Small update. Heres a handful of Maximus VI Gene's ready to drop into our next order of simulators. Our prototype simulator was on the road for the past few weeks going to conventions and such but once it's back I'll try tweaking more settings and see if I can pull more FPS out of 2x780s. It could also be a fault of X-Plane and how it draws graphics isn't optimized for dual GPUs. We did get lower benchmarks with 2x 780s in Unigen Haven and Valley than with a single GPU though. Perhaps it's due to running 3x1 surround mode at 3240x1920.
Maybe someday I'll get around to making a thread just for the build of these simulators. For now: small update. There's nothing crazy about the hardware I'm using. It's all off the shelf stuff and really no overclocking going on but it is a unique assembly in its own way. As far as cooling goes, I'm using 4 peripheral fans (roughly 240 CFM total) for intake and using the video cards and PSUs centrally located for exhaust. I wanted to use 6 total fans but space limitations nixed the idea. I appreciate any ideas on optimizing the system. We will be building hundreds of these to meet industry wide demand for helicopter flight simulators and thus development will be ongoing. We will be building a single computer case in the near future that can be better hidden inside the chassis of the simulator itself.
We may be able to sell these cases in the near future if there is enough interest. These are simple industrial grade housings with deep recesses at the rear IO panel to protect connectors and ports.
2x Asus Maximus VI Gene
2x i7 Haswell 3.5
4x 4GB Corsair 1600
2x Corsair CX750M
4x GTX 780
2x SanDisk Extreme II 120GB SSD
2x Zalman 9900
4x Cougar 120mm
Custom fabricated shell to hold 2 complete computers
We may be able to sell these cases in the near future if there is enough interest. These are simple industrial grade housings with deep recesses at the rear IO panel to protect connectors and ports.
2x Asus Maximus VI Gene
2x i7 Haswell 3.5
4x 4GB Corsair 1600
2x Corsair CX750M
4x GTX 780
2x SanDisk Extreme II 120GB SSD
2x Zalman 9900
4x Cougar 120mm
Custom fabricated shell to hold 2 complete computers
This is actually my first time building a PC it took me many hours but the satisfaction of building something of your own is amazing.
Core i7-4770K CPU
Corsair H100i Liquid Cooling
Asus Maximus IV Hero Motherboard
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
EVGA GTX 670 Video Card
HyperX 240GB SSD
Western Digital 1TB Black HDD
CM Storm Styker Case
875W PSU
Core i7-4770K CPU
Corsair H100i Liquid Cooling
Asus Maximus IV Hero Motherboard
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
EVGA GTX 670 Video Card
HyperX 240GB SSD
Western Digital 1TB Black HDD
CM Storm Styker Case
875W PSU
