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DVA7697
Captain, B767-300
Joined on August 12 2009
Northeastern United States
73 legs, 145.5 hours
1 legs,
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140.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
March 15 2010 17:01 ET by Connor Damelia
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my computer is destroyed basically. it is 7 years old so i was debating about getting a new one and spending around 800-1000 dollars. or should i use some of my parts and just upgrade i have e8400 3.5ghz 4 gb ddr2 800 mhz ram and the rest is useless. please tell me what to get and if anyone would like to design what i should get i will look into it. i would really appreciate it. i am debating about a possible prize for the best model for the best price. i would really appreciate this. thanks everyone.
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
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Posted onPost created on
March 15 2010 17:24 ET by John Alusik
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If you have 800-1000 to spend then I diffidently encourage you to buy a new one. I personally recommend a Phenom II X4 and an ATI 5800 series card, but you will get the people who recommend and i7 and Nvidia. I do believe that from the articles i have read that AMD has a better cost to performance ratio then intel,and the new 5000 series graphics cards are the fastest cards in the world right now.
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA7697
Captain, B767-300
Joined on August 12 2009
Northeastern United States
73 legs, 145.5 hours
1 legs,
1.2 hours online 71 legs,
140.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
March 15 2010 17:27 ET by Connor Damelia
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alright well i dont know alot about what parts i exactly need if anyone wants to go on newegg or another site and design one for fun. it would really help me. i really appreciate it
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
March 15 2010 18:23 ET by John Alusik
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Here's what I got, includes everything minus monitor and Operating System:
CPU/MB combo: Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.4ghz, Biostar AM3 DDR3: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.345265
Memory: Corsair 4gb(2x2gb) DDR3 1600: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145260
Power Supply: Corsair 650w: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005
Video card: Sapphire ATI HD5830 1gb: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102878
Hard Drive: 1TB Seagate: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433
Case: Mid-tower Cooler Master: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119068
Disk Drive: SATA CD/DVD Burner: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289
There are rebates and such the grand total is $891.92 before shipping. If you want latest and greatest technology there are motherboards that can support new SATA speed of 6 Gbps, which also brings up the price of the hard drive. There's room to expand but i think that's a decent build.
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA7697
Captain, B767-300
Joined on August 12 2009
Northeastern United States
73 legs, 145.5 hours
1 legs,
1.2 hours online 71 legs,
140.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
March 15 2010 18:26 ET by Connor Damelia
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thanks how does this compair http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229171
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
March 15 2010 18:29 ET by John Alusik
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The one i gave you has better video card, cpu and faster ram.
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
March 15 2010 18:30 ET by John Alusik
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if you want a pre-built one i recommend this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227179
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA7697
Captain, B767-300
Joined on August 12 2009
Northeastern United States
73 legs, 145.5 hours
1 legs,
1.2 hours online 71 legs,
140.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
March 15 2010 18:39 ET by Connor Damelia
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thats pretty high priced would the one i was looking at run fsx with ease or high settings is all.
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
March 15 2010 18:43 ET by John Alusik
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You said you had a budget of $800-$1000 and that one is pretty much in the middle. The one you picked may be probably can run FSX on high, but it would only run well with freeware aircraft, once you load up a PMDG, the load on the CPU would become too great.
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA7697
Captain, B767-300
Joined on August 12 2009
Northeastern United States
73 legs, 145.5 hours
1 legs,
1.2 hours online 71 legs,
140.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
March 15 2010 18:47 ET by Connor Damelia
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alright um could u try to find one that is around 500-750 maybe 800 i wanto run level d 767 rex 2.0 with no problem but on a budget
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
March 15 2010 18:51 ET by John Alusik
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this is probably the best bang for your buck, but i can't make any guarantees: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229173
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA7697
Captain, B767-300
Joined on August 12 2009
Northeastern United States
73 legs, 145.5 hours
1 legs,
1.2 hours online 71 legs,
140.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
March 15 2010 18:55 ET by Connor Damelia
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do u think i could keep my 3.4 ghz processor and build a comp around around that
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
March 15 2010 19:06 ET by John Alusik
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the only real way to bring down the cost is a new video card. I found what is probably at least a decent replacement but i don't know much about the card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161319
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA7697
Captain, B767-300
Joined on August 12 2009
Northeastern United States
73 legs, 145.5 hours
1 legs,
1.2 hours online 71 legs,
140.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
March 16 2010 15:24 ET by Connor Damelia
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how would this computer run fsx http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883147038
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
March 17 2010 00:10 ET by John Alusik
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thats a great machine but if the prebuilt $850 is out of you budget but this $1100 machine is in your budget?
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA7697
Captain, B767-300
Joined on August 12 2009
Northeastern United States
73 legs, 145.5 hours
1 legs,
1.2 hours online 71 legs,
140.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
March 17 2010 06:32 ET by Connor Damelia
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im not a huge amd fan if you really think its good ill get it but idk how that compares to a core i5 or i7
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
March 17 2010 10:26 ET by John Alusik
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I can't say which one you should buy, I believe you should decide for yourself, here are 2 articles comparing AMD vs. Intel, and the best CPU for a price range.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gaming-cpu,2570.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclock-phenom-ii,2119.html?xtmc=phenom_vs_i7&xtcr=1
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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