Simviation Forum - Dan's finally put his money where his mouth is!!

Jan 9^th, 2005 at 9:55am

Dan Offline
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I've just bought my new PC!!! You all know how long its been... Bye bye PIII hello AMD 64 3000+!! I cant wait for it to get here.... Its from OCUK. And Fozzer - Im so sorry. Its got XP Pro. Embarrassed

Can we still be friends? lol... Ill post aging to let you know how it goes. Anyone want the full spec?
Dan Cheesy

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Reply #1 - Jan 9^th, 2005 at 10:13am

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I've just bought my new PC!!! You all know how long its been... Bye bye PIII hello AMD 64 3000+!! I cant wait for it to get here.... Its from OCUK. And Fozzer - Im so sorry. Its got XP Pro. Embarrassed

Can we still be friends? lol... Ill post aging to let you know how it goes. Anyone want the full spec?
Dan Cheesy

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WALES ROCKS!!

Hi Dan...!

Well done...!
..Friends?...of course... Grin

...!
So it's only me...and...err...someone else...who's still got Win '98SE... Roll Eyes

....

....?
LOL..!
You will be alright with Win XP, Dan. A clean installation of EVERYTHING at the same time is the way to go... 8)...!
Me...?
I've still got too many, (useful), odds and ends dotted around all my hard drives that I don't want to loose at the present.. Wink

...!

Cheers Dan,

Have fun,

Paul.

West Mercia rocks too... Grin

...!

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Reply #2 - Jan 9^th, 2005 at 10:17am

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WTG Dan ............ welcome to the 21st century Tongue

Once you have it all set up maybe we can get together for a few flights.

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Reply #3 - Jan 9^th, 2005 at 1:17pm

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Ummm... Well the 21st centrury seems to rock... BUT - I have an agreement with my parents that I cant have the internet on it Sad

so i won't be 'multiplying' for a while. Ill just have to keep myself down here on this machine! Grin

Ah well im sure its worth it! oooh, Im SOOOO excited lol... Wink

Dan

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Reply #4 - Jan 9^th, 2005 at 2:07pm

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Glad your finally gettin a new system Dan.

So why aren't you allowed it on the internet? whats the big deal in that?

AMD64 3500+ @ 2200MHz 400FSB&&MSI K8N Neo 2 mobo nForce3 chipset&&1gig Corsair XMS PC3200 timings @ 10.2.2.2 &&XFX 6800 Ultra @ 450/1200&&80gig HDD&&Loadsa fans!!!

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Reply #5 - Jan 9^th, 2005 at 2:11pm

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Good on you Dan, lets have the specs! You CANT do this to us!

So this means we can't tease you now Sad

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Reply #6 - Jan 9^th, 2005 at 3:48pm

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Ok guys, heres the main spec:

- AMD Athlon 64 3000+
- AMD approved cooler
- DFI LanParty UT nF3 250Gb nForce3 Motherboard
- GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) DDR Value PC3200 CAS2.5 Dual Channel Kit
- 160GB Western Digital 8mb cache SATA 150 Hard Drive
- Aopen nVidia GeForce 6800 LE 128MB DDR Graphics Card
- Sony Black 52x/52x/32x/16x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
- Onboard 6 Channel Audio
- Black Floppy Drive
- Antec SLK3700BQE Black Quiet Midi Tower Case
- Antec 350W SmartPower ATX Power Supply

And I get DOOM3 with it as well! Im running it with a 17Inch OCUK LCD... Hmmm....

Well Gixer, my undestanding of it is something like (Remember we can't get Broadband here) we are on our maximum number of 'phone hook ups (I didnt know there was one!) so I can have one installed in my room, and that If i did my parents think that I would be on the phone line all hours so no one could call us... My only thoughts for a solution is a wireless network - I can multiplay with my brother on the LAN, and use the internet and printer and stuff down here. Can a wireless card get its signal through a floor of wood and a bit of plaster and other stuff? Because my machine is going in the room above this one. And what kind of cards would i need? The parents wont install cables....
Sad

As for you BirdMan, I should be able to run your scenery now!! It better hadnt be too FPS heavy for this one!! lol...
Dan

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Reply #7 - Jan 9^th, 2005 at 5:10pm

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Nice !

Not too many FPS problems with that ! 8)

OC/UK, my local PC store! Cheesy

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Reply #8 - Jan 9^th, 2005 at 6:38pm

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Congrats.

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Reply #9 - Jan 10^th, 2005 at 3:23am

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Great news! I'm really pleased for you. It will be a bit like upgrading from FS95 to FS9 almost!
It's quite similar to the computer we've ordered or rather computer bits we've ordered from Overclockers.

Windows 7 Pro 64bit
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 2GHz
GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2) DDR2 6400C4 800Mhz
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
2 x 22" monitors
200GB Sata
Be Quiet! Straight Power 650W

Flying FSX with Saitek's pro flight range:
Radio
Switch panel
Auto-pilot
Yoke and throttle quad
Pedals

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Reply #10 - Jan 10^th, 2005 at 5:42am

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Wireless works through almost anything so there shouldn't be any problems.

You'll need wireless network cards for any PCs you want to network and a wireless router. The only problem with this is the cost. Routers £50-300 I would recommend Dratek or Netgear round about the £100-200 mark. Wireless network cards £30-100 each I would recommend Netgear.

So there ya go if ya can run to it along with the PC then the only difficult part is setting up the network with that ancient WIN98SE .... XP does most of the legwork for you although it does have a nice little wizard that you can copy to any other PCs to help with networking.

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