Ordered myself the following parts : ASUS P5W DH Deluxe Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz 4Mb Box ANTEC TX1050B 500W Zalman CNPS9500 AT 92mm Corsair 2x1024MB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 PRO Series 4-4-4-12 (TWIN2X2048-6400C4PRO) SEAGATE 320GB 7200RPM SATAII 16MB CREATIVE X-Fi XtremeMusic CONNECT3D Radeon

Looks good. You should be able to achieve that.

I'm pleased with mine so far......

ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 ATX Intel MotherboardIntel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Dual Core Processor LGA775 Conroe 2.93GHZ 1066FSB 4MBCorsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-8500C5 2GB 2X1GB PC8500 DDR2-10662 Western Digital Raptor 150GB SATA 10KRPM 16MB NCQ 5YR MFR Warranty Hard Drive for raid config.Thermaltake Armor VA8003BWS BLACK ATX 11X5.25 6X3.5INT No PS W/ Window And 25CM FanThermaltake Toughpower 750W ATX12V 24PIN SLI/CROSSFIRE Ready ATX Power Supply 140MM Fan Active PFCBFG Tech BFGR7950GX21GBE Geforce 7950GX2 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Dual GPU Video CardZalman FATAL1TY FS-V7 Copper VGA Cooler 80MM Fan 2050-3500RPM 23.7-36DBA W/ Red LEDThis is the computer we oredered (put over half the money down on it already), but we are waiting on the CPU of course. The X6800's are really hard to get right now. The computer guy said maybe even Oct. before we see one, but he's trying.

With with the PMDG747, Ultimate Traffic (100% traffic), Ultimate Terrain, GE Pro, FE, Active sky (with substantial Cumulus), FS Global (100% mesh), UK2000 Gatwick Pro, all settings maxed (anti-aliasing on card set to 2X), resolution 3840x1024 and I get an average of about 16 FPS (goes down to 10 and up to 22) on 26L approach.On the FSX Demo I get a minimum of 12 fps sitting on the runway with everything maxed (bloom switched off). It easily goes up to 20 and upwards when not facing any autogen (from the VC). The resolution makes no difference to performance.Incidentally I have had endless trouble with the 7900GT. I had to add extra cooling and be careful about the power arrangement. It will not complete 3dmark2006 with the card overclocked (which it is designed to do). Also it will not run FSX with anti aliasing and antisotropic filtering selected in the card. It must be set to application and FSX set for anti aliasing - the opposite of FS2004.Apologies for the off topic part.

There seems to be a lot of problems with the 7900 series, mainly heat related.Looks like nvidia may have shot themselves in the foot with this one.......

Kittie..Congrats on ordering your new system!! One thing I noticed about your list that you may wish consider?? Just like the C2D processors..the motherboards are currently evolving also...I'm personally going to hold out for Asus to release their nForce 590(nForce5) chipset motherboard for C2D...I was initially under the impression they were suppose to be avaliable in the Sept/Oct time frame...I havn't checked recently as to the status...Just a friendly observation...Something to consider??Have Fun!!

Paul..Your system sure looks good..Looking forward to hearing some feedback when it's up and running!!Have Fun!!

I don't want to run FS9 in such extreme settingsa 1024X768 with X4 AA and X8 AF would be enough for me...I just want it to be smooth...