My Christmas Gift to Me

[Harold Henderson]

NOTE ADDED 1/23/14 -UPDATED CASE BELOW. COMPONENTS DID NOT FIT IN CASE USED IN CONFIG AT TOM'S HARDWARE. IT APPEARS THE WINNERS OF THE "Your Top Picks: Tom's Hardware Forums' Q4 2013 BestConfigs" WERE NOT REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY B-U-I-L-D THEIR SYSTEMS!
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Pulled the trigger on the new system yesterday. Pretty much follows this configuration from Tom's Hardware - http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/bes ... 92-10.html


Intel Core i7-3930K Hexa-Core Processor 3.2 Ghz 12 MB Cache LGA 2011 - BX80619I73930K

ASUS P9X79 LE LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC 4GB DisplayPort HDMI DVI-I/DVI-D Graphics Card with ACX Cooler 04G-P4-2768-KR

2 x Patriot 8GB(2x4GB) Vier III DDR3 1600MHz (PC3 12800) CL9 Desktop Memory With Black Mamba Heatsink - PV38G160C9K

Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Single Unit Version Internal Solid State Drive MZ-7TE500BW

Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Internal Desktop Hard Drive - WD2002FAEX

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan (RR-212E-20PK-R2)

Asus 24x DVD-RW Serial-ATA Internal OEM Optical Drive DRW-24B1ST (Black)

Cooler Master SickleFlow 120 - Sleeve Bearing 120mm Red LED Silent Fan for Computer Cases, CPU Coolers, and Radiators

Cooler Master HAF 922 - High Air Flow Mid Tower Computer Case

1000 watt power supply - PSU EVGA | 120-G2-1000-XR R


Pretty sure this will max out everything in FSX with decent frames and be pretty good in P3d/xPlane/whatever ... and last 4-5 years.

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1/23/14 - WOW!!! Let the system auto-overclock to about 4.3GHZ. Need to do some manual fine tuning. Could probably get it to 4.7/8 but the 3930k probably needs liquid cooling for that. I've got one core that consistently runs hotter than the others by 6-8 degrees C. On a 1 1/2 hr flight that core maxed out at 75C. I understand that 90C is getting to the danger zone and I want to stay well below that, so 80C is my limit. 4930K could probably do it on air.

Running FSX in DX-10 with almost all video sliders max'd out and frame rate unlimited. Smooth, smooth, smooth. Have seen the fps dip below 30 in heavy scenery areas with payware a/c but never get to the point you would notice. Most of the time I'm well above 50 fps.

[Michael Blakely]

You are going to be very happy with that system.

[Theodore Martin]

That's an awesome build out. You will really like the SSD, especially since you went with a large one.

[Norberto Rivera]

I'm jealous!!!!