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What do you think of this combo? Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) Processor - Retail #35938

About a month ago I started to get shutdowns of my system. No Blue screen, no program exception--the system would just turn off. The shutdowns would come after about an hour of activity.I thought it might have been a power supply or motherboard issue, maybe even a cpu issue. Temps were normal, so my first action would have been to try replacing the power supply. My system had been superbly stable and had not crashed once in the 14 months I had owned it previous to my issues.I decided however to first thoroughly blow the dust out of the system. I did not see much, but I used a can of compressed air and blew out all the major components and the power supply.That was tw…

I keep getting a Black screen or BSOD, I'm using Novatech 2GB DDR3 1333Mh RAM. This happens when I'm running Fs9. The Motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H.Could someone tell me if the RAM and the Motherboard are compatible?Lastly, how can I check if the RAM is faulty, please?Ken

Well I got my old XP PC all going again... but I can't seem to get onto the internet.I plugged the cat5 cable into our router which connects to our cable modem...When I click on network connections, I don't even see a LAN or network connection available - except IEEE1394Help?Networking was never my thing lol!

I would like your highly esteemed opinions on the rig I intend to build for FSX:Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R motherboardMushkin Redline 6GB CL6 kit intel core i7 930 CPUSome CPU cooler (I plan to o.c. to about 4 GHz)OCZ Vertex 2 50 Gb SSDNVidia GTX470 graphics cardAntec True Power 620 WCooler Master CM 690 Advanced II case.Windows 7 ultimate 64I already got the memory, SSD, video and mobo.Since this pc is only going to run OS + FSX I guess 50 Gb will do.i have a lot of other networked pc's that take care of other tasks such as weather, ATC, flight planning etc.Do you think the CPU is adequate in this set-up ?And the power supply ?Your thoughts on a cpu cooler ?Thanks for yopur a…

I was having some fun in NYC today with my Cerasim B412P. For my touch n go, ATC instructed me to enter a left downwind for 31L - which I did but noticed on base 10 FPS is pretty low and somewhat difficult to control... even for a slower helicopter.Te question I have is are you guys' with the 4.0+ GHz clock on your CPU's able to run 30+ fps with similar settings as I am in this shot? Key things:A) Downtown NYC is in view:( Default AI set to average 50% (no cars though)C) Clouds set to medium highD) LOD radius middle sliderE) Autogen NormalI don't care about FSDreamTeam payware JFK but I'd like to be able to run the same settings I have now but with pure smoothness which…

I have been pricing out building my own and it really is not becoming much cheaper. I have looked at some other machines and I am probably going to pick one of these. Which one do you find best for FSX? I know the vid cards are not the newest but right now I cant afford anything more I will look to upgrade later. All have Win 7 64 bit. 1) i7 930(2.8GHz) 6GB DDR3 1TB ATI Radeon HD 5770 (cheapest rig) 2) i7 860(2.80GHz) 4GB DDR3 1TB ATI Radeon HD 5850 (is the speed of this 860 correct? Would the better card be worth the 860 instead of the 930 even though they both are showing the same speed, is the DDR3 too low?.) 3) Intel Core i7 920(2.66GHz) 9GB DDR3 1TB NVIDIA GeForce GT…

Hey guys, quick question. I'm on a budget of about 700-800 US $ and i was wondering, what would be the best rig for FSX? But here's my mindset, either i spend this money and get insane results, or i just don't want it. I don't want to blow 700$ to get sub par performance. Thus said, is it even possible to run FSX with Flytampa scenery and addon models and AI....over 50 FPS....max settings? Even with overclocked everything? What would be the ultimate rig guys that would be able to do that....under 800$?

I am upgrading my rig and would very much appretiate opinions on the components I intend to buy before I commit the cash. These are:Processor: i7-930 - 4x2800 MHzMotherboard: Asus P6X58D Premium or Asus Rampage II Extreme - advice appretiatedRAM: Mushkin RedLine PC3-12800 DDR3 1600 6GB CL6 8-6-24 or G.Skill 6 GB DDR3 Tri-Kit (F3-12800CL7T-6GBRH, Ripjaws-Serie CL7 7-7-24 Mushkin very difficult to find. Advice on G.Skill appretiatedPower Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower 850 Watts - already got it from current rigGraphics card: ATI HD5870 - already got it from current rigHD: WD1002FAEX 1 TB Caviar Black (6Gb only if P6X58D chosen, else the 3GB version)CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14…

I hope this doesn't sound like a dumb question for you pros, but I wanted to know what the difference is with an i7 860 compared to an i7 920 or 930 and other 900 series. Is it due to the upgrade ability?I recently had a new gaming computer built and the builder recommended and built an i7 860 overclocked @ 4GHz, Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P LGA1156, G.SKILL Ripjaws 4GB (2x2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR31600, GTX 280 Superclocked, WD Velociraptor 300GB and WD Caviar Black, Intel X25-M Maintsream SSD 80GB, 750 Watt, Windows 7 Ultimate, Corsair Cooling Hydro CPU cooler in a Cooler Master HF 932 Case.So far the computer works well, just wondering whether I should have pushed for aan i…

This is what i have so far.Mother Board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...1-614-_-ProductCPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115225Video Card (Already Owned): http://www.compusa.com/applications/search...20radeon%204650Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817139006Cases i am interested in. but wanna know if my mother board will fit: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811119197http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811133074http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811147144http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811146060Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product…

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Thinking about upgrading to the following system:Intel Corei7 920 D0 SLBEJ Bloomfield 45nm, 2.66 GHz, QPI 4.8GT/s, 8MB Cache, 20x Ratio, 130W, RetailCorsairR CWCH50-1 Water Cooler Asus P6X58D-E, Intel X58, S1366, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR3 1333/1600/2000, SATA 3Gb/s RAID, ATX6GB (3x2GB) Corsair XMS3, DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600) Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, 1.65VGV-N26OC-896I - 896MB Gigabyte GTX 260300GB Western Digital WD3000HLFS VelociRaptor, SATA 3Gb/s, 10000rpm, 16MB Cache, 4.2 ms1TB Western digital HD Caviar Black /SATA 3Gb/s 7200rpm 32MBCorsair Obsidian Series 800D, Black, Full Tower Case, with Side Window, 3 x 140mm Fans850W Corsair CMPSU-850HXUK, ATX, EPS12V, Modular, U…

hiLooking to get a new hard drive i have a cheap one at the moment witch is givving me a low speed rateing. any suggestions

Hi Guys, One month on and my new computer still runs like a dream. And I feel that I was able to make a very informed choice on getting my new computer built,I have gone from an old Pentium 4 1.7 ghz 2001 Circa. to a Intel Core I7 960 3.20GHZ PT6 Motherboard 6GBS of Corsair of Ram 1600, Video Card Nividia Geforce GTX260 ITB Hard Drive 750watt power supply Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit I run FS9 and FSX I use a Thrustmaster T-Flight Hotas x. Havent bothered to Overclock yetYes I can hear the cries of why not coming. Anyway I am that pleased with the stable Performance nice Frame Rates of around 30 I d…

Aloha from the land of low frame rates.I just upgraded to an i7 930 with 12 GB of DDR3 memory. The mother board is a Gigabyte X58A-UD5 with two ATI 5770 graphics cards in a crossfire configuration. I'm using Catalyst Control Version 2009 and Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.I ran a few 3D graphics tests using a number of programs and the old ATITool. The ATITool on my old Pentium D 830 with a X800GTO graphics card has a frame rate of 115 FPS and on the new computer the frame rate is 1250 FPS. I prepared for some nice smooth flying. The old computer has no problem making over 40 FPS with near maxium settings for scenery and mostly quality settings on the Catalyst Control so almos…

Hi all,I'm having trouble with FSFlyingSchool 2010 and Squawkbox 4 sharing the same sound card (a Soundblaster X-Fi Extreme Audio). With SB4 running and set to use DirectSound FSFS runs but will randomly crash out. If SB4 is set to use Wave FSFS won't run at all.So my idea is to enable my sound chip on my motherboard and use it exclusively for FSFlyingSchool. My speakers have multiple connectors (presumably for left and right channels?) so I assume I could plug one speaker connector into my Soundblaster and the other into my onboard sound chip. Will everything work normally this way or will it cause some sort of hardware conflict?My only other option is to use my head…

Hello,Building a new system for FSX - rampage III and 980x - i have problems to find a good ram to achieve my system.In switzerland/europe, i have rally great problems to find the RAM adviced by ASUS (compatibility list on their web site "QVL.pdf")Looking for the G.SKILL F3-16000CL7T-6GBPS(XMP) 6GB(3 x 2GB) DS - - 7-8-7-20 1.65 ● or the OCZ OCZ3B2000LV6GK 6GB(3 x 2GB) DS - - 7-8-7 1.65 ● ●but it seems that the ocz is no more sold...and that the G.skill is not imported in my country...So, i need your help... could you tell me if you have found another good low latency RAM CL7 and freq. 2000 (or more) that works great with a rampage III ?And some adresses of European or US…

Alright, I hope I can get a response.So as a grad present I got 500$ and was looking into upgrading my Dell XPS 420. I know it's basically impossible to upgrade but I am going to try. I want to get a new video card, power supply(people are saying you can get a ATX PSU in a BTX case) and CPU. Now I was looking at this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115041 because based on this website http://en.community.dell.com/support-forum...t/19242670.aspx if I read it correctly this processor is compatible. Am I correct saying that? Also, if I bought a power supply is there anything in terms of cables I need to watch out for? Is there anything I need t…

I'm planning to get a Thermalright Venomous X CPU cooler and need two 120mm fans for it. I'd appreciate any recommendations for performance 120mm PWM fans.

A few weeks ago, after a "routine" hard drive failure, I asked my local techshop to give me a few quotes on pretty much a complete system re-build. Now I must point out that I have absolutely zero knowledge of the technical side of pc's therefore any little problem that occurs means more business for them. Thing is, I'm not patient enough nor do I have a great enough love for all things pc to try and learn that side of things. All I want from my machine is - amongst other things - to be able to experience FS9 with most - if not all - sliders "maxed out" without having to watch a slide-show, something I have yet to see. As far as I am aware I don't use many addons that are…

Here is my current system:QX9650 GTX295Gigabyte DQ6 mobo4 GB corsair dominator ramWhat I was thinking about is upgrading to this980XNvidia 480Asus Rampage IIINot sure what ram yet.I was wondering if anyone out there has made an upgrade similar to this and what kind of performance increase did you get. This system would be about 2500 bucks and want to make sure it will be worth while. I am wanting more than 10% increase in performance if I am going to dish that kind of money out. Thanks all!

Hi all,I'm still running XP and FS9, but i guess i want to try to go over to Win7 with FSX. Can anyone give me an idea on how my computer is suitable to do this? Ofcourse i do want to fly with add-on scenery and planes like PMDG. ;Intel Core 2duo E8500 @ 3,16GhzNvidia 8800GTX/HTDP/768M4Gb Ram Kingston PC2-6400/800 (will be upgraded to 6Gb before i switch over)3 x 500Gb Sata harddriveAntec Truepower Quattro 850WattThanks for taking the time to take a look. Regards,Raymond

Anyone here using the new AMD processesors with great sucsess.... If so I would be interested in seeing what you are using under the hood.Time to build a new system.