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This seems like a pretty good price. Are there any weak or inadequate components?Does anyone have experience with Cyber Power? Reviews on their web site are mostly positive, with a few assembly glitches noted.Comments appreciated. Thanks!BruceCyber Power Custom i7-980 FSX PC -------- $2,856 ____________________________________ * Case: Coolermaster HAF-X Gaming Full Tower Case w/ 1x230mm Red LED Fan, 1x200mm Fans, 2xFront USB 3.0 Port [+131] * CPU: Intel

Is there any additional maintenance on water cooled systems, other than the periodic blowing out the dust? Do most folks with 4-4.4 Ghz i7 CPUs have water cooling?Bruce

Taking delivery of my new computer on Monday, for storage it has 2 x 500gb drives set up for raid0 plus a 1tb slave drive. I am thinking of keeping windows and fsx on the primary (raid0) drive and installing my other software (photoshop, office etc) on the slave drive, can anyone see any possible issues with this?

Hi,I have been running FSX for a while now with a number of complex addons (scenery and planes). I try to keep a reasonably high-spec machine (AMD/ATI-based - reluctant to pay the prices for Intel/Nvidia hardware).As I continually try to tweak to get the most out of my system I can't help thinking that we will never get the 'perfect' FSX system because of the way it was programmed.For example, if I try to run Captain Sim 757 at Heathrow Mega Airport with full sliders parts of the plane vanish - trawling through the internet I discover this may be because there isn't enough memory available (I have Vista64bit with 8Gb of RAM). I conclude therefore that because FSX is a 32b…

Hi Folks,I have finally decided to buy a new computer to replace my Dell E510, P4-3.4ghz, 2gram, and 9500GT 1gig video with an off the shelf model; since, I am not up to building one. I ran across the computer below at BB and would appreciate any comments if this will run FSX reasonably well with payware Cpt. Sim and PMDG planes and Orbx PNW with medium settings. Since this weekend is a free tax day helps motivate a purchase. On my existing system PNW with several Carenado planes runs quite well as long as I stay away from the large cities. If there is a better deal for about the same $$ would appreciate hearing from you as well. Gateway

I am thinking about buying a new computer to run FSX smoothly(I have not even tried to run FSX on my current dinosauric system - I know it would be rediculous). Currently, the 970-980 are out of budget for me. My question is- Is there a significant increase in performance with a chip greater than the 920 Oc'd? --- Is a 930 or 960 better? -- there is a significant difference in the price. Also, I am assuming that any of these precessors would make FS9 zing....correct (920 and upwards)?

Set AffinityMask=4095 can make FSX Using 12core（980X HT）？How to set 980X's AffinityMask for FSX?Thanks

Hi there,I am looking for a good power supply unit that will provide my system with enough power. My system specs are...Intel i7 930 (processor) ASUS LGA 1366 - Intel X58 - Republic of Gamers - ATX Motherboard Rampage III Extreme CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model EVGA GeForce GTX480 Superclocked 1536 MB DDR5 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card Noctua 6 Dual Heatpipe with 140mm/120mm Dual SSO Bearing Fans CPU Cooler NH-D14 Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit System Builder 1pkIntel 2.5-Inch 160 GB X25-M Mainstream SATA II MLC Solid State Drive x2 for RAID 0SILVERSTONE SDP08 3.5 to 2 X 2.5-Inch Bay ConverterCreat…

Hi,I have a problem, when I look in the BIOS I see the HD but when I start my intallation DVD/CD it dont find the HD.In BIOS I cane only change SATA disable or enable.I trying to intall to a ATA/IDE HDWhats wrong ?ParSweden

Hey Guys,What would be the best laptop (I already have an i7 supercomputer) to run FSX and (mostly) Fs2004 under $1000. I would like to run REX and GEX/UTX and not have any stutters...I like the Asus G73JH, but it is a bit to high...Jeff

Hey friends, Please I'd like to know what it looks the next configuration that I want to make: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB 6MB AM3 ASUS CROSSHAIR III FORMULA Western Digital Scorpio Black 250GB (WD2500BEKT) 7200rpm SATA2 1 Case ELITE 335 S/FUENTE COOLERMASTER 700w/ 15cm SILENT PRO CORSAIR XMS3 DDR3 3Gb 1333Mhz PC3-10600 (3x1Gb) GTX260 896mb DDR3 one more question, into the MOBO specs appear the following: 4 x DIMM, Max. 16 GB, DDR3 1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory Dual Channel memory architecture - this means I can buy from no…

Hi,Recently i installed a new cpu cooler and had to move my memory modules to slots 3 & 4. They wouldnt fit in 1 & 2 because of the large heat-sinks and the new cooler being in the way.This caused the system to develop delays which were noticeable in FSX.As i scanned through the BIOS i noticed that the trfc values for the unoccupied slots were set differently to the occupied slots. In my case slots 3 & 4 were at 127.5ns and 1 & 2 were at 75ns.After putting them all to 127.5ns the system had no more delays and FSX had no stutters.If your having stutters check that out in the BIOS, you may have to set the memory timings to 'manual'.I hope this may help some.…

Hey friends of this big forum. Tomorrow I will buy a brand new "dream PC" for FSX and FS9, I have read a lot concerning best configurations and I have my decision for the following PC config:Intel i7 930 2,88 Ghz (1366)MOBo Intel DX58soPSU Coolermaster Silent pro 700WMmy Corsair XMS3 DDR3 6GB I have the doubt for VGA due to I have read that it hasn

Ive been reading around lately and i was wondering if its even possible to some how manually make FSX run on multiple cores instead of a single core and massacre that poor core. I currently have an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ but im hoping to upgrade to an AMD Phenom II X4 965

Hey guys,I want to buy an iMac, as I'm getting a bit fed up with laptops. No, there is no choice: it'll be an iMac, simply because I want to use Mac OS X legally. And indeed, FSX is not the main use, but it'd be very nice if I could run it okay while having multiple addons installed, such as the PMDG 747, REX, and various Aerosoft airports. The problem now is: what iMac is best? The link below shows an overview of all iMacs:http://www.apple.com/nl/imac/specs.htmlScroll down to see a comparison chart. I have been thinking about the 27" iMac, the one most to the right. I get an educational discount, so it

Hi GuysI have managed to overclock my CPU E8400 to 3.80, and tempretures remain at 61 degrees celcuis.Now, my question is why is it that there is no significant change in performance? I have an XFX 780i Motherboard, and 3 GB of RAM at 1033mhz....And, an ATI 5850 Graphics card.I will greatly appreciate every advise.Johnny

I have looked at the i7-870 which has a 2.9 ghz and a turboboost to 3,6 ghz.On my laptop (via the turboboost gadget) it seldom use the turboboost. In FSX it remains on its standard value.Have anyone any experience with turboboost on desktop processors? And how well it works with FSX.

Hey guys.I want to upgrade from my E6600 to an i5 or i7. I really like the price of the i5-750/1156 platform. It seems to me the only thing I'd be losing versus the i7/1366 platform is hyperthreading which is turned off for overclocking anyway and FSX doesn't use it. And I suppose x58 motherboards have other features like full bandwidth 16x PCI-E slots but again, since FSX doesn't use SLI I won't miss that plus all the other features you pay the premium for. And does FSX even with add-ons really need more than 4gb? I've heard some people say that 1366 is more future proof, but new sockets later this year are superseding both 1156 and 1366 and I only upgrade every 3 years …

My basic computer specs are:AMD Athalon 7750 Dual-Core Processor 2.7 GHz6 GB of RAMATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics card. The title says it all.

-Query for the tech experts. Since everything manufactured by man has a range of values when specifying quality: typically + or - some spec or perhaps stated as a "must be met" minimum value:-In a computer, ultimate performance (such as FSim Frame Rate) is dependant on a lengthy chain of components (ie chips and within, transistors etc) - all functioning, at least, at their minimum specification. -If all computer components in a given machine, functioned ONLY at their minimum specified performance, would not another, apparently, identical computer be faster if its components happened to be able to run at the upper range of specification variability?Ex. A transistor meetin…

Hi boys,just wanna throw a question at some of you guys. I'm currently helping a mate build a gaming rig for multiple games, but mainly FSX. He wants an SSD and I want to know what sort of space does FSX + addons + OS take up? Would it all fit on a 60GB SSD? Also, I have been looking around for him and have come up with 2 possibles, the Mushkin 60GB Callisto deluxe series with a 285MBs Read and 275MBs write (seq.). The other is the corsair performance series 64GB. The seq. speeds are slower (220/180) than the mushkin and is $15 more. Just wondering what one you guys prefer and which is the better buy and brand. Cheers

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Now that I have SLI & BP=0 working great, it's time to look at the last performance limitation, the HDs.If you updated from the velociraptor and are currently using an SSD drive, single or RAID0, please share your findings.Is the added cost really worth it? My goal is texture loading (AG pop reduction etc.) So far my system is about 95% complete.Thanks.Jose

Hello all,after all the help I got here in this forum an other forums, this is the system I'm getting:-ASUS RAMPAGE II EXTREME X58/ICH10R 1366-Pin-intel core i7 980X 3.33GHz 12MB 1366 Six-Core-ZOTAC GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 C/HDMI PCI-EXP-ATX Cooler Master HAF 922 BLACK + SevenTeam 1000W ST-1000EAZ- HD Seagate 1TB 7200RPM 32MB SATA II (FOR WINDOWS 7)- HD WD VelociRaptor 300 GB, SATA 3 Gb/s, Cache 16 MB, 10.000 RPM (for FSX and Add-ons)- Corsair Dominator 6GB (3x 2408) DDR3 DIMM Triple Channel Kits Memory, PC3-14400 1866MHz- LG W2353V MONITOR WIDESCREEN 23"- wINDOWS 7 PROFESSIONAL 64bitAny regards on that? should I get a good overall performance in FSX even with display settin…

Hello guys.I currently owned a E6300 system with 8600GT. I am planning to upgrade my system (CPU + Ram + MB + Display card)I have a nice case, 4 Hard disks already, so I just need to spend on the above 4 items.Option 1: AMD 1055T + MB(suggestion?) + 4GB Ram + Nvidia 460 1GBOption 2: Intel i5 760 + P55 MB( suggestion?) + 4GB Ram + Nvidia 460 1GBOption 3: Intel i7 930 + X58 MB(Suggestion?) + 6GB Ram + Nvidia 460 IGBOption 1 will cost me the least, while Option 3 is the most expensive.**** I dont like to overclock anything, so when providing any advices, please bare in mind that I will be using stock performance. (Sorry but I just dont like overclock anything) ^^1. Is it rea…