"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
12/21/2017 at 01:18 • Filed to: Computers
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"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
12/21/2017 at 01:18 • Filed to: Computers | 1
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And it was garbage. By my own tests, my machine can play FSX on Ultra settings, but my 2007 Deluxe Edition DVD version is so buggy that it’s a waste of time tuning my GPU to run it. I have no idea why I’m still trying to use my old FSX DVD when the better optimized Steam Edition exists. It seems to me that Windows 7 was the last OS that the DVD versions could efficiently play.
At any rate, it took me over a week to get this machine running. First, I had to trim the front fan down 1mm so it wouldn’t strike its own ducting. Then I attempted to circumvent having to pay for Windows 10 by installing one of my 100 copies of Windows 7 then using the Assistive Technologies loophole to get free Windows 10. But alas, both my mobo and my CPU are entirely incompatible with Windows 7...So even though I was finally able to get it installed after a few days of fighting non-working USBs in the installer (sourcing a PS/2 keyboard solved this), the OS was so broken it was literally impossible to get the Windows 10 upgrade to run.
So uh, I had to part ways with $100.
Pro tip: If you want to run Windows 7, DO NOT get a Ryzen CPU with current architecture.
Here’s the finished build, quietly running behind a spare 32" 720p TV.
Side Note: Why in the heck does Windows 10 come with freaking bloatware? Come on Samsung Microsoft!
Also weird how Speccy states my RAM is 1064 unknown. Edit: Apparently that’s a known Speccy thing...It sometimes displays half the advertised clock speed of a RAM stick.
wafflesnfalafel
> Mercedes Streeter
12/21/2017 at 01:41 |
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I am dreading having to make the jump from 7 to 10...
Echo51
> Mercedes Streeter
12/21/2017 at 05:27 |
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You have dual channel memory, and speccy shows per-stick clocks. The unknown might well just be speccy doesn’t have info on the specific ram you got, but have you checked in BIOS that XMP is enabled?
bhtooefr
> Mercedes Streeter
12/21/2017 at 06:55 |
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If you’ve got CD keys for those Windows 7 installs, I thought you could feed those keys to Win10, ever since 1511? Unless the assistive technologies loophole doesn’t let you do that and requires you to actually upgrade?
f86sabre
> Mercedes Streeter
12/21/2017 at 07:52 |
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DC-10-30
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Mercedes Streeter
> bhtooefr
12/21/2017 at 08:26 |
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WHAT!! I will kick myself if that’s the case.
Slant6
> Mercedes Streeter
12/21/2017 at 08:48 |
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I also have fsx deluxe on DVD. Took me a while to get it to work on w10. Steam version is extremely tempting, but they do almost the exact same thing, can’t justify it. Especially when I only play about once or twice a month.
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Mercedes Streeter
> bhtooefr
12/21/2017 at 10:28 |
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Just got a refund on 10. I’ll do it the CD key way. Thanks for saving me $120!
xc90v8/I4 :(
> Mercedes Streeter
12/21/2017 at 12:05 |
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Now mine feels old.
no1unorightnow
> bhtooefr
01/04/2018 at 00:56 |
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Yeah, it lets you do it, but it’s different from the assistive technologies loophole, I think.