"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
12/23/2018 at 21:13 • Filed to: Computers
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"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
12/23/2018 at 21:13 • Filed to: Computers | 2
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While playing FSX on my ASRock Deskmini, Madame DeLorean got an idea to build me a rig that could play VR and X-Plane 11. Enter this monster...
Specs
Case - Corsair Spec-Omega RGB
RAM - Patriot Dual Channel 16GB
PSU - Thermaltake 650W RGB Modular PSU
MB - Gigabyte H370M D3H
SSD - M.2 Samsung Evo 250 GB
HDD - A random 1TB I have laying around.
GPU - MSI RTX 2070
CPU - i3-8100 quad core. (We know this is a potential bottleneck, Fry’s was low on options so we chose the only thing they had that didn’t add another several hundred to the build. I’ll upgrade this at a later date.)
Build log to come soon! This is the best Christmas present ever, love! <3
TheRealBicycleBuck
> Mercedes Streeter
12/23/2018 at 21:59 |
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X-Plane? Have you had a chance to play it? I’ve been thinking about picking it up to get familiar with airports I’ve never been to before. I’ll start doing cross-country flights next month.
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Mercedes Streeter
> TheRealBicycleBuck
12/23/2018 at 22:17 |
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I've only seen videos of it in action and I'm more than sold on it. X-Plane also uses an arguably more realistic engine than FSX as well.
Nibby
> Mercedes Streeter
12/23/2018 at 22:29 |
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wow haha that system is really cool except the i3 seems very out of place... though once you bump that up to an i7 8700 or 8700K you’d be in great shape! congrats
jimz
> Mercedes Streeter
12/23/2018 at 22:33 |
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wow, I just picked up a second-hand 1070Ti and thought I was hot shit.
shop-teacher
> Mercedes Streeter
12/23/2018 at 23:57 |
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Y have no idea what you're talking about, buy I'm glad you're happy :)
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Mercedes Streeter
12/24/2018 at 17:58 |
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X-Plane is on sale on Steam for $40.
bhtooefr
> Mercedes Streeter
12/25/2018 at 01:13 |
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I’d say the biggest thing where X-Plane is weaker than FSX is ATC.
FSX ATC is primitive and glitchy. X-Plane ATC is... almost nonexistent.
Also, the FMS in larger planes in X-Plane could be much easier to work with...