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Apr 14^th, 2009 at 8:10pm

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* Case: Thermaltake V9 Gaming Tower Case w/750W Power Supply.
* Power Supply: 750 Watt -- Thermaltake Toughpower W0117RU * Power Supply: Quad SLI Ready.
* Processor: Intel Core i7 Extreme Processor 965 4x 3.2GHz/8MB L3 Cache.
* Processor Cooling: Coolermaster V8 CPU Cooling Fan System.
* Tuniq TX-2 High Performance Thermal Compound interface between CPU and the heatsinks.
* Motherboard: Asus P6T Deluxe V2 Intel X58 Chipset CrossFire and SLI Supported w/7.1 Sound, Triple-Channel DDR3, Dual Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, Three PCI-E MB.
* Memory: Mushkin Redline 6GB (3X2GB) memory.
* Video Card: eVGA Video Card Powered by NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1GB w/DVI + TV Out Video
* Hard Drive: 320 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache].
* 2nd Hard Drive: Gaming HARD DRIVE [Serial ATA-300, 10,000 RPM] WD Velociraptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 16M Cache Hard Drive.
* CD/DVD Drive: 16x DVD-ROM Drive Blue.
* CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive: [Lightscribe Technology] LG 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black.
* Sound Card: 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard.
* Operating System: Vista Premium X64.

I am looking forward to getting back in the seat and posting some shots! It has been way too long now.

« Last Edit: Jul 13^th, 2009 at 12:43pm by Fly2e »

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Reply #1 - Apr 14^th, 2009 at 9:22pm

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Reply #2 - Apr 14^th, 2009 at 10:54pm

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OMG I cannot wait to see some of your shots!!! I am so excited Grin

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Reply #3 - Apr 15^th, 2009 at 11:17am

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While you're at it, buy some seatbelts too. Just in case.. Tongue

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Looks great Dave!

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Reply #4 - Apr 15^th, 2009 at 4:18pm

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Nooooooo!!! He went with Vista Undecided

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Reply #5 - Apr 15^th, 2009 at 4:22pm

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Vista... for post-lobotomy users who have no sense of time Grin

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Reply #6 - Apr 15^th, 2009 at 4:29pm

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Yes.. Sadly Dave has gone over to the Dark Side

Well.. he will be able to play with DX10 (for all the fun stuff like runway and taxi shimmers but heck.. you get high water and bloom! LOL) and since he does not use multimoitor he wont have to deal with that happy horse manure in Vista. Hopefully he wont end up with the typical visual issues like shimmer Vista tends to display worse than XP

Just set it up with Nhancer exactly as my list shows Dave.. there is a link to Nhancer settings in the FSX tuning thread

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Reply #7 - Apr 16^th, 2009 at 8:21am

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Yeah, I wanted XP 64 but they only had Vista 64.
My flight sim rigs have always been solely dedicated to the sim. Nothing else is rarely loaded into it and everything is pretty much shut down. So hopefully the issues with Vista will not surface as I will go through all the steps to kill all the features that I will not be used. My flight sim rigs have always been like a car with just a seat and the motor to run it! No stereo, floor mats or fuzzy dice hanging from the mirror. I am sure it will be fine and looking forward to it!

Dave

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Reply #8 - Apr 16^th, 2009 at 9:25am

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Impressive system, it looks like a real beast. Are you going to be squeezing some more power out of that CPU?

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Reply #9 - Apr 16^th, 2009 at 1:44pm

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Fly2e wrote on Apr 16^th, 2009 at 8:21am:

Yeah, I wanted XP 64 but they only had Vista 64.
My flight sim rigs have always been solely dedicated to the sim. Nothing else is rarely loaded into it and everything is pretty much shut down. So hopefully the issues with Vista will not surface as I will go through all the steps to kill all the features that I will not be used. My flight sim rigs have always been like a car with just a seat and the motor to run it! No stereo, floor mats or fuzzy dice hanging from the mirror. I am sure it will be fine and looking forward to it!

Dave

Get acquainted with Vista Dave.. the FSX.cfg file is not located in the same place as it is in XP.

Make sure you are running as full admin.. as I posted in the email do not install FSX into VISTA program files folders as no matter what you do to turn off UAC and other nanny features the Nazi OS still monitors and controls anything executed from the program files folder... and DO make sure you set the permissions on the FSX install folder to FULL ADMIN before installing FSX to the 2nd drive

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Reply #10 - Apr 16^th, 2009 at 1:46pm

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I have been running Vista for over a year now on 3 other machines.
I am sure we will talk when the time comes Nick as I know you need a few Bacardi & cokes sent your way! Wink

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Reply #11 - Apr 16^th, 2009 at 1:53pm

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Fly2e wrote on Apr 16^th, 2009 at 1:46pm:

I have been running Vista for over a year now on 3 other machines.
I am sure we will talk when the time comes Nick as I know you need a few Bacardi & cokes sent your way! Wink

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Ahhh HA!

You been cheatin for years!

Well thats good.. at least you are not starting out completely blind with the OS.

I am sure you will be fine then since you know you way around but yes.. give me a shout if you have any problems

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Reply #12 - Apr 16^th, 2009 at 2:53pm

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Ive been using Vista 64 for 6 months now running FSX. There is nothing wrong with this OS system, it runs like a charm. There is alot of Vista and FSX Bashing going around the net. It is not nearly as bad as people make it out, as a matter of fact, its nearly perfect. Not once have I had a bad experience with Vista 64

You made an excellent choice

Gigabyte EX58A-UD5 V2.0
Core i7-980X
OCZ 12GB PC312800
GTX 480
800watt PSU
FSX SP2
Win 7 64-bit

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Reply #13 - Apr 16^th, 2009 at 3:17pm

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Impressive rig Dave! Can't wait to see the results Wink

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Reply #14 - Apr 16^th, 2009 at 4:34pm

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Most people would not know a good running FSX system until they actually see it in compare to what they think is good

I have all the OS's installed, including the latest build of Windows7

I know the pitfalls and the upsides to all of them

None of them run or look better in FSX than XP x64, none

MS had to cut Aces directly because of Vista and its inability to overtake XP where it counts... oh, yes it does allow better perf with AV production.. no argument, but in just about every other aspect the only advantage Vista allows is DX10 and that was how they got it as far as they did in the 3D world.. which was not far enough to save MS from having to cut back for the first time in history.. and that cut was not because of the economy it was due to real sys admins knowing BS when they see it.

I do not BASH something that does not deserved to be bashed.

This is a MSFS site.. it if was a Adobe Premere or VEGAS site or I would of course reccomend Vista over XP.

but to be quite honest.. anyone looking to use AV tools would be much better served on a MAC

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Reply #15 - Apr 18^th, 2009 at 10:01am

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Why is Vista better at executing AV apps? Just curious.

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Reply #16 - Apr 18^th, 2009 at 9:45pm

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Plugpennyshadow wrote on Apr 18^th, 2009 at 10:01am:

Why is Vista better at executing AV apps? Just curious.

Vista comes better designed with the latest Intel CPU opt's build into its code.. it can execute and run applications which are designed specifically to use and take full advantage of Intel (and some AMD) CPU's higher functions where XP can not

The app must be made for it.. and AV editing software usually is..

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Reply #17 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 11:22am

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It has arrived!

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Fire & SLI Supported, Mushkin Redline 6GB (3X2GB) Memory, eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285, Vista 64.

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Reply #18 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 11:26am

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Thats'a nice clean build job

They done good on that build. I would have expected to see a wire mess but who ever built it understood optimizing airflow

What I am not sure about is the PSU... can it breathe down there?

The 750 Thermaltake has a 140mm fan on one side which appears to be facing down.. is there a air intake on the bottom of the tower to allow that PSU to breathe?

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Reply #19 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 11:59am

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Thanks Nick,
Yes, there is an open grill under that fan for air flow out of the bottom.
There is also a huge fan on top and as you can see, the fan in the rear. The entire case is a blue metal mesh for airflow.

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Reply #20 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 12:01pm

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Very nice Dave..

Looks like they did a superior job of building that for you

The tower look like it has a excellent pass-through design for airflow

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Reply #21 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 12:08pm

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Thanks again! Gotta run but we will talk soon! Wink

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Reply #22 - May 1^st, 2009 at 12:55am

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That's a very nice and clean looking build there. The case looks like the design has been "borrowed" from the Antec 900. When I first saw it I took a double take to make sure it just wasn't a modded one. I've got a 900 sitting hear next to me and I can say it is almost a dead ringer.

If it ins't too much trouble, could you take a photo from the other angle showing the cable management for the drives and MB power connectors? I'm looking for a better way to clean mine up. Thanks in advanced!

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Reply #23 - May 1^st, 2009 at 1:00am

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That is an awesome build. I assume you will use it for good? Shocked

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Reply #24 - May 1^st, 2009 at 1:12am

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Wingo wrote on May 1^st, 2009 at 12:55am:

That's a very nice and clean looking build there. The case looks like the design has been "borrowed" from the Antec 900. When I first saw it I took a double take to make sure it just wasn't a modded one. I've got a 900 sitting hear next to me and I can say it is almost a dead ringer.

Thats the Thermaltake V9 ..

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Reply #25 - May 1^st, 2009 at 1:30am

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I agree with you Wingo. I also had to take a second look at the case to make sure it wasn't a modded Antec 900.

Looks very nice Dave. I bet you can't wait to get it all set up and ready to go! Wink

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Reply #26 - May 1^st, 2009 at 2:06pm

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Very nice! May I ask about the cost, XP 64 bit included.

Flying with twins is a lot of fun..

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Reply #27 - May 1^st, 2009 at 5:07pm

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Reply #28 - May 9^th, 2009 at 11:53pm

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And you live where?

And pay no attention to the guy in the ski mask carrying the computer away from your house that looks REMARKABLY like this uber machine you just know is still sitting beside your desk. I...I mean he, will give it a good home, I'm sure!

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Reply #29 - May 9^th, 2009 at 11:56pm

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I will by a machine like that when I win the lotto.

Notice the confidence there? "When" I win the lotto?

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