SurClaro Flight Simulator Resources

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:14 am Post subject: What do you think of this?

It only costs about $1500 which was my loose budget. I will list what I chose to buy and assemble myself, just tell me what your opinion of this setup is.

M17-7416 :: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit for System Builders - OEM, DVD (0.25 lbs)

L12-1150 OEM :: Lite-On DH-20A4H-06 Super AllWrite DVDRW 20X PATA w/Lightscribe w/Software OEM - 20x DVD±R, 8x DVD±R9, 12x DVD-RAM, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 48x CD-R, 32x CD-RW (2.1 lbs)

C283-1190 :: Cooler Master Hyper Z600R CPU Fan 775/940/AM2/AM2+ (4.15 lbs)

H450-6044 :: Hitachi Travelstar 7K320 320GB 2.5" Mobile Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, SATA-300, OEM (0.35 lbs)

C13-6082 :: Corsair Dual Channel TWINX 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory (2 x 2048MB) (0.001 lbs)

P227-1001 :: PC Power & Cooling / Silencer / 750-Watt / Quad PCI-Express / SATA-Ready / Black Power Supply (6.55 lbs)

C44-3350 :: Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer PCI Sound Card (0.75 lbs)

P450-9830 :: XFX GeForce 9800 GT - 512MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, (2) Dual Link DVI, HDTV, VGA Support (1.4 lbs)

E145-2054 :: EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard - LGA 1366, Intel X58, SATA, SLI Ready, CrossFireX Ready, Triple Channel DDR3 support, RAID, Hyperthreading support (4.45 lbs)

CP1-I7-920 :: Intel Core i7 920 Processor BX80601920 - 2.66GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, 4.8GT/s QPI, HyperThreading, Quad-Core, Bloomfield, LGA 1366, Retail, Processor with Fan (1.55 lbs)

Like I said, not the most expensive setup in the whole world...

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:58 am Post subject:

Some of the components you can trim off the price by going with other similar hardware.

Any reason why you chose a mobile 2.5" hard drive instead of an internal desktop 3.5"?

EDIT: I think you forgot a case.
EDIT2: I think you forgot a graphics card also.

Moderator who edited my post: The topic starter may have edited his post.

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:19 am Post subject:

I chose 2.5" instead of 3.5" because I know nothing about hard drives, should I go with the 3.5"?

I am building my own case, a kinda retro looking wooded/acrylic combination that will allow me to customize my cooling methods including a very large, yet slower fan that will be able to get very good airflow with equally low noise. All the while having a cool, orginal case that actually fits in with the rest of the house cause it wont be an aluminun box.

I can build cases like this just fine, I'm just doing research on dangers of building your own cases and things to avoid, like I originally wanted wood/plexiglass, but plexiglass has a tendency to build static charge.

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:55 pm Post subject:

Don't build your own case.
The wood isn't conductive and won't provide the proper shielding.

Give me some time... I'll try and put together something for you to see.

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:06 am Post subject:

There is a decent setup.
Notice that it is very expensive. Some key things to note: I went with triple channel 6GB RAM, because that is what i7 uses--triple channel, instead of dual channel.
64 bit operating system. Why? You are using more than 3GB of ram, so you'll need 64 bit.

Although it is costly, it will fit nicely into your 1500 dollar budget.
The case I chose is very good case in terms of ventilation.

Tropicalfish, pic was removed because of size. Please upload it again, but smaller.

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:15 pm Post subject:

-Get a desktop HD
-Get DDR3 RAM
-Get a x64 OS

With what you have now, it's like sticking a bunch of corny bumper stickers crooked on your new [insert nice car here].

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:41 pm Post subject:

Instead of IMG tagging the image, I'll just link it due to resolution size.

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Please read explanations from previous post. I kept it at the large size to keep the text a bit easier to read.