With my new i7-4790K @4.8G just installed in an ASUS Maximus VII HERO, I am finally able to taxi to takeoff at FSDreamTeam's KJFK with lots of AI and maintain above 20 fps during a smooth takeoff. P3DV22 by the way, fsx for me is history, never to be touched again.

 

Finally, I have a computer, after all these years of stuttering at takeoff....sure my 4G of P3DV22 VRAM helps

 

The clarity of 2048 textures on an Ultra-HD @3840x2160 is magnificence defined!

 

BTW the Carenado Embraer is great !

No.

 

Inside the case yes if in contact with vital componants.

 

PC enclosure chassis are grounded via the PSU mounting.

 

If that were an issue then PC's all around the world would be dropping like flies.

 

Sometimes you do get badly desighned enclosures with grounding issues, in which case you would know it, as even static builld up from carpets causes problems. An Antec model springs to mind. The sollution in that case is to RMA the defective product.

 

A normal properly designed non faulty enclosure won't cause any issues in this respect.

 

In regard to the Antec model I mentioned, it was caused because Antec Included a plastic panel that isolated the front of the case from the rest of the chassis. Some owners were fabricating their own grounding straps to fix the issue.

 

I should mention that here in the UK, if a PC chassis wasn't grounded it would contravene the Institute of Electrical Engineers regulations and be illegal.

Keep thinking that. Static electricity isnt always dissipated through grounding. As a tech, replaced many MB due to the." I thought i would vacuum my computer."

With my new i7-4790K @4.8G just installed in an ASUS Maximus VII HERO, I am finally able to taxi to takeoff at FSDreamTeam's KJFK with lots of AI and maintain above 20 fps during a smooth takeoff. P3DV22 by the way, fsx for me is history, never to be touched again.

 

Finally, I have a computer, after all these years of stuttering at takeoff....sure my 4G of P3DV22 VRAM helps

 

The clarity of 2048 textures on an Ultra-HD @3840x2160 is magnificence defined!

 

BTW the Carenado Embraer is great !

 

Nice pic there, peppy197, is your monitor a Seiki?

Arrgh!  I humbly apologize to the OP.  My Maximus IV Extreme/3770K has partially bought the farm.  Two PCIe lanes are out and the NF200 chip looks to be toast.  So, since the Maximus VII Extreme will allegedly not be developed in leiu of the new X99 boards to be released, I will be purchasing a Maximus VI Extreme mobo and a 4790K Devil's Canyon CPU.  OC TBD...  I can't even manage to follow my own advice.  Must be karma. :blink:

 

Apology accepted! :wink: I've been following the thread with interest and haven't made the jump into purchasing yet due to being busy with various things.  Would like to have a new setup this summer, though, so I'll probably still take the plunge with Devil's Canyon, as it should be a massive improvement over what I have now.

 

With my new i7-4790K @4.8G just installed in an ASUS Maximus VII HERO, I am finally able to taxi to takeoff at FSDreamTeam's KJFK with lots of AI and maintain above 20 fps during a smooth takeoff. P3DV22 by the way, fsx for me is history, never to be touched again.

 

Finally, I have a computer, after all these years of stuttering at takeoff....sure my 4G of P3DV22 VRAM helps

 

The clarity of 2048 textures on an Ultra-HD @3840x2160 is magnificence defined!

 

BTW the Carenado Embraer is great !

 

Which card do you have with the 4G of VRAM? I've been puzzling about what to do with the GPU, as I'll probably also make the switch to P3D at some point. There seem to be lots of conflicting views about the importance of VRAM vs. power, especially with regard to P3D.

Keep thinking that. Static electricity isnt always dissipated through grounding. As a tech, replaced many MB due to the." I thought i would vacuum my computer."

Well, yes I will keep thinking that. After building PC's since PC's existed, I've never, not once, had any issues in regard to a vacuum cleaner contacting the outside of a case.

 

If PC's were so vulnerable to a common place domestic appliance, used every day... they would be failing all the time. They aren't! Unless the enclosure is faulty. Vacuum cleaners are accidentally and deliberately coming into contact with the outside of PC's all the time, all over the world.

 

 

Static electricity isnt always dissipated through grounding

 

 

As I said... it's not if the continuity is compromised, as in the case of the Antec model I mentioned. It's not if the case is badly designed/faulty. If there's an uninterrupted path to earth, then the static discharge has to be dissipated, unless the laws of physics have changed.

 

As I said... if simply touching the outside of an enclosure with a vacuum cleaner results in issues due to static electricity... then that same enclosure would be just as vulnerable to static build-up from carpets. So, are you also claiming disastrous "thunderstorm inside your PC" scenarios for any room with a carpet that houses a PC? No, of course you aren't. 

 

 

As a tech, replaced many MB due to the." I thought i would vacuum my computer."

Vacuuming inside the case then. Never a good idea. Or externally and the enclosure was badly designed. The point about damage to electrical devices due to static discharge, is that you can rarely say definitively that it was indeed the cause.

 

"Asking for a thunderstorm inside your computer" as you put it is hyperbolic in the extreme.

Which card do you have with the 4G of VRAM? I've been puzzling about what to do with the GPU, as I'll probably also make the switch to P3D at some point. There seem to be lots of conflicting views about the importance of VRAM vs. power, especially with regard to P3D.

 

Its in my PC profile in the left boxed area, its a MSI Gamers Froz R9 290

I bought I7 4790k machine threw h60 cooler on it to keep cool at stock settings. Going from I5 3570k to I7 4790k machine worth about 15% increase and this last fsx and xpx based machine till some new technology or flight sim arrives.