I was planning to start building an FSX PC in September after the Intel summer price drops, but now I am tempted by a ready built overclocked system from Overclockers UK.It features:Q6600 overclocked to at least 3.4GHzABit IP35 Pro motherboard2GB Crucial PC2-8500 RAM500GB WD SATA II driveNVidia 8800GTX 768MBOCZ 850W PSU in Antec 900 caseetc. - full specs here:- www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-005-OCChecking the prices, they are charging about 15% over the raw component costs for putting it together and doing the fairly agressive overclocking with far more skill than I could muster - plus I don't lose any skin off my fingers. I would probably put Vista on it - not sure if 2GB then would be enough.Any views guys on FSX suitability? --Bryn

Quad at 3.4 is great, I have my quad at 3.2.It looks like a great deal, already built, great components and guaranteed to o/c. If you buy a q6600 its rare to hit that high, most only top out at 3, so I think the 15% extra is fine as its prebuilt, no hassles.2Gb or 4GB is fine, I have 4GB with Vista 32.

If its only 15% then I'd say it was more than worth buying it ready made. FSX will fly on that PC.. I built mine 9 months ago (with components from overclockers) and I paid almost twice that. (The X6800 cost about

Thanks Jack and Jim for the encouraging replies.I was a bit concerned about the FS tendency to crash to desktop on highly overclocked systems, and also about various reported problems with the 8800GTX card and drivers. Any thoughts on which version of Vista I should go for?They offer Home Basic, Home Premium, and Ultimate - and all of these in 32 and 64 bit flavours.--Bryn

Any thoughts on which version of Vista I should go for?I'm still running XP. I have Vista (Business) on a separate HD (dual boot PC) but haven't migrated FS2004 or FSX across to it yet. So can't advise. I'm waiting for DX10!!!RegardsJim

Yes Jim, my other machines are XP or 98SE (no XP drivers for my scanner!) - so I thought I should have one machine in the house with Vista. Of course I'll hit the problem with no Vista drivers for some of my other bits of kit. Hmmm.Anyone gone for dual boot XP/Vista?--Bryn

>Yes Jim, my other machines are XP or 98SE (no XP drivers for>my scanner!) - so I thought I should have one machine in the>house with Vista. Of course I'll hit the problem with no>Vista drivers for some of my other bits of kit. Hmmm.>>Anyone gone for dual boot XP/Vista?>>-->BrynAs I've already got Vista on the same PC (dual boot) I guess I should 'give it a go' and see if there are any improvements/issues. I'll get back to you later this weekregardsJim

I have Vista Home Premium and XP in a dual boot. They both run FSX SP1 very similar, XP might have a slight edge but if I had to choose just one OS, I'd pick Vista for the future with a new machine. XP is much more familar and easier to use. When you get started with Vista its a bit of hassle, but then you get used to it.

Dual boot: is it possible to add XP *after* Vista is installed, or does XP have to go on there first?--Bryn