Upgrade for Leading Edge...

[petermcleland]

I've been without computer for a couple of weeks as I upgraded:-

http://forum.fsscreenshots.com/dcboard. ... =full&page

[tonymadge]

Superb pictures Peter, what are the spec of the new machine or rather "monster"
Just make sure those FSX nutters do not try to convince you it is ideal to run FSX...

I was going to post pictures of my upgrade but failed batteries in the camera dealt the death blow to that idea, but then again it looks a mess compared to your operating theatre clean machine..
I like the twin fans on the case, I just fitted a 80mm fan to the front of my case so I get air blown in, the PSU cooler which is almost as large as yours blows air across and I have another fan on the side of the case pulling more air in onto the cpu cooler and motherboard, a final 140mm fan exhauts it all out along the with PSU fan... I have more fans than a cheap fan shop in Hong Kong...

Great looking system though Peter thanks for the picture link.
Tony

[petermcleland]

Thanks Tony...No there is no way that FSX will ever find its way back into my machine

"Leading Edge" Specs:-

Case: Lian-Li Aluminium PC-6089A
Motherboard: ASUS P6T Deluxe V2
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHz (LGA 1366)
CPU Cooling: akasa NERO
Power: Silent Pro M 500W
Memory: Corsair 6GB...3x2GB Modules DDR3
Hard Drives: 1 SATA Seagate 1TB
External Drives Seagate 400GB, FreeAgent 465GB and FreeAgent 1.19TB
CD R/W: Plextor 52x24x52 IDE
DVD R/W: Plextor PX-708A
Graphics: GeForce GTX 285 1024MB PCIe
Sound: On board HD sound
Operating System: Microsoft XP Professional
Monitor1: Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB 22" 0.24 dot pitch
Monitor2: Dell 19" D 1025HE
Keyboard: Logitech wireless with MxLaser Mouse

I fitted 6GB of RAM in the anticipation of eventually moving to Windows 7 or some such OS

[TSR2]

Superb Peter! Out of curiosity, which Graphics card is that? I see you say its the NVidia GTX 285, but who is the manufacturer?

[Garry Russell]

Nice kit Peter

An upgrade for mine would mean buying a better grade of coal

Garry

[ChrisHunt]

That is some system Peter - congrats, should keep you going for a while. Lure you over to FSX - would we try? Would run it really well though!

Regards,
Chris

[speedbird591]

Oh bloody hell! Talk about goal posts and movin' em ...

Ian

[petermcleland]

Superb Peter! Out of curiosity, which Graphics card is that? I see you say its the NVidia GTX 285, but who is the manufacturer?

Don't know Ben...It is OEM and came in a plain box with no labels or manual...The System Information from DXDIAG simply says:-

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Device Manager says the same thing and in properties it list the Manufacturer as "NVIDIA".

[Techy111]

All that power wasted......

Never too late Sith Peter.....

lovely specs i bet 9 flies along now Peter....

Tony

[TSR2]

Superb Peter! Out of curiosity, which Graphics card is that? I see you say its the NVidia GTX 285, but who is the manufacturer?

Don't know Ben...It is OEM and came in a plain box with no labels or manual...The System Information from DXDIAG simply says:-

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Device Manager says the same thing and in properties it list the Manufacturer as "NVIDIA".

Hi Peter,

Thats what I thought! It looks like an Nvidia referance board! Great find. Where did you get it?