Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Which of these would you recommend

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Which of these would you recommend

DVA8060
First Officer, B737-800

Joined on December 06 2009
B757 100 Club
Online Double Century Club
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Swindon, UK

347 legs, 998.9 hours
280 legs, 861.5 hours online
343 legs, 986.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on August 31 2012 13:16 ET by Jamie Moss

For my new pc which I'm finally about ready to buy, which of these three(if any) would be the ideal for me, I want to keep with FS9 with maybe one day soon going over to FSX, what I'd like is within the PMDG 747/LDS767 virtual cockpits and around 30 add on airports plus ultimate terrain to be able to achieve consistant FPS of 30+ on the ground and as smooth as possible in the air.

Any inputs would be greatly appreciated or pointers to another site, the site would have to be UK based

http://www.wired2fire.co.uk/ccc.php?systype=14

Jamie Moss

First Officer, B737-800

DVA8752
Captain, B767-300

Joined on January 01 2010
50 State Club
Triple Century Club

Sedalia, CO

338 legs, 1,236.8 hours
31 legs, 181.3 hours online
37 legs, 232.7 hours ACARS
2 legs, 8.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on August 31 2012 13:56 ET by Brandon Howell

Even with the cheapest one, you're overpaying. You can get a good FS PC for around £630 (converted from $1,000 USD).

I found a list of alternative sites: http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?p=1923140

Brandon Howell (DVA8752)

Posted onPost created on August 31 2012 14:16 ET by Jamie Moss

thank you captain, you do wonder if companies hike up the prices for us FS pilots, still to have a nice working 767 cockpit for less than £1000 is not to be sneered at

Jamie Moss

First Officer, B737-800

Posted onPost created on August 31 2012 14:21 ET by Brandon Howell

Just remembered that Amazon also has computer parts. I'm sure that if you got all the parts and built it yourself, it would still be much cheaper.

Brandon Howell (DVA8752)

Posted onPost created on August 31 2012 17:15 ET by Jamie Moss

Unfortunatly my skills dont stretch to building pcs so I will have to pay for the complete package which I should have done ages ago, it is strong enough to handle the LD767 but struggles when the PMDG 74 comes on screen, and seeing as this is my main pastime I really should invest in improvements to make it more enjoyable, my biggest fear is outlaying £1000 and ending up disappointed

Jamie Moss

First Officer, B737-800

Posted onPost created on August 31 2012 17:55 ET by Brandon Howell

Take a look at these -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_56kyib-Ls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxaVBsXEiok&feature=relmfu

It isn't that hard and you'll save quite a bit of money.

Brandon Howell (DVA8752)

Posted onPost created on September 01 2012 05:15 ET by Jamie Moss

Ok thank-you, i will look into it for sure

Jamie Moss

First Officer, B737-800

DVA10665
Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on April 07 2012
50 State Club
Double Century Club
Online Century Club

"captaen ..... táimid ag dul síos"
Western Europe

282 legs, 630.7 hours
162 legs, 433.9 hours online
279 legs, 619.7 hours ACARS
1 legs, 1.3 hours event
4,070 legs, 7,227.4 hours total

Posted onPost created on September 01 2012 11:42 ET by Daniel Healy

hi jamie you should also check out this site as i plan on using it to get my pc as im not too worried about saving money and prefer to avoid the hassle of building it myself http://pcspecialist.co.uk/ on theleft hand side of the page you can build a overeclocked system and they also have pre built systems for fsx in the professional pc part on the main page hopes this helps

Daniel Healy (DVA10665)

Posted onPost created on September 02 2012 02:50 ET by Jamie Moss

Dan they seem pretty good and reasonably priced, I think I will go for them, also Brandon thanks very much for your advice aswell

Jamie Moss

First Officer, B737-800

Posted onPost created on September 02 2012 05:46 ET by Jamie Moss

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/formquote-save/

I'm quite an untrained eye, but what would those specs give me regards FS9/FSX I am a stickler for realism, I almost want a freeflow flight with many add-ons(eventually all the available airfields that Delta 767/KLM 747/777 aircraft fly to) also ultimate terrain as such.

I'm not overly concerned regarding multiple monitors as I feel that one large screen gives a great Virtual Cockpit view.

Once again thanks in advance for your input and all advice is greatly appreciated

Jamie Moss

First Officer, B737-800

Posted onPost created on September 02 2012 10:32 ET by Brandon Howell

Whatever you picked isn't shown (not an unique link). Cam you save the items to something like a wishlist or list them here?

Brandon Howell (DVA8752)

Posted onPost created on September 02 2012 10:47 ET by Daniel Healy

jamie if you give the link of the page where you put the parts on like this http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-1155-overclocked/

Daniel Healy (DVA10665)

Posted onPost created on September 02 2012 12:04 ET by Jamie Moss

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/view/Fsx-1500-pc/

Jamie Moss

First Officer, B737-800

Posted onPost created on September 02 2012 13:04 ET by Daniel Healy

are you just going to get the pre built pc

Daniel Healy (DVA10665)

Posted onPost created on September 02 2012 14:40 ET by Jamie Moss

plus the monitors etc that go with it, should that not be quite strong

Jamie Moss

First Officer, B737-800

DVA1530
Captain, B757-200
OLP

Joined on February 17 2004

Midwestern United States

49 legs, 142.8 hours
25 legs, 87.2 hours online
22 legs, 49.7 hours ACARS
1 legs, 1.3 hours event

Posted onPost created on September 02 2012 16:35 ET by Shane Freese

Yeah building a pc would be your best bet price wise. It isn't very difficult anymore. Everything is pretty much plug and play. You usually can't beat newegg. http://www.newegg.com

Shane Freese

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on September 03 2012 01:18 ET by Brandon Howell

Newegg does not ship to the UK.

Brandon Howell (DVA8752)

Posted onPost created on September 03 2012 12:16 ET by Daniel Healy

no its strong enough but there are some things that might be too much and you might want to overclock

Daniel Healy (DVA10665)

Posted onPost created on September 03 2012 13:26 ET by Jamie Moss

when you say some things, are you referring to the add ons or the specs of the pc itself

Jamie Moss

First Officer, B737-800

Posted onPost created on September 03 2012 16:01 ET by Daniel Healy

no i mean 16 gbs of ram is too much 8 will do you fine

Daniel Healy (DVA10665)

Posted onPost created on September 03 2012 16:52 ET by Jamie Moss

ah right, ok brilliant, I'm beginning to form an idea now

Jamie Moss

First Officer, B737-800

Posted onPost created on September 04 2012 12:47 ET by Daniel Healy

one more thing your case is a bit expensive for a case its £119

Daniel Healy (DVA10665)

Posted onPost created on September 04 2012 13:30 ET by Jamie Moss

ok I'll look into that

Jamie Moss

First Officer, B737-800

Posted onPost created on September 05 2012 14:29 ET by Jamie Moss

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/view/Vortex-2000-OC/

How about that one, that looks strong surely

Jamie Moss

First Officer, B737-800

Posted onPost created on September 06 2012 16:14 ET by Daniel Healy

yes that is very good pc

Daniel Healy (DVA10665)

Posted onPost created on September 06 2012 17:17 ET by Jamie Moss

yeah it would appear that for FSX the CPU overclock is the key, I've seen on youtube videos of 4.5 GHZ and it is like real lfe motion, I think that is what I want

Jamie Moss

First Officer, B737-800

DVA9571
Senior Captain, B767-300

Joined on March 10 2011
Everett 500 Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Six Century Club

Miami, FL USA

612 legs, 2,333.0 hours
590 legs, 2,242.9 hours online
602 legs, 2,307.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on September 11 2012 10:05 ET by Bob Klemm

The Level D 767 VC has very little, if any, impact on frame rate. The entire package is actually the most frame-friendly of any detailed aircraft. The detail of terrain and scenery will be your main issue. Combined with certain other aircraft addons, this can slow your frame rate to a "slide show".

Bob Klemm

Senior Captain, B767-300

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