Joined: Mar 19, 2007 Posts: 6 Location: Brisbane, QLD
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 3:57 pm Post subject: New PC builld - feedback welcome
Well, i have just about 'had enough' with my current 'boat anchor' of a computer. Its well and truly at its EOL. Whilst there are some 'bits' i will carryover into my new build ( marked nr) most of the 'performance' parts will be new.
My aim is to have a machine that can run FSX smoothly (60 fps or better) with all the settings on high.
nb Already thinking: ditch one of the drives and install fsx on a WD Raptor 10,00 rpm AND (if i dont break the bank) run two of the 9800 gtx's in sli
Anyway, what the point of this post ?
I am welcoming your feedback and suggestions.
Cheers
Hamilton
CASE (nr) Thermaltake XaserIII
PSU (nr) ENERMAX GALAXY 1000watt
CPU Intel ATX E8500 CORE 2 DUO/3.16GHz/
CPU COOLER Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme
CPU FAN Thermaltake Smart Case Fan 12CM
THERMAL GREASE Artic Silver 5 Thermal Grease
MOTHERBOARD ASUS STRIKER II EXTREME NVidia 790i ULTRA SLi Gaming Series FSB1600Mhz SupremeFX II 8CH Audio
MEMORY CORSAIR TwinX3 DHX 2gig x 2 (4 Gig) DDR3 CM3X-1600C7DHX 1600mhz Matched Pair)
HARD DRIVE (S) SeaGate 750 gig 7200rpm SATA-2 NCQ 32meg Cache 7200.11 Model: ST3750330AS ( Two required)
VIDEO CARD XFX GeForce 9800GTX XXX PCI-E 512MB DDR3 Dual DVI HDTV HDMI OR
BFG GeForce 9800 GTX OCX - 755 MHz core, 1890 MHz shader, 1150 MHz memory
MONITOR (nr) Viewsonic VX2835 (27.5 inch at 1920 x 1200)
SOUND CARD ASUS XONAR D2X High Definition Sound 7.1 Channel Audio Card PCI
SPEAKERS (nr) LOGITECH Z5500 Digital 5.1
CD / DVD (nr)
FLOPPY (nr)
MOUSE (nr) Logitech mx 700
Keyboard (nr) Logitech G15
Software Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 322 Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 2:15 am Post subject:
Looks good to me, the only things I would change is this.
Case Antec P190 "Performance One" Black E-ATX Tower - 1200W Neo-Link Dual PSU, up to 5 Configurable Fans, Front USB/IEEE1394/Audio
Hard drives to the new 2 or 4, Western Digital 300 GB, 3 Gb/s, 16 MB Cache, 10,000 RPM
GFX card upgrade to the MSI GF9800GX2 PCI-E 1GB 2x256 Bit DDR3, 600/2000MHz, 2x Dual DVI, HDMI, HDCP, CRT+DVI. if you have that little bit of extra cash.
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