First Custom FSX build

[G1000Pilot]

Thanks Nick! I think i will get everything up and running before i get the heatsink, the 940 should do the trick fairly well without a major OC for now. Does that heatsink mount up with screws or does it involve soldering?

I checked out your terrain package! I am going to order that up for sure! That is amazing.

[NickN]

its just mechanical fasters... screws and backplate

Coming from what you had even 3.2GHz on that system will blow you away especially if you ever tried to run FSX on that old hardware

[G1000Pilot]

The PSU arrived, it looks pretty awesome. Is there any way to make sure it is working without having a motherboard or anything? When i plugged it in and turned on the PSU switch I could not tell if it was working properly.

Thanks again.

Everything else is mounted and waiting for the MB and CPU!

[NickN]

yes, there is a way to test it however I refrain from posting the process. It requires at least 1 12v load be placed on one of the 4 pin 12v molex plugs such as a fan and then jump 2 pins on the main plug to activate it

The unit will come on and the fan will spin however that is not going to tell you is the unit is not defective for full current output.. thats another test which requires a load and amp meter

I would prefer you just wait for the parts.

[G1000Pilot]

I will wait, thanks for the input.

[G1000Pilot]

anyone know who has the ASUS P6T Deluxe OC edition in stock maybe with a bundle deal with RAM or i7 940 processor? NewEgg is out of stock.

This board is amazing, I have been doing some more reading on it! WOW

[NickN]

they have the board.. just not the OC PALM edition

the OC Palm is just a LCD digital display of temps


they have the one without the LCD unit

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131346

same board same BIOS same everything.. just no external display


Mwave has the OC Palm (they are good folks)

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/DeepSearch_v ... &ALL=y&TP=

[G1000Pilot]

Nick,

quick update, all i need now is the second HD for the sim, i7 940, and the graphics card. NewEgg is awesome! All of my parts come within two days!

I am mounting the motherboard this week and connecting all of the cases wiring, etc, etc.

For now i have an LG 19in wide screen monitor running 1440x900, I will upgrade this soon for sure. would the GTX280 be overkill?

[NickN]

would the GTX280 be overkill?

Not at all.. especially if the i7 is clocked

it would the be card of choice

when buying one you will see many different offerings... let me look one up

[NickN]

This one is 'pre clocked' from EVGA so you really do not have to do anything with it although you can probably clock it a touch higher if you want


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130366

Next in line is this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130368

which you can probably clock as high as the one above but there is no promise of that


Either one will do the job but the first one is ready to go and clocked up

both have rebates and come with a lifetime warranty from EVGA as I recall

[G1000Pilot]

ok thanks Nick! I went to Frys and saw 2 different versions. NewEgg BLOWS their prices away!

I will post some other questions on the other forum section as well, however, besides your terrain payware product I want a good weather add on. My biggest problem with FSX weather is that stupid haze layer.

have you tried http://www.hifisim.com/asa.php

[NickN]

ok thanks Nick! I went to Frys and saw 2 different versions. NewEgg BLOWS their prices away!

I will post some other questions on the other forum section as well, however, besides your terrain payware product I want a good weather add on. My biggest problem with FSX weather is that stupid haze layer.

have you tried http://www.hifisim.com/asa.php

Yes...   gets rid of the stupid haze layer and fixes everything about FSX weather that was pi$$ing me off

[G1000Pilot]

Good deal, i will order that Pre-Clocked one!

This is going to be a sweet rig!

[G1000Pilot]

Once I get this fully built, I will type out what I perceive to be the OC process and have you double check. I want to bump it to 3.2 so from what i have read it should be pretty basic. It is always a bit nerve wrecking!

[NickN]

by the way.. its not FRY's its CRY's

thats what you do every time you buy something there and find out you could have bought it cheaper almost anywhere else

Newegg, Mwave, ZipZoomFly are my main parts houses.. Newegg being the primary

I have others too which are my super secret 'special parts' holes