OC'd version of the GTX780 ... I neglected that fact and had to use EVGA Precision X to OC it by 20MHz. It's best not to have to do that. The classified is the top of the range 780 from EVGA so he's all set there -Anthony Young- "For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return." - Leonardo da Vinci
October 8, 201312 yr Corsair Hydro Series H100i Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler Mike the H110 gets much better reviews both for cooling and noise levels than the H100i. Don't know if it will fit in that case though. Also the Samsung 840 pro has better write performance than the EVO series, from my reading, so that would be a better choice for the OS. gb. YSSY. Win 10, [email protected], Corsair H115i Cooler, RTX 4070Ti, 32GB G.Skill Trident Z F4-3200, Samsung 960 EVO M.2 256GB, ASUS Maximus VIII Ranger, Corsair HX850i 850W, Thermaltake Core X31 Case, Samsung 4K 65" TV.
October 10, 201312 yr Author Thanks for the input folks....much appreciated. I've been doing some more reading on the components and given the input here, I'm pretty happy with the choices. I'm not looking to over-clock the system too aggressively so I think this rig should last me what...a couple of years?? Thanks again for the input. M
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