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For anyone who's thinking about fans - I'm currently a bit obsessed with it! - the following links might be useful:

120mm fan reviews

120mm fan comparisons

120mm fan comparisons and 140mm fan comparisons

 

N.B. for airflow, to convert cubic meters per hour to cubic feet per minute (CFM):

CFM = (m^3 per hr) / 1.7


Regards, Django EGLL.

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No idea.... but you're still on the lookout for a new rig huh?  I know the feeling hehe


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I was thinking, with Skylake just around the corner, when would it be the best time to purchase an i7-4790K to get a good deal?

 

(Also re my last post, this is so silly, a better estimate is: CFM = (m^3 per hr) x 0.588 ... in case anyone even cares!)


Regards, Django EGLL.

| BMS | DCS OB | A-10C II | AV-8B | F-16C | F/A-18C | FC3 | Persian Gulf | Supercarrier | Tacview | XP11 | FF A320 | FF 757 |

| I7-9700K + NH-D15 | RTX3080Ti 12GB | DDR4-3200 16GB | Aorus Z390 Ultra | 2X Evo 860 1TB | 850W | Torrent Case |

| Warthog HOTAS + CH Pedals | 32" TV 1080p 60Hz | TrackIR5 |

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Just an update (did I ever mention that I tend to procrastinate a little!):

 

CPU = i7-4790K (OC to 4.6 - 4.8GHz)

Cooler = Air ? [Not convinced I need a monster dual tower cooler.]

Thermal paste = MX-4

GPU = GTX780Ti 3GB

MB = Asus Z97-A

RAM = G.Skill F3-2133C11D-16GZL 16GB DDR3-2133 (11-11-11-31 @ 1.5v) kit

SSD = Samsung Evo 250MB SATA3

HD1 = Western Digital Caviar Black WD1003FZEX 1TB (64MB) SATA3

HD2 = 2TB (64MB) SATA3 ?

       OR Western Digital Caviar Black WD1003FZEX 1TB (64MB) SATA3

PSU = Seasonic S12G-750 750W

Case = Coolermaster CM690 III CMS-693-KWN1

        OR Fractal Design Ark Midi R2

Case fans = X6 ? [Feeling cynical about 140mm fans, particularly wrt static pressure!]


Regards, Django EGLL.

| BMS | DCS OB | A-10C II | AV-8B | F-16C | F/A-18C | FC3 | Persian Gulf | Supercarrier | Tacview | XP11 | FF A320 | FF 757 |

| I7-9700K + NH-D15 | RTX3080Ti 12GB | DDR4-3200 16GB | Aorus Z390 Ultra | 2X Evo 860 1TB | 850W | Torrent Case |

| Warthog HOTAS + CH Pedals | 32" TV 1080p 60Hz | TrackIR5 |

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Re SSDs for the OS:

SanDisk Extreme Pro 240 GB - £90

Samsung 850 Pro 256GB - £98

Samsung 850 Evo 250GB - £60

I think I'll probably go for the Evo, unless anyone has thoughts???


Regards, Django EGLL.

| BMS | DCS OB | A-10C II | AV-8B | F-16C | F/A-18C | FC3 | Persian Gulf | Supercarrier | Tacview | XP11 | FF A320 | FF 757 |

| I7-9700K + NH-D15 | RTX3080Ti 12GB | DDR4-3200 16GB | Aorus Z390 Ultra | 2X Evo 860 1TB | 850W | Torrent Case |

| Warthog HOTAS + CH Pedals | 32" TV 1080p 60Hz | TrackIR5 |

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Evo will be fine.  Think you'd be hard pressed to see a difference between any of them in real world usage


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Yes, for my Skylake build I was going for the Samsung 850 Pro, In the end I saved money and went for the Evo,

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Re HDs for FS and storage, does anyone have informed opinions about Toshiba X300 SATA drives vs WD Black? The 4TB X300 is around £90.


Regards, Django EGLL.

| BMS | DCS OB | A-10C II | AV-8B | F-16C | F/A-18C | FC3 | Persian Gulf | Supercarrier | Tacview | XP11 | FF A320 | FF 757 |

| I7-9700K + NH-D15 | RTX3080Ti 12GB | DDR4-3200 16GB | Aorus Z390 Ultra | 2X Evo 860 1TB | 850W | Torrent Case |

| Warthog HOTAS + CH Pedals | 32" TV 1080p 60Hz | TrackIR5 |

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Are you ever actually going to build this thing? ;)


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Are you ever actually going to build this thing? ;)

Yeah LOL, it's just been one thing after another taking up my time, but now I have the time to build this thing and do more flight sim. Also every time I get back to this there's new hardware to think about.


Regards, Django EGLL.

| BMS | DCS OB | A-10C II | AV-8B | F-16C | F/A-18C | FC3 | Persian Gulf | Supercarrier | Tacview | XP11 | FF A320 | FF 757 |

| I7-9700K + NH-D15 | RTX3080Ti 12GB | DDR4-3200 16GB | Aorus Z390 Ultra | 2X Evo 860 1TB | 850W | Torrent Case |

| Warthog HOTAS + CH Pedals | 32" TV 1080p 60Hz | TrackIR5 |

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Skylake?

 

NH-D15 S

 

All that have built Skylake here on Avsim love it.

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