Griff

Do we need a poll?

Castor =VG= LAN_WROTE ... Griff LAN_WROTE ... Well, BC or "before children," my wife would play Battlefield 1942 with me. Her only request was to be able to carry the bazooka! Now what does that say about her personality? Actually, she has a nice gaming rig too and it can be quickly confiscated for a LAN meet if need be. We have plenty of laptops for her to use while my buddies are over so no worries for her. When she has time, she normally plays Empire Earth, Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, etc. dang... just dang.... ...where can you buy those? Hmmmm.....how do I answer that one? Does the price of the rings count? Then again, I think I just got lucky. Just had a great LAN meet at my place two weeks ago and nothing like three solid days of flying DCS A-10C with friends. The wife enjoys hosting LAN meets at our place but then again, it normally means she gets to buy new stuff for the house and it puts my butt in gear to finish the inside of our house !yes

SavageCDN =VG= LAN_WROTE ... Just wanted to thank posters again for their help.. I ended up going with the Asus Sabretooth X58... very sexy mobo!! Good choice. I have been happy with mine. Oh and by the way, I don't know if it matters or not but I prefer the "old" avatar. Much easier on the eyes and I never knew I loved the Canadian flag so much !lolol

Cool, thanks....lots of options! @ Murderface....not a problem where I live. It is cold so we don't have to worry about that and we normally don't have LAN parties in the summer. But, we do have fans :-)

Well, BC or "before children," my wife would play Battlefield 1942 with me. Her only request was to be able to carry the bazooka! Now what does that say about her personality? Actually, she has a nice gaming rig too and it can be quickly confiscated for a LAN meet if need be. We have plenty of laptops for her to use while my buddies are over so no worries for her. When she has time, she normally plays Empire Earth, Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, etc. But, I made the mistake of introducing her to Angry Birds a few weeks back :-) I'm looking forward to the "Hello Kitty" build in a few years when my daughter is old enough to use a computer. I can't seem to find any specific cases so it looks like a pink case with lots of stickers! Take care....

Yes, that is always an option and I was just reading my Maximum PC magazine and there was a small blurb about Ivy Bridge and some leaked information. It sounds good at this point but I will wait for the reviews when it is actually released. With respect to my current set ups, well, I didn't plan on having three gaming rigs. But, one is my son's (his AMD rig died a few months back) and I built a spare LAN rig to use for travel and for a guest when I host LAN meets at my place. Fast computers are a must at my house.....and as our family motto goes, "A family that games together stays together." Good luck with your decision and it will be interesting to see how the Ivy Bridge chips perform and how much they cost! Griff Ivy Bridge (unofficial of course): http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/ivy_bridge_benchmarks_specifications_and_q2_2012_release_date_leak

Okay, well......I guess I'll take that as a compliment. But, I don't need any more RAM babies right now :-)

You mentioned perhaps a new CPU or do you want to stay with the i7 920? I'm not sure if you want to overclock but that chip will easily go much higher. But, if you want to stay with the current line up, I would suggest the ASUS X58 Sabertooth board (I am currently running it with an I7 950 and running it stable at 4 GHZ). One thing to remember is the X58 chipset runs tri-channel RAM so you will populate three DIMM slots with the RAM (or all six if you want....just depends on the config you decide upon). I am currently running 12 GB of G.skill DDR3 1600 Mhz with 6-8-6-20 timings. There are other RAM options but it runs solid for me and I realize it is a little more expensive. If you are interested in upgrading the CPU, then I would recommend the i52500k. It runs default at 3.3 Ghz with a turbo boost mode at 3.7 Ghz (automatic overclock if you will). The i52500k does not support hyper-threading but really doesn't matter since it is generally the first thing that gets turned off by most gamers (unless of course you run apps that take advantage of HT). If you decide to go the i52500K (socket 1155) route, I would recommend the Asus P8P67 Rev. 3.1 board. With this option, the RAM is cheaper and you can get 8 GB of RAM with CAS latency of 9 for $50. I am running two computers with the i52500k chips and they are great and make good gaming rigs. Here are some links for your review: X58 Sabertooth: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131665 G.skill tri-channel RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231352 Asus P8P67 3.1 board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131770 G.skill 8 GB Sniper series DDR3 1600 RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231461 Let me know what you think. Griff

Sorry to hear about that Blud. In any event, whoever shows up, the person with the fastest connection can host. Not a big deal.....it is just a matter of getting people together. I'm planning on being around this weekend but probably not available until 9 PM PST.

Yes, lets get some interest going. Will anyone be around this weekend for some flying?

I find your lack of faith disturbing.....

Thanks bro....will get it done.

=VG= Bones LAN_WROTE ... Blud, I noticed that you did not load your data cartridge. Picture 4 and 12 give that away. Lemme know if you need help on how to do it, it's really simple. If you wouldn't mind giving some instructions, that would be very helpful. Thanks. Griff

Yeah....that is a good idea....I'm going to try the patch first and see how things turn out.

Grab it here: http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downloads/patches/dcs-wh_patch_1.1.0.9_en/