InfantryNeverDie

Carenado for general aviation and a2a for warbirds!

My only question... I have a i5 3570k on a z77 at 4.3 ghz on air. Nice an cool, great frames, etc... Why do you have a i7 3770k at 3.5?!?! Or is this a typo?

Carenado for General aviation, a2a for old war birds b17, p51 etc

Like Adam said thats another good point on the 212 cooler, buy the extra fan and clip it to the other side. I still only have one, i need to get the second still. The only thing i see in regards to the next chip coming out is how deep are your pockets. Anyone remember the price of the i7's when they first came out?! lol

Yeah i didn't see the point in paying te extra $50 for an i7 when the i5 3570k is so overclockable. I didnt know about the 2500k good information. Im happy at my 4.3ghz, my next buy will be a new gpu, hoping maybe a 670-680

Wow i didn't catch the memory either.. Your looking at probably $229 for a i7 3770k, asrock z77 extreme4 ran me $97, hyper212 like he said is a great cooler. I am using it, good temps and im overclocked on a i5 3570k to 4.3 ghz.

Considering your at 3.2ghz i would honestly highly recommend the upgrade. Your ram is great, gpu is good, (480gtx the last two numbers really matter, 70's and 80's are good nvidia gpus for fsx) and i think you would see a nice boost since you don't seem to have any other bottlenecks. Ideally for fsx 4.5 ghz is great and i've heard 5.2 is achievable so i would go for it. Make sure you get a 3770k, not 3770 that is crucial to overclocking well and buy at least a hyper 212 $30 cooler to replace stock with it. Oops!!! I just noticed the board you have is a socket 1366. Unfortunatly you will have to upgrade to a new board also. I use a asrock z77 extreme4 but the i7 3770k is a socket 1155 so your motherboard is not compatible with the newer cpu.

Hey wow that is a close match, seems though the addon company offering this aircraft for fsx only uses military models with gun turrets :( i dod manage to find a fax 12a electra that has the Amelia edition livery used on the hollywood movie "Amelia" i think the junior electra addon might do it.

The trick is not the route but where do you find a addon aircraft, the lockheed electra 10e. I cant find one anywhere

...When you spent more on your "simpit/home built cockpit" than your car... lol

Hey guys thanks for the replies, i do know that in a few places you can see birds, especially in orbx scenery but its not the "visuals" im looking for. Everywhere i go i wish i could load the sim and before cranking the plane open the windows and hear highway sounds, crickets chirping at night, cicadas, owls at night, birds chirping, etc. before engine starts i question if my speakers are on fax is so quiet at times... I will try your suggestion firehawk but i think i will have to find a addon to get what i want or design one myself lol.

Okay yall so i have rex, utx, gex, orbx for AU, and some other addon a/c but ive noticed something missing. Where are the birds?? With engines off and windows open its too quiet... Any ideas? I looked at accu feel 2 but it dosnt add enviroment like birds and such.

Sounds like a nice rig kevin! Thanks for the information. So your running two 570's in sli and you would trade those for a single 580? Will it be that much of a difference? Sounds like alot of trouble for one series up? I'm running the i5 3570k oc to 4.3 and as stated earlier i'll definitly be upgrading my video card for triple monitors. Just an update to my simpit i finally after years of simming broke down and used a keyboard layout so i can finally have easy access to the multitude of controls. As yall can see i havnt purchased two of the saitek panels i want yet so im using stickers lol.

Can't believe for such a historical plane that is a true beauty really there isn't any good models, i've searched google and can't find much of anything decent for FSX. Supposedly someone screennamed Vitus was working on a very nice one but it seemed to of "vanished into thin air" (sorry... Had to do it)

Sweet, i need to try gliding eventually.