Cpl Ledanek Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Very cool Did you request an IDE interface for your Lite-On ODD, and what's up front pulling in air? can't speak for WK but FN is know to use San Ace fans, well accdg to most MachV owner that have posted in Xtremesystems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrowmanUK Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Grab something like this mate http://www.amazon.com/3-5IN-sata-Hard-Driv...2968&sr=8-3 Should make transferring all your old data really easy and give you some nice spare portable drive space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 The fan in the front is a 120mm Silverstone (at least that is what is on the tag). There are 2 80mm fans on the rear for exhaust. There is also a place on the top for another 120mm fan. This thing is really quite, even with the 80mm fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I moved my 1TB Seagate into an aluminum enclosure on USB, but I have this Vantec NexStar USB/eSATA for hot swapping my other SATA HD...just make sure nobody can reach it besides yourself, specially when HD gets hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Congrats on the new rig WK! What are you playing on it so far? Also do you have plans to upgrade your monitor? I have a friend who has a computer store and still have some gamers coming in looking for old CRTs because of the better refresh rates I know I recommended getting a 24" LCD, but I found with some newer games running them at native 1920x1200 res with 4x+ AA and AF turned on slow down the framerates, so perhaps a 20-22" with 1680x1050 res is the best compromise ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 Yeah, I am am sure I am gonna go with a 20-22" LCD. I have tried GR (everything on high) and it appears locked at 60 which the monitor was set at and I have upped it to 85 at 1280x1024 for my normal viewing. I can't remember what GR is set at, somewhere around the same though. I have some FSX (everything on high) time and some SC time and some Falcon 4.0. Homeworld2 runs a bit slow for some odd reason, maybe a hardware issue as I got a warning about it. I will have some tweaking to get What really bites is I got the PC on a Wednesday and Saturday morning I was on the way to a job that I turned 87 hours on. Still, once I do get some regular time, I can't wait to play some of my games and maybe OC this thing (FN will help and keep everything in warranty). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 something to consider WK77 (may void warranty) Coolit Domino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCO*AFZ* Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 For the 85 fps limite ... shut of vsync in your video drivers. You won't have to change your refresh then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 See if you can spot the new periphrial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat50 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Ahh...a new monitor! I never had a flat screen, always a crt. How do you like it? Is eye strain less with a flat screen? Very nice rig WK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 So far I like it. I flew a short hop (2 hours) in FS9 with everything pretty much maxed out and had no eye strain or anything like that, even the colors looked pretty good on the standard setting or without tweaking. The colors even look better compared to my ViewSonic CRT. The reviews from BB customers all were pretty good on this model and of course, I have had ASUS products before and have been satisfied with the quality of the part. This monitor has 3 different connectors for video (including HDMI) so one does not want for video options. GR even looks great on this maxed out at it's native resolution of 1680x1050. Now to try some other games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Congrats on the new monitor WK! Welcome to the wonderful world of widescreen gaming! What model LCD did you get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 The monitor I got is an ASUS VK222H 22" with a native resolution of 1680x1050. GR is even supported at this resolution. How forward thinking of RSE even before such resolutions were even commonplace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrowmanUK Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 After getting my flatscreen monitor I wondered why i'd hung on to the mammoth of a 19" crt I'd had stuck on the desk, with a nice fast refresh rate theyre just as good and dont need a parking block to stick them on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 So I solved my situation about accessing the hard drives from my old PC. I bought 2 of these from Newegg. I ordered them Tuesday night when I got home and they came today. wooooooooohoooooooooo. As I type this, I am in the process of moving 13GB worth of files from my old FS9 aircraft folder to the new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Are those the USB or Firewire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 They are USB 2.0 and accept IDE drives (there is a SATA enclosure that uses USB 2.0, FireWire and eSATA connections). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 I used eSATA for mine...supposed to be faster...that's where my new 1TB Seagate resides...in the slow process of moving all my Air Supply songs in there....."..here I am, the one that you loved"...don't get me started with the cheezy songs...and some of my movies in m4v and mp4s...still has no clue on the difference... if you find yourself getting tired of replacing HDs, try these NexStar Hard Drive Dock 2.5"/3.5" SATA to USB 2.0/eSATA/1394a Hard Drive Dock...it's like 8-tracks all over again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted May 17, 2009 Author Share Posted May 17, 2009 The problem is, there is no eSATA connection for IDE drives like I have. The only problem I see is that you cannot safely eject the drives as it appears that something is accessing them, even with all windows closed. The only way to turn them off is shut down the PC, then turn them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 So with all my MSFS add-ons and such for both FS 2004 and FSX growing at a tremendous rate, I figured it was time to get another HD so on Friday I ordered a new WD 300GB VelociRaptor. Today I got the tracking number and again, Newegg shows why I love shopping with them. The new HD will be here on Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 2-pack Barracuda for you mod collections Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 I have more than enough storage space, the new HD is for FSX really, it now is 40GB in size while FS 2004 is 50GB. Both are growing and I want them on a fast drive so loading time isn't so long (with more aircraft and scenery, load times increase). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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