Thanks for the advice. I already purchased the items listed below. As a matter of fact here is the complete list.1. Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Processor2. 2-XFX GEFORCE 8800 GTX XXX Video Boards3. Asus Striker Extreme Motherboard4. 4-Gig Corsair XMS2 DOMINATOR Twin2X2048-9136C5D Ram Modules5. Enermax Galaxy 1000w Power Supply6. 2 Western Digital 10,000rpm Raptor Sata hard drives (150Gig each)7. Creative Labs Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Sound Board8. Asus DRW-0804P DVD-RW Drive9. Sony DRU-830A Dual Layer DVD Multi drive10.Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX CPU Cooler11.Mitsumi 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy Drive12.Enermax Mid-Tower13.Coolmaster Musketeer14.Coolmaster Cool Drive 4I don't think I'll have to upgrade for awhile.Mike

What's the bottom line on this system?

Hi,Here is the breakdown and total cost. 1. Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Processor: $990.13 2. 2-XFX GEFORCE 8800 GTX XXX Video Boards: $1,377.98 3. Asus Striker Extreme Motherboard: $413.87 4. 4-Gig Corsair XMS2 DOMINATOR Twin2X2048-9136C5D Ram Modules: $918.00 5. Enermax Galaxy 1000w Power Supply: $415.20 6. 2 Western Digital 10,000rpm Raptor Sata hard drives (150Gig each): $379.98 7. Creative Labs Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Sound Board: $194.21 8. Asus DRW-0804P DVD-RW Drive: $45.00 9. Sony DRU-830A Dual Layer DVD Multi drive: $85.0010.Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX CPU Cooler: $52.8711.Mitsumi 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy Drive: $10.9612.Enermax Mid-Tower: $85.6413.Coolmaster Musketeer: $50.5514.Coolmaster Cool Drive 4: $78.80System Total: $5,098.19Mike

Holy crap. :D

Are you going to RAID the Raptors? I know what I would do, which is not RAID them, but to each his own.What kind of OS are you going to run? What kind of FS do you fly (in terms of add-ons, etc.)?Let us know how this monster does with FS once you get it all set up and going.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 don't know about RAID yet. I never tried this before, I'll have to do some research. Right now I'm running Windows XP Pro. I have no intention of upgrading to Vista in the foreseeable future. I still use FS9 with a ton of add-ons. I own FSX and I will see how this version of FS performs under XP on this system. As for the FS9 add-ons I have, they are listed below. 1. Active Camera 2. Active Sky 3. Dreamfleet 727 4. Feelthere PIC 737 5. Flytampa airports 6. FS2Crew 7. FSGenesis (Everything) 8. FS Passengers 9. FS Water10.FSUIPC (Registered Version)11.Ground Environment Pro12.Imaginesim13.Iron Knuckles DC914.Jet City Aircraft15.LevelD 767-30016.PMDG (737, 747, 1900D)17.PSS (but has been removed)18.Project AI19.Simflyers Airports20.Ultimate Terrain21.Ultimate Traffic22.USA RoadsThere may be more that I own, But that

I don't know about RAID yet. I never tried this before, I'll have to do some research.Here's a good place to start, Mike: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/394Cheers,

Hi Greg,Thanks for the info.Mike

Congrats on the system, looks like it should rip once all together!Not sure what you run your resolution @ but I held off on the 2nd 8800 after reading there was no effect to adding the 2nd card to run SLI even at a very high resolution 2560x XXXX . Very interested to see what your results are with the SLI, I run 3840x1024 and I think at that resolution there may be a difference with that 2nd card.Good luck and please post any thoughts/results!

Nice overclock Steve! Perhaps the 4GHz era is nearly upon us.Gary

Perhaps the 4Ghz era is nearly upon usMe thinks so, Gary. Check out the overclock of forum member "wayupthere". Sweet!!!http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho..._id=13960&page=

Wow, 4.7GHz! Another couple of GHz and FSX might be smooth as :-hahGary