Hello allI asked a few months ago what you guys would suggest for a new home built computer, I got a lot of good advice, Thanks.I dont know if things have changed that much since then and Im not in any real hurry to buy.Im looking to spend between $1000-1500, I want to get the biggest bang for the buck, and would appreciate any advice or suggestions.Currently running Dell 8400 P4 3.2 Geforce 6800, Old stuff but still works good.Thanks in advance,Jerry

Mine, I got for about $1400, and it has all the best bang-for-the-buck parts in it. You might want to follow those lines and see if you can get something like mine, probably with some newer and better parts.Regards,

Thanks BoeingGuyThanks for your reply, I really appreciate your help. I dont know much about overclocking but want to get a system like yours and try it.What kind of frame rate do you get with FSX, FS2004?Thanks againJerry

Hey FS9 will run heaps better on any machine you get as it was designed on older hardware so runs good now. Just make sure you get a video card with 512 meg ram, mine has 320 and it tends to run out which is causing me a FPS hit with lots of ai in FSX. Just get fastest cpu you ca nafford, 3gig if possible, then 2 gig ram minimum and 512 meg videocard.

Hi Jerry,In FS2004, I get 30-70 FPS on the ground in major airports in major cities with plenty of clouds and weather acting up, with every setting checked and sliders all the way to the right (including Cloud/Object Draw Distance and Traffic), and with FSX, I get 15-30 FPS on the ground, 60-100+ FPS in the air with Light Bloom off and most settings on high, including Traffic. Bloom takes away about 10-20 FPS.No problem, Regards,