Possibly getting Prepar3D V2.X and new PC Parts.

[Chocorua 112]

Good advice about the CM Hyper EVO 212, I wonder how well it would perform with the i7 4790K. About the extra case fans, I will look into that soon.

Just this week have upgraded from a 2500K to a 4790K/Gigabyte Z97X-SLI board and went with the CM Hyper EVO 212. Without overclocking (yet) temps have been far lower than I expected. IE, right now at KBOS in the A2A Cherokee...40fps and temps at 37/43/39/34, no case fans, I just leave the side panels off.  Scenery sliders at Very Dense.

 

I am very pleased with this combo (along with the GTX780) and am surprised how everything runs much smoother/faster.   

 

Thanks,   

[JSilva 42]

Just this week have upgraded from a 2500K to a 4790K/Gigabyte Z97X-SLI board and went with the CM Hyper EVO 212. Without overclocking (yet) temps have been far lower than I expected. IE, right now at KBOS in the A2A Cherokee...40fps and temps at 37/43/39/34, no case fans, I just leave the side panels off.  Scenery sliders at Very Dense.

 

I am very pleased with this combo (along with the GTX780) and am surprised how everything runs much smoother/faster.   

 

Thanks,   

Thanks for sharing your experience. Sadly because of the budget, I have to drop the idea of ordering the EVO 212. However, I never overclocked before so I will think of a cooler sometime in the near future (same with the RAM and the GPU) (and I expect the change of hardware to happen somewhere around early or mid 2015).

[ryanbatc 12,770]

You can't do 25 more for the 212?

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/cooler-master-hyper-212-evo-4-heat-pipes-direct-contact-with-120mm-quiet-fan-lga775-1155-1156-1366-a

[JSilva 42]

You can't do 25 more for the 212?

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/cooler-master-hyper-212-evo-4-heat-pipes-direct-contact-with-120mm-quiet-fan-lga775-1155-1156-1366-a

Sorry, I cannot do another £25. The parts I ordered almost exceeded my budget (my budget is £525 for the new PC parts, I payed around £520) but I will consider a future upgrade.

[JSilva 42]

This is an update to my current status of the PC Parts.

 

These are the parts I ordered and Status as of 11:25 AM at July 13, 2014. All prices listed include the 20% VAT rate.

 

Intel Core i7 4790K: Ordered and Dispatched but didn't arrive yet. Ordered in Aria.co.uk for £241.08 inc Shipping (£231.54 exc Shipping).

ASUS Z97 PRO Wi-Fi AC: Ordered but didn't arrive or dispatched yet, it is still processing. Ordered in Micom.co.uk for £134.02 FREE Shipping.

Samsung 840 EVO 250GB: Ordered and Arrived. Ordered in Amazon.co.uk for £84.99 FREE Shipping (Took 1 day to arrive).

Corsair 300R: Ordered and Arrived. Ordered in Amazon.co.uk for £59.98 FREE Shipping (Took 1 day to arrive).

 

Micom is still processing the order for ASUS Z97 Pro Wi-Fi AC. If you used the FREE Shipping (7 day delivery) postage option at Micom, please share your experience. I'd be more than happy if you answer these questions. How long does the order take for the processing to finish? When does a package (ordered at Micom with Free Shipping) get dispatched?

[ryanbatc 12,770]

Sorry, I cannot do another £25. The parts I ordered almost exceeded my budget (my budget is £525 for the new PC parts, I payed around £520) but I will consider a future upgrade.

 

Well I envy you for staying within your budget hehe

[JSilva 42]

Well I envy you for staying within your budget hehe

LOL

 

Anyway, this is a new update on the PC parts.

 

These are the parts I ordered and Status as of 05:59 PM at July 14, 2014. All prices listed include the 20% VAT rate.

 

Intel Core i7 4790K: Ordered and Dispatched but didn't arrive yet. Ordered in Aria.co.uk for £241.08 inc Shipping (£231.54 exc Shipping) (Arriving tomorrow).

ASUS Z97 PRO Wi-Fi AC: Ordered and Dispatched but didn't arrive yet, it is still processing. Ordered in Micom.co.uk for £134.02 FREE Shipping.

Samsung 840 EVO 250GB: Ordered and Arrived. Ordered in Amazon.co.uk for £84.99 FREE Shipping (Took 1 day to arrive).

Corsair 300R: Ordered and Arrived. Ordered in Amazon.co.uk for £59.98 FREE Shipping (Took 1 day to arrive).

[JSilva 42]

New update:

 

These are the parts I ordered and Status as of 02:14 PM at July 15, 2014. All prices listed include the 20% VAT rate.

 

Intel Core i7 4790K: Arrived. Ordered in Aria.co.uk for £241.08 inc Shipping (£231.54 exc Shipping) (Took 4 days to arrive).

ASUS Z97 PRO Wi-Fi AC: Dispatched but didn't arrive yet. Ordered in Micom.co.uk for £134.02 FREE Shipping (Unsure when it will arrive but hopefully this week).

Samsung 840 EVO 250GB: Arrived. Ordered in Amazon.co.uk for £84.99 FREE Shipping (Took 1 day to arrive).

Corsair 300R: Arrived. Ordered in Amazon.co.uk for £59.98 FREE Shipping (Took 1 day to arrive).

[JSilva 42]

New update on the parts.

 

These are the parts I ordered and Status as of 07:18 PM at July 15, 2014. All prices listed include the 20% VAT rate.

 

Intel Core i7 4790K: Arrived. Ordered in Aria.co.uk for £241.08 inc Shipping (£231.54 exc Shipping) (Took 4 days to arrive).

ASUS Z97 PRO Wi-Fi AC: Arrived. Ordered in Micom.co.uk for £134.02 FREE Shipping (Took 4 days to arrive).

Samsung 840 EVO 250GB: Arrived. Ordered in Amazon.co.uk for £84.99 FREE Shipping (Took 1 day to arrive).

Corsair 300R: Arrived. Ordered in Amazon.co.uk for £59.98 FREE Shipping (Took 1 day to arrive).

 

All of my parts arrived. Here are the pictures of the parts. I am going to upgrade tomorrow (don't know if I am able to sleep as I would be excited about the parts ^_^ ).

 

All Parts: http://s3.postimg.org/o91dve08z/584.jpg

Samsung 840 EVO 250GB: http://s28.postimg.org/5v7dyip6l/585.jpg

Intel Core i7 4790K: http://s29.postimg.org/pm3pb7uvb/586.jpg

ASUS Z97 PRO Wi-Fi AC: http://s24.postimg.org/p5w51a179/587.jpg

Corsair 300R: http://s28.postimg.org/4m66r1a0t/588.jpg

 

EDIT: I tried to upload the image here but it is denied so I am only able to use the links. Also, all images are in 4:3 because my camera is made in around 2006 (yes, it is 8 years old and is still working perfectly (and ironically, the same age as FSX)). The resolution of the images are 1280x960.

[JSilva 42]

I finished upgrading my PC. There are some difficulties with the build.

 

First, when I tried to fit the I/O Shield in the Corsair 300R but it won't fit even if it is in the correct way. So I tried sliding it in from the outside (which worked and the USB connectors is still pluggable).

Also, another difficulty is that one cable in my PSU is too short (that one connects to the CPU, plus the Z97 PRO Wi-Fi AC utilizes 8 pins while my PSU only has 4 pins). I resorted to swapping my 750W PSU with another PC (which is made by Cooler Master and has 500W but has enough to power my new PC). I noticed all the cables in the Cooler Master are twice as long as the 750W PSU (which made me conclude the 750W PSU should be used for Micro-ATX PCs and the Cooler Master PSU for ATX PCs) and there are 8 pins for the CPU (despite both PCs probably made in the same year (in 2009)).

 

Also, I purchased and downloaded Prepar3Dv2 and so far, I am getting good frame rates (if the cloud and terrain shadows are set off that is). Also, for performance, I lowered the cloud draw distance from 80nm to 70nm. I did some tweaking (only from the Prepar3D Tweaking Guide) and set the Affinity Mask to 14 (I set Hyperthreading OFF after I posted this reply so I am going to test Prepar3Dv2 again tomorrow), set Widescreen ON, set TextureMaxLoad to 6 and Swap_Time_Out to 30.