With FSX on the horizon,its upgrade time again:)MY PC is around 3 years old consists of the followingPentium Northwood CPU @ 3.3 gig1 gig of memoryGeforce 6800GT GPUReading a lot about the new Intel dual core CPU's, will these new chips offer much improvement from my old northwood CPU?.Many thanksJohn

Hi, John, I had a 3,40 Northwood until december of 2005. Then I changed for an AMD 64 4000+. It was a great, great improvement over the 3,40.Yesterday arrived the E6600 (2,40) Dual Core... another great improvement. i have not tested so much, but I can say that where i had 55fps (KSEA, raining, it

hi MiquelLooks like a a worthwhile upgrade, from what I've read FSX will see a small improvement in regard to Dual core CPU's.As well as more Speed I like to keep my PC as quiet as possible My plan is to get the followingASUS P5W-DH Deluxe.E6700 CPU (hopefully my very quiet running Zalman fan/heatsink can be used with this CPU)MSI 7900GT VIdeo card ( fanless design)http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/...900gt-vt2d256ez2 GIG of memory not sure about speed and make ,will do more research on the memory frontIt seems that the Conroe chips overclock very nicely so I may get it running around the 3gig markthanks againJohn

John I have the stock cooler, and it