Ultimate COD RIG MK II - Major Upgrade Underway - Quad GTX580, 990X, 1500W PSU

[FS~Phat]

Originally Posted by Snapper

Neat!!! Makes CEM on a Spit look easy-peasy, mate. Thanks for the update!

No worries! Yeah it's a bit of a complicated beast. Lots of monitoring and alarms set with the Aquaero 5 XT controller to make sure everything is ok.
Wait till I show you the monitoring screen shots.. Feels like Im trying to balance the load of a nuclear reactor! LOL

Originally Posted by Trumper

* QUIVERS - - -I'M SCARED MUM *
That looks like a work of art and i know nothing about computers.
You ought to hire it out to Luthier and the developers

Would be awesome to be part of the closed beta team.... hmmmmm.. but dont think that's gonna happen!

Originally Posted by blampars

I swear I just seen this post over at OCN the other day while aimlessly browsing.

Top build! Next year I'll be making enough cash to do something similar. Wish I could do it now, though.

You'd be right, there's more detailed worklogs up at a few overclocking forums around the place.

Next year you'll be able to buy better hardware than I! I wont be updating again till the next update after the next now. (unless I have a remarkably good year in sales for the next half!)

[Warhound]

No way can you shell out that kinda cash and still be content with a simple X-52 and that other stick you have. Time to invest in a proper stick and rudder (why not in a whole simpit)

http://www.valiant-studio.eu/tarmac/html/en/hangar.php
If i was nuts enough to spend that kinda cash it would go for that stuff first of all, lots more precise flying and immersion to be had.

[FS~Phat]

Originally Posted by Warhound

No way can you shell out that kinda cash and still be content with a simple X-52 and that other stick you have. Time to invest in a proper stick and rudder (why not in a whole simpit)

http://www.valiant-studio.eu/tarmac/html/en/hangar.php
If i was nuts enough to spend that kinda cash it would go for that stuff first of all, lots more precise flying and immersion to be had.

Unfortunately I have no space for such a setup but would love to one day!

On another note...

The yellow 16 AWG wire arrived today a bit earlier than expected!
ProRaid arrived today. It has a higher quality finish than I was expecting.
SSD carriers arrived today too and expecting 24GB memory later this afternoon.

Now all I need is the shipment from Performancepcs which is due today or tomorrow and the AC blocks which will be at least another 2 weeks.

At least I can start on the cabling now!
I stripped back the existing sleeving from a few PSU cables over the weekend in preparation and also worked out how to make custom length Sata cables!

This is gonna be a BIG job!

[icarus]

Originally Posted by FS~Phat

Unfortunately I have no space for such a setup but would love to one day!

You don't need any extra room for a great HOTAS and pedals.

That absolutely awesome setup makes the Saitek controls look like an afterthought though. I used to have Saitek and it was decent stuff, but there is much much better out there.

For example, a TM Warthog with dual throttle (awesome with CoD) and a sturdy set of Simped rudder pedals are in order for you. Believe me, they will be WAAAY better performance-wise than the Saitek stuff and won't take up anymore room. They will look amazing with your setup too.

Have fun!

[banned]

Originally Posted by icarus

You don't need any extra room for a great HOTAS and pedals.

That absolutely awesome setup makes the Saitek controls look like an afterthought though. I used to have Saitek and it was decent stuff, but there is much much better out there.

For example, a TM Warthog with dual throttle (awesome with CoD) and a sturdy set of Simped rudder pedals are in order for you. Believe me, they will be WAAAY better performance-wise than the Saitek stuff and won't take up anymore room. They will look amazing with your setup too.

Have fun!

Ok, I want one. I read that they were developing a Spitfire stick. I also noticed that this was back in 2007. Mate, is there another link to their website that is more up to date. I can't seem to find anything 2011.
If they've got the Spitty stick and throttle I'm getting it. How awesome does the 109 stick and throttle look.
Thanks.

[AdamB]

I was wondering, is there anyway in which you can build a computer with two CPU's on two seperate mobo's and then have 4 GTX 590's (2 on each mobo)

e.g.

2x Intel i7 990X (24 threads)
2x X58 mobo's
2x 24GB DDR3 RAM
2x 2 GTX 590 3GB
500GB SSD
2x 3TB Hard Drive 6Gb/s

I would love to see this done, i think Arma 3 could run pretty well on this. And Cliffs of Dover would run maxed out

[FS~Phat]

ProRaid box showing 4 x 3TB Western Digital WD30EZRX drives.

8.18TB Usable RAID 5.
Great performance! 176Mb/s read 110Mb/s write over USB3 and 55Mb/s read and write over USB 2.













The PCI slot SSD carriers.


The 3 1/2" Bay SSD drive carriers which Im leaning towards using by mounting it on the MB support upright rather than the PCI mount.

[achtungspitfire]

Originally Posted by AdamB

I was wondering, is there anyway in which you can build a computer with two CPU's on two seperate mobo's and then have 4 GTX 590's (2 on each mobo)

e.g.

2x Intel i7 990X (24 threads)
2x X58 mobo's
2x 24GB DDR3 RAM
2x 2 GTX 590 3GB
500GB SSD
2x 3TB Hard Drive 6Gb/s

I would love to see this done, i think Arma 3 could run pretty well on this. And Cliffs of Dover would run maxed out

Nope, sadly.

If you wanted to run a pair of CPUs you would need to go for Xeon 5500/5600 or Opteron 4100/6100 series processors on a single server or workstation motherboard. If you can find a board with the right number of PCI express slots, the rest is definitely possible.

Unfortunately 99% of software these days is barely written to take advantage of multiple cores let alone multiple processors, so a build like this would be almost a total waste for gaming

[icarus]

Originally Posted by banned

Ok, I want one. I read that they were developing a Spitfire stick. I also noticed that this was back in 2007. Mate, is there another link to their website that is more up to date. I can't seem to find anything 2011.
If they've got the Spitty stick and throttle I'm getting it. How awesome does the 109 stick and throttle look.
Thanks.

Nope, they are out of buisiness AFAIK. The only dudes I've seen who have them, built them themselves or bought real ones on eBay and modded them. Me, I have a Warhog and Simpeds.

[icarus]

Originally Posted by banned

Ok, I want one. I read that they were developing a Spitfire stick. I also noticed that this was back in 2007. Mate, is there another link to their website that is more up to date. I can't seem to find anything 2011.
If they've got the Spitty stick and throttle I'm getting it. How awesome does the 109 stick and throttle look.
Thanks.

www.spitsim.co.uk

Only 4000 GBP for the whole set. But you can buy modules separately.

£1550.00 for the Spitsim Control Column, with adjustable hydraulic pitch & roll dampers