Hi Guys,This is what I finally decided to buy, the only thing going on here is Windows XP Pro and FS2004 with all my addon's.Thermaltake Intel P4 Spark7+ Cooler For the processor.Asus P4C800-E-Deluxe Motherboard (Intel 800/533 FSB).Intel P4 478 3.4 GHz 800 FSB 2MB (HT) Extreme Edition.2GB (4 pcs 512) DDR (400) PC-3200 RAM (Corsair).Enermax EG851AX-VH(W)FM 660Watt Dual Fan.Enermax CS-A666TA Mid-Tower.Western Digital 74 GB SATA 10K Raptor.Creative Labs Audigy 2 ZS Platinum.Asus DRW-0804P 8X/4X DVD-/+RW 12X DVD 40X24X24 CD-RW.Mitsumi 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy Drive.eVGA GeFORCE 6800 ULTRA Extreme Edition 256MB DDR AGP 8X/DVI/TV-out.I want to thank everyone for their help, I did alot of reading here at AVSIM and someone took the time to answer my questions, again THANKS!!!I just hope I can now run FS2004 in all its glory, I will be contacting FSGS again to help setup my new system, I kept a file of EVERYTHING we did, I'm going to try that before calling, see how well I did on my own.Thanks AgainMike

wow Mike, thats a beast of a system you're getting. If that won't run MSFS well, I don't know what will! :-hah