i have decided to invest in a new system. there we go:case: THERMALTAKE ARMOR BLACK CASE INTEL CORE2DUO 3.33 6M 1333 BXmotherboard: ASUS S.775 INT P45/ICH10R ATX RAMM : KINGSTON 2XDDR2 2GB 800MHZ CL5GRAPHIC CARD: ASUS EAH4870 DK/HTDI/1GD5 PCIE INTERNAL CARD READER BLACK W/T hard drve: SEAGATE 640GB SATA 3GB 7200RPM (for FS9 AND FSX) hard drive: EA EXTRA DRIVE 80GB HDD (for my OS)DVD burner: LG GH22NS30 SATA 22X/22X OS: MS V/HOME PREM SP1 64BIT ENG POWER SUPPLY: SPI 650W EPS 24/8PINS, ACTIVE keyboard: SAITEK CYBORG KEYBOARDmonitor : SAMSUNG 2253W 22IN 5MS 8K:1 i wanna install 2 OS (XP and VISTA 64) on one HD and use the secondary HD only for flight sim....sound card: dont know yet? like to try onboard sound or eventually go for an Audigy 2? what do yu think?henry

Make that 1066 ram. You will still want to OC for FSX.Bob

i would get a 9800GTX...much cheaper and more effectivehttp://www.tomshardware.com/charts/gaming-...-X-SP2,785.htmlalso, the e8400 is more than 100 dollars cheaper than the e8600 while only 333mhz slower, and you can by a $40 cpu cooler and overclock it to 4.0ghz