November 17, 20178 yr My old computer crashed. The CPU and MB fried. I suppose neglecting the fans and running all summer in 80-85 degree temps took it's toll. My new one arrived yesterday and after I figure out how Windows 10 works I'll be reinstalling my sim from scratch. I ordered an Alienware from Dell. i7 8700 (6 core) 12mb cache 4.6 GHZ Intel Turboboost Technology. Windows 10 64 bit Pro 850 Watt power supply nVidia GeForce GTX 1080 8KB GDDR5 32GB 2666MHZ DDR4 RAM 256GB SSD (Boot) 2TB 7200RPM SATA HD 6GB/S Liquid Cooling Now the kids have no inheritance. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
November 17, 20178 yr I call that GOOD NEWS! Pity for the kids though LOL Looking forward to your first reports! But I am also curious what your sim will be now... P3D or still FSX?
November 17, 20178 yr Moderator If you get rid of the kids AND the spouse you will have lots of excess cash for addons. Vic RIG#1 - I9 14900K MSI Pro z790 RTX 5070Ti 40" 4K Monitor 3840x2160
November 17, 20178 yr The Good News: The new components should handle any current flight sim with no problem... The Bad News: If you purchased an Alienware rig, I'm guessing you probably paid a bit too much for the name (with Dell as their new Daddy). But they sure do make some very cool looking tower cases...
November 18, 20178 yr Moderator 3 hours ago, birdguy said: I ordered an Alienware from Dell. I’m surprised that if you were going to spend that much you didn’t order from Jetline. Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
November 18, 20178 yr Author I never heard of Jetline. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
November 18, 20178 yr 16 minutes ago, birdguy said: I never heard of Jetline. Noel Jetline System is a company that build pcs and install addons and test to see if it actaully works before they ship it to you I7-8700k,Corsair h1101 cooler ,Asus Strix Gaming Intel Z370 S11 motherboard, Corsair 32gb ramDD4,, gtx 1080ti Card, RM850 power supply Peter kelberg
November 18, 20178 yr Moderator 32 minutes ago, birdguy said: I never heard of Jetline. Noel I’m surpirsed you hadn’t heard of them as long and often as you been reading these forums. Quite a few member here have rigs built by them since they specialize in rigs for flight simming. Personally I don’t use them since I just buy the parts and have it assembled locally, but for those who don’t want to mess with building a sim rig, they are considered one of the best. Probably around the same ball park as what you paid for your Dell. Doesn’t matter now, but consider them for your next build. Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
November 18, 20178 yr Nice rig you have there now, i only had add it a K in the cpu and a TI in the gpu, but that of course also costs extra "miles" ;)...as sameeg stated above, you need another ssd, dont install the simulator in that ssd or in the hdd if not in a few months your reinstalling everything again. Marques Ryzen 7 [email protected] | Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360| RTX 4070 ti | 32GB Ram @5600MHZ| Crucial MX 200 M.2 500GB |Crucial MX200 SATA 500GB | HTC Vive | XIAOMI 43" 4k TV | Acer Predator 27" G-Sync | AOC 32" Freesync
November 18, 20178 yr 14 hours ago, vgbaron said: If you get rid of the kids AND the spouse you will have lots of excess cash for addons. Vic and priceless time! 10700k / Gigabyte 3060
November 18, 20178 yr 14 hours ago, vgbaron said: If you get rid of the kids AND the spouse you will have lots of excess cash for addons. Vic LOL i think some times on that ... - (Wife + kid + dogs) = Home cockpit...dreaaaammm Marques Ryzen 7 [email protected] | Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360| RTX 4070 ti | 32GB Ram @5600MHZ| Crucial MX 200 M.2 500GB |Crucial MX200 SATA 500GB | HTC Vive | XIAOMI 43" 4k TV | Acer Predator 27" G-Sync | AOC 32" Freesync
November 18, 20178 yr Happy simming on your new rig, Noel! Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
November 18, 20178 yr 17 hours ago, birdguy said: My old computer crashed. The CPU and MB fried. I suppose neglecting the fans and running all summer in 80-85 degree temps took it's toll. My new one arrived yesterday and after I figure out how Windows 10 works I'll be reinstalling my sim from scratch. I ordered an Alienware from Dell. i7 8700 (6 core) 12mb cache 4.6 GHZ Intel Turboboost Technology. Windows 10 64 bit Pro 850 Watt power supply nVidia GeForce GTX 1080 8KB GDDR5 32GB 2666MHZ DDR4 RAM 256GB SSD (Boot) 2TB 7200RPM SATA HD 6GB/S Liquid Cooling Now the kids have no inheritance. Noel Similar thing happened to me, my old computer was eight years old, it wanted to go.... It was its time.
November 18, 20178 yr Author Jordan, I am going with P3D v3 first. I am airplane collector and P3Dv3 accepts many more FSX aircraft than V4 does. If P3Dv3 performs well I'll stick to it. If it doesn't I'll go back to FSX. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
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