DVA5001
Senior Captain, MD-88
OLP, 737-ATP
Joined on September 16 2007
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Everett 500 Club
Million Mile Club
Globetrotter
Online Century Club
Quad-Jet Quartermaster
White Knuckles Club
US Capital Club
Flying Colonel
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Lake Dallas, TX USA
1,791 legs, 4,744.0 hours
131 legs,
236.5 hours online
1,728 legs,
4,603.4 hours ACARS
19 legs,
36.8 hours event
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July 28 2020 11:37 ET by Art Forsha
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DVA10641
Assistant Chief Pilot, B757-200
OLP
Joined on March 29 2012
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Million Mile Club
US Mountaineer Club
US Coastal Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Flying Colonel
Online Fifteen Century
Everett 1500 Club
Events Quintuple Century Club
Rosemount, MN USA
1,987 legs, 4,456.2 hours
1,865 legs,
3,929.2 hours online
1,967 legs,
4,422.4 hours ACARS
638 legs,
1,290.5 hours event
18 legs dispatched, 157.2
hours
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Posted onPost created on
July 28 2020 15:19 ET by Jason Boche
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Rebuilding a computer every couple of years isn't a bad idea as it gets cluttered up with bloat and generally bad DNA. With all of the effort that goes into a rebuild, it's a good time to buy or build a new computer too. In your case, a 10 year old computer, I would think it's time unless you're perfectly happy with it and feel it has a few more years left in it.
It's the age old question - how much money do you want to stick into a 10 year old computer vs. how much more time does that buy you and optimally can the new parts be used on a future new rig?
Motherboards and processors go hand in hand in terms of socket type and what processors the MB will support. The motherboard also dictates what type of memory and memory capacity is supported. The sure answer here is video card as they are an easy swap out and replacement, they generally add frame rate improvement, and they're going to be reusable on a future computer. If you were on FSX I'd say forget about the video card as it will buy you next to nothing in terms of performance. P3D is a different story and I think you'd get some mileage out of a video card upgrade.
If you want to run sliders at 100% on a 10 year old computer, personally I'd be throwing in the towel for new CPU/MB/RAM and just like that you're at a new rig.
Jason BocheAssistant Chief Pilot, B757-200
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DVA2887
Senior Captain, A320
OLP, 737-ATP, VFRADV
Joined on January 30 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Tri-Jet Triumph
US Coastal Club
Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Mountaineer Club
Toulouse 250 Club
Online Eight Century
Charlotte, NC
1,287 legs, 1,796.9 hours
841 legs,
1,048.5 hours online
1,269 legs,
1,774.9 hours ACARS
31 legs,
49.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5
hours
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July 28 2020 16:01 ET by Andrew Vane
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