New Rig Options

[Heliocon]

Originally Posted by PeterPanPan

Huh?! Whine and dine me? No idea what you're on about.

was being silly, but buying win7 32bit is also silly.

[BigC208]

This is what I ordered for Il2 CoD, RoF and DCS A10. ETA two weeks.

CoolerMaster HAF-X full tower ATX Case
Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Gulftown 3.33GHz LGA 1366 Six-Core Desktop Processor
ASUS Rampage III Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
CORSAIR DOMINATOR GT 12GB (6 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 Desktop Memory
CORSAIR Professional Series AX1200 1200W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 SLI Certified 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Power Supply
3 x Palit GTX580 3gb ram Graphics Cards
2 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive
120gb intel SSD
LG Black 10X Blu-ray Burner - Bulk SATA WH10LS30 LightScribe Support
Lite-On 24X DVD Writer
Windows 7 64 professional edition.
Thermalright Archon

Computer Total ---------------------------------------$3100

3 x HP ZR30W 30 inch monitors-------------------------$3150

Warthog Hotas-----------------------------------------$ 490

Il2 CoD------------------------------------------------$ 50

total--------------------------------------------------$6715

Watching my wifes face when i tell her I blew a months salary on a computer game.....Priceless!

Overkill? Maybe for now, this will have to last me a few years. I may ditch one of the gpu's if the third is not going to give me a good jump over regular sli.

[kendo65]

...Now that's just being greedy!

Seems you'll be future-proofed for a few years with that set-up.

[BigC208]

It better be futere-proof. Asking for anything computer related and I'll be in the doghouse or looking for a new wife. She knew it was coming though. Built my last system in December of 2006 for SoW. When it had not come out by 2009 she asked me if I was allready saving up for the next system for SoW. I also use the multi monitor system for market analysis, options and stock trading. As a profesional pilot and flight instructor I can deduct all my flightsim gear for tax purposes so I have a bunch of good reasons/excuses to buy a kick@ss system every 4 years.

[NLS61]

Im going to upgrade to:

MB ASUS P8H67
CPU i5 2500k
video MSI NVIDIA 560ti
and a thermaltake 675W
I know its not the highest bid here but I dont need bragging rights i need to be able to play this sim reasonaly well.

So my old rig is going to be my work rig.
Its:

MB ASUS striker extreem
CPU Q6600 quad
video NVIDEA 8800GT
With a 500W
It did run IL2 trough all it updates and versions just fine on the highest settings.

[swiss]

what do you need the 675W PSU for?

Originally Posted by swiss

what do you need the 675W PSU for?

Room for expansion/upgrades? Maybe he has a few hard drives in his system or 50 USP devices hooked up to a handful of hubs.