Fellow Simmers,I've been away from the scene for a few years and my was thinking of treating myself to a new system for FSX (still using FS9 on present machine).I have no idea of hardware and requirements of FSX soe would the following be any good? I want to but off shelf and this system is around my budget at GBP1200If it helps - I like to max out most sliders but am happy to compromise on 3D clouds and AI traffic.Apreciate your responses / recommendations.PS I'm in the UK. SO would only wish to buy from UK.Thanks,Dell XPS 630/1166Intel's 'Penryn' Core 2 Quad Q9300 processor(2.5GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 6MB Cache) Genuine Windows Vista ® Home Premium Dual 512MB nVidia GeForce 8800GT (SLI) 3GB Memory, 1TB Hard Drive

Here's the foundation. With the Q6600 overclocked to 3.6Ghz, 10% better performance is available . . . but it will cost 5X to get it. http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWi...tNumber=7159746

That list is pretty good, if you don't want to overclock get a E8500http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115036

Actually, I've now got my E8500 overclocked to 4.1 ghz with air cooling -- running smooth as silk. It's as easy as pie with the ASUS tabbed bios interface.Easier than pie, actually -- I don't bake.