May 20, 20233 yr My new computer arrived today. When I sold my house and moved into a retirement community I bought a new Alienware Computer for flight simming. 1350 watt liquid cooled power supply. 13th gen Intel Corel i9 13900KF (24-core,68MB Total Cache. 3.0 to 5.8GHz P-Core) 64GB, 2x32GB, DDR5, 4800MHz 4TB M.2 PCle NVMe Solid State Drive NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6X Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675, 2x2, 802.11ax, MUMIMO Bluetooth wireless card. Don't ask me what all that means. I have my guru coming over on Monday to set it all up for me. The retirement home I'm in has limited WiFi so I have a remote hotspot from my phone service - T-Mobile. Noel Edited May 20, 20233 yr by birdguy The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
May 20, 20233 yr Congratulations, Noel, that's a powerful beast. If you're gonna do MSFS, check your T- Mobile data plan fine print. Or ask your guru to do that for you. Hope you enjoy it! Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
May 20, 20233 yr Moderator 1 hour ago, birdguy said: My new computer arrived today. When I sold my house and moved into a retirement community I bought a new Alienware Computer for flight simming. Outstanding Noel! You will enjoy that monster computer immensely I am certain. Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
May 21, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, birdguy said: Don't ask me what all that means. I think it means that whenever you switch it on, the lights in the community home will all dim noticeably. Dugald Walker
May 21, 20233 yr Your going to be the most popular old geezer in that retirement home for sure. Where is it? I might move in myself and I'm only 55. 🤣 Intel Core i9-10900K at 5.2GHz, Corsair H115i PRO, ASUS MAXIMUS XII HERO Z490, G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 15-16-16-36, ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090, SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2 2280 1TB x 3, Corsair HX Series HX1000 Watt PSU, Pimax Crystal LIght.
May 21, 20233 yr 8 hours ago, birdguy said: 1350 watt liquid cooled power supply. Are you sure it's the PSU that's liquid cooled? Or did you mean the CPU? There are a couple of water cooled PSU"s I know of, but of course, water cooling a PSU is totally unnecessary. What's the PC model number? Apart from the curiosity of water cooling a PSU, its a beast of a PC. Edited May 21, 20233 yr by martin-w
May 21, 20233 yr Author Yeah Martin, the CPU is liquid cooled, not the PSU. My mistake. Where do I find the model number? Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
May 21, 20233 yr Everything looks good except for the limited wifi. Most hotspots often are not secure, but I imagine the T-Mobile hotspot is secure so nobody can read your passwords when you type them. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
May 21, 20233 yr Author I have no choice but to go with a hotspot. The resident WiFi here is limited. Since I have had my phone, first with Sprint and then with T-Mobile after they took Sprint over, for 15 years or more. I'm stuck with what I got. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
May 21, 20233 yr Commercial Member 2 hours ago, Fielder said: Everything looks good except for the limited wifi. Most hotspots often are not secure, but I imagine the T-Mobile hotspot is secure so nobody can read your passwords when you type them. That's why you encrypt at the protocol layer as well. Why would you ever trust the network that you don't control? Cheers! Luke Kolin I make simFDR, the most advanced flight data recorder for FSX, Prepar3D and X-Plane.
May 22, 20233 yr How much hot spot data do you get? We visit a place in Florida with no internet and my wife burns through her basic allotment pretty quick. IIRC we have to buy addon data for it. scott s. .
May 22, 20233 yr On 5/21/2023 at 7:56 AM, birdguy said: Where do I find the model number? Noel I just meant what Alienware call it, so I could look at the specs and check out the said water cooled PSU. But don't bother, as you say, its the CPU that water cooled not the PSU, so no need. Edited May 22, 20233 yr by martin-w
May 25, 20233 yr Author On 5/21/2023 at 10:12 PM, scott967 said: How much hot spot data do you get? I get 100GB a month. However to install everything I had on a brand new system I had them set me up with 300GB until I get all my Orbx scenery and addons installed. Then I will go back to the basic 100GB. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
May 27, 20233 yr Hi Noel, which TM plan do you have? Is it 5G UC capable where you are located? I have TM also, and during a 4600 road trip we used the hotspot everywhere and had bandwidth of 80-300mbps. We have the Magenta Max plan which includes unlimited data. Noel Edited May 27, 20233 yr by Noel Noel System: 9900X3D Noctua NH-D15 G2, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Front Edge Sync. Aircraft used in MSFS 2024: Fenix A320, Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.
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