Hi,I'm looking into getting a new pc and ditching the 6 year old Athlon 1700+ model! The likelihood is i'll be running FS9 with PMDG 737NG, active sky, some AI traffic and a few commercial sceneries. Money is a bit tight, what sort of spec would i be needing to run FS9 at a decent frame rate? Obviously there is no set minimum or ideal system but any advice/guidance would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance.

Since moola is tight, I'd shoot for a E8500 a P35 mobo and 2GB RAM, 9800GT, Corsair 620w PSU, XP Prohttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115036http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813131232http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820145034(10 bucks for RAM after MIR sweet)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130380http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817139002and that comes to $635(before MIRs) not including case, monitor, peripherals, and OS

>Since moola is tight, I'd shoot for a E8500 a P35 mobo and>2GB RAM, 9800GT, Corsair 620w PSU, XP Pro>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115036>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813131232>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820145034>(10 bucks for RAM after MIR sweet)>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130380>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817139002>>and that comes to $635(before MIRs) not including case,>monitor, peripherals, and OS> 2GB will suffice for FS9, but if you want to run FSX you'll want 4GB. I picked up a 4GB kit of G.Skill DDR2-1000 RAM several months ago for less than $100. Similar kits can be found for only $70 on Newegg now.

Thanks for the advice. Very useful