jgruschow Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Wot no SSD hard drives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Kae Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 ....additional 2 HDD's both are SSD's .. thanks for the comments guys ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John York Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 The trouble is Jay that if you put pictures from it on to here it could overload our systems just looking at them. I,m pleased for you mate and hope you have a lot of fun with it. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaveenB Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 You know JayKae after reading about your success with FSX and the SkullTrail, I decided to get one myself. I set a budget(1500 USD) and searched around for components and it's all coming together now, I hope I can come close to your performance. I got: Intel Skulltrail + Dual Xeon 5420 Quad 2.5 Ghz From Ebay SUNBEAM Transformer case (cheapest full size case on NewEgg) COOLMAX 1000W Power supply 8GB Kingston DII667 KVR667D2D4F5/4G Ram 500GB Hitachi HardDrive SAMSUNG DVD burner Zalman CPU coolers I have an MSI GTX 280 1GB card left around and a 128GB SSD from another computer I plan to pop in once it all arrive. We'll see how it does with FSX and TripleHead 2 Go after I get it overclocked. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Kae Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 Awesome mate!! Now, just to let you guys know, this thread was started in August 2008.... it is not August 2009, I have had the system for almost a year now Time for a new one LMAO KIDDING!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boe772ER Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 So a SkullTrail motherboard really kills in FSX? I am considering getting the one for i7 when it comes out, but I don't know if it will fit in my mid tower case. \ Regards, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Kae Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 Mate, with all sliders to the right I still get an average of 100-120 FPS even in the most condensed areas. It has definitely been worth the money, that is for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swraymac Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 i get it.........given the quandry JayKae, you were in over your wife getting you a really neat but expensive fs hardware addon for your recent birthday, and her birthday being immiment, you decided to forget buying her a new car. get her something really personal. like a personal computer maybe! something she can use to plumb the depths of the family tree. something she can logon to the local kindergarden bulletin board with. take advantage of online shopping and save money!!!! your a bloody genius!!! my wife has her birthday next month. where'd you say you got that pc from? ;D ;D ;D ;D what a beast, ya lucky duck.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Kae Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 lol I didn't really think of it that way but no, I am 'allowed' a certain budget per year for FS, I did not spend that budget the year before so it rolled over *grins* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaveenB Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Hey JayKae My Skulltrail is coming in tomorrow, so tommorrow night I will be reinstalling and setting up FSX. Do you have any special settings you use in the FSX.cfg with regards to the affinity mask? Anything I should be looking out for when setting up the skulltrail as a primary FSX computer. My core I7 mother board caught on fire(I am not kidding, it really caught on fire, the tech support guy said I had a blown capacitor!?!) so I got some more parts out of it before I RMA it. I finally settled on: Intel Skulltrail + Dual Xeon 5420 Quad 2.5 Ghz over clocked to 3.1 - 3.2 Coolermaster HAF case Ultra 1600W Power supply 8GB Kingston DII667 KVR667D2D4F5/4G Ram 500GB Hitachi HardDrive(storage) 128 gb SSD for FSX 2x EVGA GTX 280 in SLI Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Kae Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 No, I just run it fresh as it comes the only thing I have changed is the 1024 to 4096 for the textures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumsonly2002 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Woops, I accidently bumped the thread while researching dual CPU. Commenting on another thread, and referred to this thread, and hit the quote button on this thread....... Anyways.. while I got your attention, How do you find the dual CPU's? Any bog downs, or does the system have a lot of Horse Power? This is a remarkable thread as not many run dual CPU's, and I am seriously thinking of jumping on the band wagon. Do you need to over clock, or are you there FPS wise? Any bottleneck? Is it one of those systems you need not upgrade for several years? I am in the process of building a system and would appreciate your advise. I'd rather pay up front and be satisfied with computer performance once and for all. Sometimes it pays to spend extra and save in the long run. My system is for FSX / FSX / Orbx and BOB WOV. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzoil3 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Why Vista instead of Windows 7 ? Holy Cheese Batman, a second uber machine! WOW! LOL Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Kae Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 lol this is my old thread.. just the same machine still with some adjustments by now of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurdy Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 it wasnt a bump it was a shove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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