Gothicplsur Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Intel Core i7-3920XM @ 2.90GHz 9,168 $1,096.00* Compared To My Current CPU. AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core 9,162 $189.13 Yea, AMD All The Way...!!! LoL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fursphere Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Nevermind. I'm sorry I brought it up. You just cherry picked the one right above it to support your argument. (If you look at the entry DIRECTLY above the one you cherry picked, its $300 - yes, AMD is cheaper, but not by the extremely wide margin you're making it out to be in this specific example you choose to use to try and over prove your point) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothicplsur Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Awww... No Your Research Is Correct, But I Was Going With My Scenario Based On What I Have And The One Related As Far As Specs, It Jus So Happened Intel Was THAT Much More, And You're Right Above That Is $100.00 More For A Lil Bit More Speed. So It's A Matter Of Who Shot First Han Or Greedo And Han Shot First In My Case, My Intention Is Not To Prove I'm Right, I Was Going For The Obvious For Choice. =) *cheers* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperion Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 I want to make the position of my pedals adjustable. What's the best way to accomplish this? I was thinking of using a car seat slider. FYI I'm mounting my G25 pedals decased and upside down. Standby for Pictures of my build so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperion Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 I want to use missile switches like these for the TV, PC and PS3 power ON. Any ideas on how to do this? The TV switch could be a simple power switch and the PC could be a momentary switch but the PS3 is less obvious. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/OFF-ON-12V-RED-LED-LIGHT-12mm-TOGGLE-SWITCH-BLACK-MISSILE-COVER-/290884663117?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item43ba13b74d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothicplsur Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Switch Out The Toggles For One Of These... The Nut Around The Toggle Is The Only Menial Labor... http://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=13384949&kw=button%20switches&origkw=button+switches&sr=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markelhombre Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Unless you can take out the ps3 power on, i'm guessing it's hard... Maybe a mechanical switch that pushes the on-button? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markelhombre Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Oh wait, when i turn on my tv, and switch it to the ps3 hdmi channel, my ps3 turns on automaticly. Maybe there is a solution in that! Check this link: http://forums.anandtech.com/archive/index.php/t-2107422.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothicplsur Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Or One Of These Like I Have, 1 Master Outlet Senses The Power On And Turns On The Rest That Are Plugged Into The Slaves Also On At The Same Time, Jus In Case Some Of The HDMI Equipment Isn't Compatible With The Way You Said Markel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperion Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 Thanks guys, I've bought 5 black covers (they were too cheap to pass up) and a red one for TV. I've also bought 2 momentary toggles and a regular power toggle. I'll wire the power toggle to the TV and the momentary switch to the PC. For the PS3 I think I might try hacking the PS button on one of the cheapo controller I have lying around. I hope that using one of momentary toggles will work for that. The HDMI trick is a great idea that I'd forgotten about. The only downside is that when I want to just use the PC the PS3 will still turn on when I turn on the TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markelhombre Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Your ps3 will only turn on when you switch the tv to your ps3-channel right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperion Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 I don't know... I always thought it was whether or not the device (in this case a TV) was on or not but your scenario makes more sense. Maybe you're on to something. Here's some photos of where I'm up to so far: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markelhombre Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 It's gonna look cool with the wheels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperion Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 It's gonna look cool with the wheels! I'm going to paint the alloys black and dress up the rubber with some tire black. The switch board will be on the dash and I'll also put a numpad on the right there above the flight stick. Not sure what I'll use it for but I think it'll make it look more cockpit-like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fursphere Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I want to make the position of my pedals adjustable. What's the best way to accomplish this? I was thinking of using a car seat slider. FYI I'm mounting my G25 pedals decased and upside down.Standby for Pictures of my build so far... I made my seat adjustable instead.... Based on your pictures, how are you going to get in and out of the thing? You can't use the steering wheel as a grab point like in a rear car - its not built strong enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markelhombre Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I made my seat adjustable instead....Based on your pictures, how are you going to get in and out of the thing? You can't use the steering wheel as a grab point like in a rear car - its not built strong enough. Pfff, details ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperion Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 I made my seat adjustable instead....Based on your pictures, how are you going to get in and out of the thing? You can't use the steering wheel as a grab point like in a rear car - its not built strong enough. An excellent question. The side walls are going to be made strong and wide enough to climb on. I designed them with this in mind. I also had the idea today to include a tiny step ladder like fighter jets do. My seat is adjustable too. Having the pedals adjustable is just to accommodate the flight sim mode. When in flight mode it's more comfortable to slide the seat back a bit but then it is harder to reach the pedals that can be used as rudder controls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fursphere Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Can you use the Logitech G25 pedals for flying sims? I've been thinking about getting a joystick and throttle lately too for my cabinet, but I just don't think the design of mine really works for that. Its pretty tight as it is (much like a real sports car.... lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperion Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 Can you use the Logitech G25 pedals for flying sims?I've been thinking about getting a joystick and throttle lately too for my cabinet, but I just don't think the design of mine really works for that. Its pretty tight as it is (much like a real sports car.... lol) Allegedly, but I haven't tried it myself. I haven't even plugged in my flight stick yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fursphere Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Quick googling found this: http://www.jim-melton.com/2011/04/24/use-your-logitech-g25g27-pedals-as-rudder-controls/ Sounds like an ugly hack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperion Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 Quick googling found this: http://www.jim-melton.com/2011/04/24/use-your-logitech-g25g27-pedals-as-rudder-controls/Sounds like an ugly hack. I wonder if that breaks the G25 pedals regular usage as racing pedals? Sorry, I didn't read all the article as I'm about to turn in for the night. My flight stick supports rudder controls by twisting the stick, anyway, but the pedals would be cooler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fursphere Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I don't know honestly. Based on installing drivers and whatnot - it sound like it could be a disable / enable everytime you want to switch between driving and flight sim mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperion Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 It's a mess of erased lines and transparent features but hopefully this conveys the basic profile of the Batmobile.The TV will sit on it's stand on the flat section of the bonnet. All the previous designs had the rear wings about 1.5 - 2 times larger but this is the first to scale drawing I've done and I think that these more modest wings are more appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperion Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 I've been thinking of doing this to mine as well. Go go Mech sims! I have a 32" screen in my cabinet, mounted to where the center of the screen is 32" away from my eye socket (approx). So if you go to a 46", you should probably plan to be at least ~46" back. I placed my 46" TV in place the other day and I think that maybe I went too big. The width is fine but it's a bit too tall making the horizon line unnaturally high. Maybe increasing the height of the seat is a good idea after all. EDIT: I've since realised that I mistakenly placed the TV on a 600mm stool when in actual fact the TV's stand will rest on the 500mm tall bonnet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperion Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 Here's where I'm up to: Bonnet installed today. Adjustable pedal box with decased Logitech G25 pedals. The adjusting mechanism turned out really well. Pretty happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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