The Racing Cockpit: Stage 1 Worklog - Page 3

hsv2000 · 15th July 2011, 11:14 AM

Good stuff mate.

How is the quality of Dereks button box?
I might grab one and one of his Sli-pro pocketed wheel plates.

Looking forward to more updates!

Yoodaa · 15th July 2011, 1:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hsv2000

Good stuff mate.

How is the quality of Dereks button box?
I might grab one and one of his Sli-pro pocketed wheel plates.

Looking forward to more updates!

Yeah Derek makes good gear. Highly recommended.

brayway · 15th July 2011, 7:20 PM

Subbing, sounds interesting.
BUT NEEDS PICS!!!!

terroristone · 15th July 2011, 8:10 PM

i agree, where are the pictures man?

Yoodaa · 18th July 2011, 11:35 AM

Hey terroristone, hows things?

Will try to get some pics up this week. Need to tidy the room a little. Gone back to seriously considering 42" or 50" LCD's.....With BF3 and Eve online also o my gaming list, 3 X 50" will be epic!

Just need to make a choice!

terroristone · 18th July 2011, 6:00 PM

yeah good mate, its nice to see you getting back into sim racing, u still have all my stuff packed away my interest has shifted to my Harley! if i were you i would go with 50" monitors or even look at 720p projectors, a friend of mine picked up a new 720 (120hz) projector from the us for $600 odd dollars, 3 of these for 3d surround would be the best way to go in my book!
Regards Andrew

Yoodaa · 23rd July 2011, 12:23 PM

YEAH BUDDDDY!

Pedal are being shipped next week!

Time to buy some screens and a new GFX card!

The biggest issue I have with buying a bigger screen (TV say for example), is testing it instore to check its clear, crisp, and can display a game at a high frame rate. My laptop does not cut it for gaming so its a bit hard to test it that way...

Any ideas?

hsv2000 · 23rd July 2011, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoodaa

YEAH BUDDDDY!

Pedal are being shipped next week!

Time to buy some screens and a new GFX card!

Hurrah!
Pics ASAP!

Yoodaa · 26th July 2011, 4:04 PM

They are coming. I am moving the cockpit into my study as its going to serve as my main PC rig also so once its moved, I will take some pics.

I have decided 3 X 42" screens is just simply toooooooo big, so as a happy medium I am going to run 3 X 27" PC monitors which means I no longer need to stress about wether a TV will run correctly or not, etc.

Will be buying screens and new video card in three weeks time. Then its all together and ready to rock.

Stay tuned!

hsv2000 · 9th August 2011, 9:07 AM

Any updates mate?

Yoodaa · 15th September 2011, 6:04 AM

Ok guys.

Pedals finally arrived! Whoooohoooo!!!

Now that I officially have all the "sim" type parts, I can get my screens. I will be grabbing them next weekend.

I promise to get some pics up when its all done. Reason being is that its in the spare room at the moment, which is a mess, and I want it tidy before I show her to the world!

Stay tuned, I am almost racing now!

Yoodaa · 23rd September 2011, 6:28 AM

OK PEOPLE!.

I'm getting excited. Finally got the rest of the bits for the cockpit yesterday entailing:

3 X Asus 27" VE276 Monitors ($330 each from CPL)
1 X Sapphire 6990 4G Video Card ($830 from CPL)
1 X SilverStone 1000W Gold PSU ($240 from CPL)

I should note this is being added to my existing system:

Antec DF85 Case
Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 Motherboard
8GB Corsair RAM
Q6600 Quad core @ 3.4 (trying to get to 3.8-4GHz once water cooling arrives)
128GB Kingston SSD

I think this PC should be up for running games for the at least the next couple of years. That's my hope anyways. I was trying to get some more life from my DQ6 and Q6600. I have had both for about 5 years now (bought q6600 when they first came out), and after reading many comments and reviews it appeared I would only get about a 10-15% improvement by going to an i7. I decided to overclock it instead (my first which I am proud of!), so hopefully running at 3.4 will close that performance difference gap a little. All is stable running 50 passes of Intel Burn Test. The VID on the Q6600 in my system at present is 1.300V which I am told is not too bad at all. I am going to attempt 3.8 when my water cooling setup is put together, tested, etc.

(I have another Q6600 CPU in case this one blows up or something, but temp max out at about 68c, max spec is 71c for G0, on IBT 50 rounds, which is within specs, and voltage is at 1.4125. Idle is low to mid 30's.)

I am told the 6990 is the bees knees as far as single card solutions go at the moment, especially for multiple screen setups. I have confirmed the q6600 will have the bandwidth to be able to handle this card.

I will be putting this together on the weekend, and as promised long ago, pictures will be coming this weekend of the setup!

brayway · 23rd September 2011, 6:45 AM

Sounds awesome!
Looking forward to seeing the pix!

Yoodaa · 25th September 2011, 9:51 AM

uploading video now guys.

Yoodaa · 25th September 2011, 9:59 AM

15th July 2011, 11:14 AM	#31
hsv2000 Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: S/E Melbourne Posts: 1,070	Good stuff mate. How is the quality of Dereks button box? I might grab one and one of his Sli-pro pocketed wheel plates. Looking forward to more updates! __________________ Desktop/Gaming: i7 920 @ 3.6ghz, Asus Sabertooth X58, GTX 570 O/C, 6gb G.Skill 1600, 60gb Vertex 2, Corsair HX650, Alienware 2310 120hz Racing Sim: 2500k @ 4.8ghz /w Corsair H70, Asus Sabertooth, 8gb Ripjaws 1600, OCZ Agility 3 120gb, 2x GTX 580, Corsair HX1000, 3x Dell 3007wfp-hc 30"

18th July 2011, 11:35 AM	#35
Yoodaa Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,265	Hey terroristone, hows things? Will try to get some pics up this week. Need to tidy the room a little. Gone back to seriously considering 42" or 50" LCD's.....With BF3 and Eve online also o my gaming list, 3 X 50" will be epic! Just need to make a choice! __________________ My Organic Aquaponics Blog:organicaquaponics What is Bitcoin You Ask? Make BitCoins watching Youtube:Free Bitcoins

23rd July 2011, 12:23 PM	#37
Yoodaa Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,265	YEAH BUDDDDY! Pedal are being shipped next week! Time to buy some screens and a new GFX card! The biggest issue I have with buying a bigger screen (TV say for example), is testing it instore to check its clear, crisp, and can display a game at a high frame rate. My laptop does not cut it for gaming so its a bit hard to test it that way... Any ideas? __________________ My Organic Aquaponics Blog:organicaquaponics What is Bitcoin You Ask? Make BitCoins watching Youtube:Free Bitcoins

26th July 2011, 4:04 PM	#39
Yoodaa Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,265	They are coming. I am moving the cockpit into my study as its going to serve as my main PC rig also so once its moved, I will take some pics. I have decided 3 X 42" screens is just simply toooooooo big, so as a happy medium I am going to run 3 X 27" PC monitors which means I no longer need to stress about wether a TV will run correctly or not, etc. Will be buying screens and new video card in three weeks time. Then its all together and ready to rock. Stay tuned! __________________ My Organic Aquaponics Blog:organicaquaponics What is Bitcoin You Ask? Make BitCoins watching Youtube:Free Bitcoins

9th August 2011, 9:07 AM	#40
hsv2000 Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: S/E Melbourne Posts: 1,070	Any updates mate? __________________ Desktop/Gaming: i7 920 @ 3.6ghz, Asus Sabertooth X58, GTX 570 O/C, 6gb G.Skill 1600, 60gb Vertex 2, Corsair HX650, Alienware 2310 120hz Racing Sim: 2500k @ 4.8ghz /w Corsair H70, Asus Sabertooth, 8gb Ripjaws 1600, OCZ Agility 3 120gb, 2x GTX 580, Corsair HX1000, 3x Dell 3007wfp-hc 30"

15th September 2011, 6:04 AM	#41
Yoodaa Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,265	Ok guys. Pedals finally arrived! Whoooohoooo!!! Now that I officially have all the "sim" type parts, I can get my screens. I will be grabbing them next weekend. I promise to get some pics up when its all done. Reason being is that its in the spare room at the moment, which is a mess, and I want it tidy before I show her to the world! Stay tuned, I am almost racing now! __________________ My Organic Aquaponics Blog:organicaquaponics What is Bitcoin You Ask? Make BitCoins watching Youtube:Free Bitcoins

23rd September 2011, 6:28 AM	#42
Yoodaa Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,265	OK PEOPLE!. I'm getting excited. Finally got the rest of the bits for the cockpit yesterday entailing: 3 X Asus 27" VE276 Monitors ($330 each from CPL) 1 X Sapphire 6990 4G Video Card ($830 from CPL) 1 X SilverStone 1000W Gold PSU ($240 from CPL) I should note this is being added to my existing system: Antec DF85 Case Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 Motherboard 8GB Corsair RAM Q6600 Quad core @ 3.4 (trying to get to 3.8-4GHz once water cooling arrives) 128GB Kingston SSD I think this PC should be up for running games for the at least the next couple of years. That's my hope anyways. I was trying to get some more life from my DQ6 and Q6600. I have had both for about 5 years now (bought q6600 when they first came out), and after reading many comments and reviews it appeared I would only get about a 10-15% improvement by going to an i7. I decided to overclock it instead (my first which I am proud of!), so hopefully running at 3.4 will close that performance difference gap a little. All is stable running 50 passes of Intel Burn Test. The VID on the Q6600 in my system at present is 1.300V which I am told is not too bad at all. I am going to attempt 3.8 when my water cooling setup is put together, tested, etc. (I have another Q6600 CPU in case this one blows up or something, but temp max out at about 68c, max spec is 71c for G0, on IBT 50 rounds, which is within specs, and voltage is at 1.4125. Idle is low to mid 30's.) I am told the 6990 is the bees knees as far as single card solutions go at the moment, especially for multiple screen setups. I have confirmed the q6600 will have the bandwidth to be able to handle this card. I will be putting this together on the weekend, and as promised long ago, pictures will be coming this weekend of the setup! __________________ My Organic Aquaponics Blog:organicaquaponics What is Bitcoin You Ask? Make BitCoins watching Youtube:Free Bitcoins Last edited by Yoodaa; 23rd September 2011 at 6:35 AM.

25th September 2011, 9:51 AM	#44
Yoodaa Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,265	uploading video now guys. __________________ My Organic Aquaponics Blog:organicaquaponics What is Bitcoin You Ask? Make BitCoins watching Youtube:Free Bitcoins

25th September 2011, 9:59 AM	#45
Yoodaa Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,265	__________________ My Organic Aquaponics Blog:organicaquaponics What is Bitcoin You Ask? Make BitCoins watching Youtube:Free Bitcoins Last edited by Yoodaa; 26th September 2011 at 1:40 PM.