I'm 55 years old and, have been a long time user of FS9 using a XP with 2.4 Pentuim 4.I broke my piggy bank and...I am buying a new system to run FS XI hope this PC is pwerful enough to run FSX well, here are the specs.Dell XPS 630 Intel Core2 processor Q6600 ( 2.4 ghz, 1066 core technology and 8MB cache4GB Corsair DDR2 SDRAM 800mhzNVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT 768MBAgeia PhysX processor320 GB 10K Raid 0 SATA with NCqandVISTA PC16X DVD+r/RWand oh, I forgiot, can someone recommend a nice new lcd monitor for me?is this enough?Thanks for your replies.

You did not ask an easy question, and the answer is not easy either. There are those among us who run FSX "well"(what does that mean) on a P4. It's alot of work and they do give up some things. If they are happy that's all that matters. Your system should give you great results if you keep it tuned-up. I'm 56, and I remember the time I took to tune-up my old chevy was well worth it. Your new rig and FSX is the same type of thing. go for it. happy flying.Bob

Thanks Bob, I'll keep it tuned up and healthy!I'm looking forward to the new computer!I'm a Honda guy myself! :-)

well , I go back to when Hondas had 440cc motorcycle engines and 10 inch tires. Hey ,there are some brand new cars like that. Anyway, not much to fiddle with on new cars is there.Bob

Personally, I'd build my own but that's probably a little out the question hehe.I can understand thatThat CPU is essentially on par with my own AMD CPU. It is good, but flying through larger cities will slow you down still. Now, if you were able to buy that CPU overclocked....to around 3.2-3.6GHz, then you'd be in business. A stock Q6600 isn't going to give you 20FPS in large cities with med high settings. Eerything else looks good, I assume the video card is either a 8800GT 512mb or a 8800GTX 768mb card....you could save some cash if you could find someone to build it for you, other than Dell, and this system would be smokin overclocked:case Gigabyte X38:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128089Intel E8400 overclocked to 4Ghz on airhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E168191150373GB RAM (2x1GB + 2x512MB)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820146730http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820146699tuniq tower or thermalright 120 coolerhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835154001Seagate 32mb cache 250GB hdd:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822148309nvidia 8800GT http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814127329Corsair psu:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139001xp or vista home premium 32bit, or 64bit, but then instead of 3GB RAM, get 4GB (2x2GB sticks)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16832116202http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16832116204http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16832116400I'm curious how much is that Dell you priced out?

Looks like a very capable system and probably costs a pretty penny. I just kept looking at advertisements and online searches until something showed up for buying a 22" monitor. Prices have certainly come down. I finally picked up a 22" Acer 5ms monitor without speakers for under $200 without a rebate.ArtNow flying with: Biostar TF560-A2+, Athlon 64X2-6000+, 4GB RAM, Geforce 8800GTS-320MB, 500W PSU, 250GB HD, FSX (SP1-SP2), Vista Home Premium

I assume this pc is for more than fsx....Still...why the ageia physx processor? I haven't read anything that makes me want such a processor. Enjoy!Bob(53...making me a "kid")

Hmm, here are 2 reasons why you should ditch the Ageia physx processor.1) Ageia was recently acquired by Nvidia, so now they are selling off their product.2) The software has to use Ageia's API to take advantage of the card, FSX does not use the physx API.If you can, you would probably be better holding off for a few weeks and put the money towards a 9800GTX. If not you could probably use the extra money towards a bigger monitor.that's my 2 cents.-c

I read that NVIDIA will eventually release an update which will add AGEIA PhysX support to all GeForce 8 & 9 Series cards! Yay!As for the system, it's not bad. Just 64-bit Vista and some overclocking and you are all set.