Hi Guys,This is what I narrowed it down to. Please let me know if there is anything better out there.For the CPU: Core 2 Extreme X6800For the Video board: ATI R600 (GDDR4)For the Motherboard: Asus Striker ExtremeFor the Ram: Corsair XMS2 DOMINATOR Twin2X2048-9136C5D (2Gig)For the Power Supply: Enermax Galaxy 1000wFor the Hard Drives: 2 10,000rpm Raptor Sata hard drives (150Gig each)Is there anything better out there?.ThanksMike

1. Does anyone know what the R600 will do? Coverage seems spotty so far.2. Maybe ultra-scsi would be better than Sata for hard drives? Hard to nail down if any benefit for FSX type disk usage.scott s..

>>Is there anything better out there?.>What about the latest quad-core cpu's? While FS will not make much use of the other cores, ONE core of these cpu's alone, will outperform any one core of the dual-core or single core chips out there.RhettAMD 3700+ (@2310 mhz), eVGA 7800GT 256 (Guru3D 93.71), ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2 GB Corsair XMS 2.5-3-3-8 (1T), WD 250 gig 7200 rpm SATA2, CoolerMaster Praetorian case

I have not seen any raw comparisons of SCSI vs. SATA and FS performance, but I would like to.SCSI is ok but I do not use it for builds anymore because I felt the performance gain was increasingly negligible when compared to SATA. We have SCSI on quite a few servers at work but I don't want to mess with it at home. SCSI daisy chaining has bit me more than once...I used to run an Adaptec Ultra-Wide 160 controller with some SCSI drives but really my present SATA2 rig is much faster.10 years ago that was not so. IDE sucked compared to SCSI back then.Some of todays SCSI hard drives have insane rpm's though. That might be helpful in FS.RhettAMD 3700+ (@2310 mhz), eVGA 7800GT 256 (Guru3D 93.71), ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2 GB Corsair XMS 2.5-3-3-8 (1T), WD 250 gig 7200 rpm SATA2, CoolerMaster Praetorian case

Hi Rhett,I cannot understand why a quad would sell for the same price as a duo.Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 is selling for: $985.00andIntel Core 2 Extreme X6800 is selling for: $965.00The only difference I see is the X6800 is 2.93 Ghz and the QX6700 is 2.66GHz.Why are they priced the same if the Quad is so much better?.Mike

If you're going to wait for that ATI card, you might want to wait for the new e6850 cpu which will be 10% faster than the x6800.

"The only difference I see is the X6800 is 2.93 Ghz and the QX6700 is 2.66GHz.Why are they priced the same if the Quad is so much better?."Hi Mike,The answer to your question(s) is in this High End Buying Guide released today. http://www.techspot.com/guides/41-highend-...g-guide-200701/I plan on upgrading soon too.Best regards,Jim