New system build

Hey all

Just started playing DCS world and order A-10C loved it so much thought I would build a new system for it, here is the specs.

Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor

Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Joystick

MSI Z87 MPower Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard

Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbs Solid State Drive

Kingston HyperX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit

Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black

and the stuff coming out of old pc

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache

Asus HD 7970 Matrix Platinum 3072MB

I'm hope to be able too get a stable 4.8 out of it depending on heat.

Building this weekend so see in the sky's soon.:pilotfly:

I'm thinking of a new build also.

Quick question: Why the MSI board? (because that's one thing i'm still uncertain about).

MSI have really gone to town on this new board it has great cooling and easy over clocking too boot plus my mate got one up to 5k stable just the heat 99c to beat now :)

http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/Z87-MPOWER-MAX.html#overview

Just check the awards section :)

Pretty Nice setup there!

It will run DCS like a dream, I absolutely have no experience with Nvidia cards, but for me the smaller brother of your supposed choice runs it pretty well (in cockpit 50fps to outside view 120fps not heavily loaded scenario of course but heavily loaded scenarios usually eat up the CPU more than the GPU).

Yer have seen that nvidia seems to be the card for this game but as I already have a HD7970 I'll stick with it, But thanks for the heads up.

Nice setup m8, got the thrustmaster hotas to replace the x52 then? Just need to change the hat from view to trim and its mapped.

I own msi z77 mpower and must say its the best mobo i ve ever had. good choice on z87 mpower

Nice specs, shame you also bought an kingston SSD though.

Relative to other brands there slow(er) while equally expensive for a given amount of storage.

Still, any SSD is a great improvement over an HDD.

That system should run DCS quite well.

Quick question: Why the MSI board? (because that's one thing i'm still uncertain about).

Why MSI you ask? This youtube video explains it all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvNnv7nh2Es

:D

Nice girl but wrong motherboard there derelor. Next time get your act together and take your eyes off of the girl for just a second...:music_whistling:

Why MSI you ask? This youtube video explains it all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvNnv7nh2Es

 

:D

Another point for ASUS motherboards. They don't need adolescent females to attract customers. :P

Nice girl but wrong motherboard there derelor. Next time get your act together and take your eyes off of the girl for just a second...:music_whistling:

Another point for ASUS motherboards. They don't need adolescent females to attract customers. :P

Haha, guys look at my signature to see my Motherboard brand. I almost fell for her, but when I saw how she tortured that CPU - no way! :D

Haha, guys look at my signature to see my Motherboard brand. I almost fell for her, but when I saw how she tortured that CPU - no way! :D

OK, you are forgiven...this time! :D

That ad is one PR nightmare in the making.

I had to close it when I saw how horrible the lipsync was.

Coincidentally, I used my last MSI mobo with my last ATI graphics card.

I had to close it when I saw how horrible the lipsync was.

Yeah, *that* was the problem :D

I had to close it when I saw how horrible the lipsync was.

This particular video can also be enjoyed while muted :smartass:

Ok all setup and it seems I did well in the cpu lottery 4.8 @ 1.215v heat 37 idle and 60 under stress test :) looks like my cpu is in the top 10% and able to hit 5 gonna stay at 4.8 tho easy to keep cool.