NeedToKow Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 Hehe - So I wrote about a week ago "Bummer 64 bit only" I was amazed by the quick responses of this active community. All I had was an old quad core running Vista 32. I was told DCS A10 would run it fine on my 32 bit system...which it did. It ran fine and I love the sim. A few nice guys on this forum warned me I would want more...better OS, Thrustmaster, TrackIR, yadda yadda yadda. They were sooo right. So in the last week I have bought: Track IR5 VAC -Voice activated Commands - This is a must guys!! It is so awesome and for $18 you can't beat it. Still not satisfied that I had bled enough for such an awesome sim today I ordered a new computer system! Spendy you ask...yeah very....over kill for a "Game' -- Never I say!!:P I plan to build it myself. In case anyone is interested here are the specs of what I ordered: (Lots of overclocking about to go down too) MB ASUS|MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) MEM 4Gx2|CORSAIR CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9R x2 WATER COOLER CORSAIR| CWCH80 R CPU INTEL|CORE I7 2600K 3.4G 8M R CASE CORSAIR| CC800DW RT ASUS Radeon HD 6870 1GB - I am going to set up the eyefinity on three monitors. Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit I already have : ATX PSU Three Raptor hard drives at 10000 rpm - Looking at SSDs in near future Multiple burners & drives Thrustmaster Cougar - rebuilt Next I plan on: Thrustmaster MFDs with mini monitors & one day my very own A-10...yeah I wish.:lol: So my wallet maybe smaller but my grin is bigger!! Hey DCS - Bring it on...I am ready. :music_whistling: Great community guys. I am glad to be a part of. "Great Santini" "Character is much easier kept than recovered." My System: i7 2600 @ 4.8 - CORSAIR H80 ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB Obsidian 800D COOLER MASTER 1000w Gold Series OCZ Vertex 3 SSD - OS, Photoshop, & DCS 2 -WD 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb 64mb cache/ Raid 0 2 - VelociRaptor 10000 rpm Raid 0 Asus Xonar STX 7950 Asus DCII - Three Screen Eyefinity X-Fi / TrackIR5 / Thrustmaster Cougar / VAC /Saitek Cyborg Windows 7 Ultimate 64 :music_whistling:
Username455 Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 thats awesome, and worth it :) new toys are always fun haha. did you already order the parts? I could offer some humble suggestions if you havent. Either way that will be a beast of a machine! System: i7 920 @3.8ghz; GTX 560ti 448; 6gb DDR3 1600 ram; 750gb HDD; 750w PSU; Win7 64bit; x52 Pro; TrackIR 5
ED Team Wags Posted August 2, 2011 ED Team Posted August 2, 2011 We do our best to stimulate the economy ;) 1 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/wagmatt Twitch: wagmatt System: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3729544#post3729544
Murf7413 Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 We do our best to stimulate the economy ;) :megalol: And you are doing quite well!!! :thumbup: intel i7 960, Liquid cooled case, Vista 64bit, 8MB RAM, nVidia GTS250 XLR8 Extreme Performance 1MB, TM COUGAR HOTAS
NeedToKow Posted August 2, 2011 Author Posted August 2, 2011 Username55, I did order everything (those links are from the receipt) I have not ordered the 6870 - I have to wait for a bid on ebay to end but if I do not win the bid I believe it is a good card...suggestions? I would love to hear feedback. I studied for days to decide on these components. Really like the Sandy Bridge & p67. The board and case are a bit over the top... but live large. I will let you know what I can get out of this overclocking system. I will probably only go to highest 4.5 ghz @1.37 But found this: "no signs of instability at 4,700 MHz with a vcore of 1.37-39 offset with highest load temps around 67-74c" Looking forward to that new computer smell......ahhh "Character is much easier kept than recovered." My System: i7 2600 @ 4.8 - CORSAIR H80 ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB Obsidian 800D COOLER MASTER 1000w Gold Series OCZ Vertex 3 SSD - OS, Photoshop, & DCS 2 -WD 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb 64mb cache/ Raid 0 2 - VelociRaptor 10000 rpm Raid 0 Asus Xonar STX 7950 Asus DCII - Three Screen Eyefinity X-Fi / TrackIR5 / Thrustmaster Cougar / VAC /Saitek Cyborg Windows 7 Ultimate 64 :music_whistling:
cichlidfan Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 We do our best to stimulate the economy ;) My sig can back that up. Mostly purchased after DCS A-10, and because of too!!:thumbup: ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
LawnDart Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 We do our best to stimulate the economy ;) :thumbup: :lol: [sigpic]http://www.virtualthunderbirds.com/Signatures/sig_LD.jpg[/sigpic] Virtual Thunderbirds, LLC | Sponsored by Thrustmaster Corsair 750D Case | Corsair RM850i PSU | ASUS ROG MAXIMUS X CODE | 32GB Corsair DDR4 3200 | Intel i7-8086K | Corsair Hydro H100i v2 Cooler | EVGA GTX 1080 Ti FTW | Oculus Rift | X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty | Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB NVMe | Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB | WD Caviar Black 2 x 1TB | TM HOTAS Warthog | TM Pendular Rudder | TM MFD Cougar Pack | 40" LG 1080p LED | Win10 |
Username455 Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 yeah that computer will rock, and actually I thought I read 5870 for some reason so I was going to suggest an upgrade. doh! sandy bridge and p67 are great! I have 2 i5 2500k computers and both got to 4.5ghz @1.2-1.3v overclock on air cooling with EASE. Idle temps low 30s, full load 70s, gaming 50s. It was ridiculous how easily it worked lol. With water cooled Im sure you could go 5ghz if you wanted! System: i7 920 @3.8ghz; GTX 560ti 448; 6gb DDR3 1600 ram; 750gb HDD; 750w PSU; Win7 64bit; x52 Pro; TrackIR 5
RodBorza Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 We do our best to stimulate the economy ;) Because of the DCS: A-10 I bought a new video card (NVidia GT 9800GT), 2 more gigs of RAM and Track IR 5 (worth the $$$!) Best stimulus plan ever! :D This is an amazing sim! 'Nuff said!:pilotfly: YouTube: SloppyDog
fragged Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 You might want your GFX card with 2 GB memory for 3 monitors.
Harzach Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 Because of the DCS: A-10 I bought a new video card (NVidia GT 9800GT), 2 more gigs of RAM and Track IR 5 (worth the $$$!) Best stimulus plan ever! :D Same here - upgraded GPU and RAM, then bought two more screens, TMWH and rudder pedals, TM MFDs, TIR5, a Controlpad...good grief! And all without a second thought.
latearrival Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 My sig can back that up. Mostly purchased after DCS A-10, and because of too!!:thumbup: This thread made me smile with empathy. Everything in my sig except Windows, the PSU and monitor was purchased after ED's A-10C. Ching ching goes the cash register of the PC parts retailers... Windows 10 | i5 2500k @ 4.4Ghz | MSI GTX 970 4GB | 8GB RAM | ASRock P67 Extreme4 | Seasonic X-Series 650W PSU | Oculus Rift DK2 | CH Fighterstick, Throttle & Pedals
Lane Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 I believe i should be lucky, all my hardware have been bought a long time ago, a long time before i start DCS A10. Like this the bill look a bit less.. Still i need an IR5 and maybe a better Hotas. - I7 2600K @5.2ghz ( EK full Nickel waterblock ) - Gigabyte P67A-UD7 B3 - 8GB Predator 2133mhz - 2x HD7970 - EK Nickel EN H2o block - 2x Crucial realSSD C300 Raid0 - Black Widow Ultimate - X52 -TrackIR 5 - XIfi Titanium HD - Win 7 x64Pro
RodBorza Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 Same here - upgraded GPU and RAM, then bought two more screens, TMWH and rudder pedals, TM MFDs, TIR5, a Controlpad...good grief! And all without a second thought. Oh yeah...and I forgot to mention that I bought an entirely new Win 7 -64 bit version just to run the game smoothly... :thumbup: This is an amazing sim! 'Nuff said!:pilotfly: YouTube: SloppyDog
NeedToKow Posted August 2, 2011 Author Posted August 2, 2011 (edited) Username55 - What Mobo did you use? Lane - If nothing else buy the TrackIR. It really gives the "suspension of disbelief" (if you don't know what that means: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_disbelief#Video_games). Also the VAC is cheap and works great for comms and you could program it to handle some other HOTAS commands too. Edited August 2, 2011 by NeedToKow "Character is much easier kept than recovered." My System: i7 2600 @ 4.8 - CORSAIR H80 ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB Obsidian 800D COOLER MASTER 1000w Gold Series OCZ Vertex 3 SSD - OS, Photoshop, & DCS 2 -WD 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb 64mb cache/ Raid 0 2 - VelociRaptor 10000 rpm Raid 0 Asus Xonar STX 7950 Asus DCII - Three Screen Eyefinity X-Fi / TrackIR5 / Thrustmaster Cougar / VAC /Saitek Cyborg Windows 7 Ultimate 64 :music_whistling:
Agg Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 I bought a new CPU, motherboard, more RAM, a new GPU and a new hard drive because of Warthog, good to see Im not the only one :P
112th_Rossi Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 I er, went ahead and bought a new PC too... should be here this week... Thermaltake Element-T Mid-Tower CaseCD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+/-R/+/-RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE. (BLACK COLOR) AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Six-Core CPU ThermalTake Frio Gaming CPU Cooling Fan 500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache HDD 8GB (4x2GB) PC10666 DDR3/1333mhz Dual Channel Memory Asus M4N98TD EVO AM3 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI Chipset DDR3 ATX w/ 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB2.0, IEEE1394, SATA-II, RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe, 2 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI (runs up to 1600MHZ) Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium 64 bit POWERSUPPLY: 850 Watts Power Supplies Silent ProModular Gaming Power Supply, SLI / Crossfire ready ATI Radeon HD 6970 PCI-E 16X 2GB DDR5 Video Card, Eyefinity 4 capable :D I already have a 1TB hard disk in my current PC with all my games on it. Looking to get a bigger monitor and TrackIR next :)
NeedToKow Posted August 2, 2011 Author Posted August 2, 2011 112th - Since I have been looking at systems for the last few days I enjoyed seeing what you are getting. Looks like a really nice setup! Exciting isn't it. New computer smell is like a new car smell: very satisfying! After you get it, if you get a chance, let me know how you like everything and what settings you can use for the sim. I am interested in that power supply and vid card you ordered. And REALLY interested in the Eyefinity when you get that going. "Character is much easier kept than recovered." My System: i7 2600 @ 4.8 - CORSAIR H80 ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB Obsidian 800D COOLER MASTER 1000w Gold Series OCZ Vertex 3 SSD - OS, Photoshop, & DCS 2 -WD 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb 64mb cache/ Raid 0 2 - VelociRaptor 10000 rpm Raid 0 Asus Xonar STX 7950 Asus DCII - Three Screen Eyefinity X-Fi / TrackIR5 / Thrustmaster Cougar / VAC /Saitek Cyborg Windows 7 Ultimate 64 :music_whistling:
112th_Rossi Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 It's just eyefinity capable. I don't have 3 monitors (yet) lol. Thought I would buy a PC that will be upgradable easily and will last a good while too. I'm sure this could run things at max or close to max without to much trouble. Next purchase is a TrackIR 5 unit, then a larger monitor. But will have to sell my existing PC first.
Waxi Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 I also bought a TMWH and TrackIR5 for DCS A-10C. Now I am looking for rudder pedals and started thinking about a multi-monitor setup, which would also require a new graphics card... I urgently need to win in the lottery :cry:
Headspace Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 I still haven't been able to justify water cooling; seems to me a big liability for a comparatively little speed increase over the traditional method. I put the extra money into a faster CPU instead.
NeedToKow Posted August 2, 2011 Author Posted August 2, 2011 I still haven't been able to justify water cooling; seems to me a big liability for a comparatively little speed increase over the traditional method. I put the extra money into a faster CPU instead. I guess that depends on if you plan to really overclock or not. With a Sandy Bridge K and mobo setup like I got the intention is to overclock. While I can achieve good speeds with stock/air cooler the real gem is to go for more. Like Username said 5ghz with watercooling - Tom's hardware confirms this. OC can be a hobby all unto itself. I am not water cooling the north bridge (yet) because the mobo I am getting has some good cooling already. I did go for the larger water cooler for the cpu however. At $106 it is not that much more than a really good aftermarket air cooler. The Sandy K is incredible for $300. Maybe only four cores but built to oc and really easy to do so. It can compete with those $1k processors. But your point is good my friend, just justifying my cooler choice. :) "Character is much easier kept than recovered." My System: i7 2600 @ 4.8 - CORSAIR H80 ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB Obsidian 800D COOLER MASTER 1000w Gold Series OCZ Vertex 3 SSD - OS, Photoshop, & DCS 2 -WD 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb 64mb cache/ Raid 0 2 - VelociRaptor 10000 rpm Raid 0 Asus Xonar STX 7950 Asus DCII - Three Screen Eyefinity X-Fi / TrackIR5 / Thrustmaster Cougar / VAC /Saitek Cyborg Windows 7 Ultimate 64 :music_whistling:
Eddie Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 I still haven't been able to justify water cooling; seems to me a big liability for a comparatively little speed increase over the traditional method. I put the extra money into a faster CPU instead. In my experience it is certainly more hassle than it's worth. Had a w/c rig previously and it really was more trouble than the benefits could justify. Of course, there are ways around it now. Closed loop systems like the Corsair H50/60/70 give you the water cooling benefits without the hassle. Using a H70 myself and they are great. The only benefit to a full w/c setup over a closed loop, is being able to cool other components it you want to.
AtaliaA1 Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 Before you get the Video Card of your budget. Take a look at this new company with an interesting business model on that subject. Video Card Leasing. It is an interesting concept considering I have several old video cards in a box in the garage, I have to admit it is worth contemplation at least. Infinite upgrades on top of the line video cards. Only the top of the line high end video cards. http://www.cuttingedgegamer.com/index.html This was a Boutique Builder iBuypower rig. Until I got the tinker bug again i7 920 @3.6Mhz 12Gig Corsair XMS3 ram 1600 Nvidia 760 SLi w/4Gig DDR5 Ram Intel 310 SSD HDD 160 Gb + Western Digital 4Terabyte HDD Creative SB X-Fi HD Audio Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround Speaker System Dual Acer 32"Monitors. PSU 1200 w Thermaltake Win10 64Bit.
bloomstomb Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 (edited) 3 raptors in raid 0 will be right up there with a SSD. i72600k is a great cpu but, not sure how much performance boost you will see with that video card by itself tho. I think the bottle neck would be the graphics card . HOWEVER, i72600k is fing amazing. If you ever want to get more powerful graphic cards, this guy will not bottleneck you (My q9650 at 4ghz bottlenecked my 3x gtx280s for years but i72600k handles them easily... easy overclock to 4800mhz on water). Edited August 2, 2011 by bloomstomb
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