I have a home cockpit setup for FSX which has been running for a while now on a three year old computer. I'm planning to have a new system built to replace this computer and am hoping to get some additional horse power out of the simulator. The simulator is setup with four monitors running off of two video cards - one LCD for the instrument panel gauges and three 20" CRTs for the external view. I have customized the 2D external views for forward, forward/right 30deg, and forward/left 30deg. The simulator has a enclosure and all of the controls of a Cessna 172 have been wired up through a keyboard encoder. Below are the specs for the computer I am proposing to buy to replace the three year old one currently running the system. I'm planning to have the system assembled by a custom PC builder. I'd appreciate any input folks have on the system or components. Thanks!Case: Antec 900Processor Cooler: Xigmatek Dark Knight 120mmProcessor: Intel Core i7-965 Overclocked to at least 3.9GHzMotherboard: EVGA X58 "Classified" LTD Edition (141-BL-E759-A1)Memory: 6GB Mushkin DDR3-1600 6-7-6 (3 of 6 slots full)Video Card 1: nVidia GeForce GTX 285-- 2GB-- OC to 675MHz from 648MHz (EVGA)Video Card 2: nVidia GeForce GTX 285-- 2GB-- OC to 675MHz from 648MHz (EVGA)Hard Drive 1: 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 16MB cache (OS and other programs)Hard Drive 2: 300 GB Western Digital Velociraptor 10,000rpm 16MB cache (FSX and addons)Optical Drive: LG 6x Blu-Ray player & 16x DVD Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower 1200-WattOS: Vista Ultimate 64-bit

I have a home cockpit setup for FSX which has been running for a while now on a three year old computer. I'm planning to have a new system built to replace this computer and am hoping to get some additional horse power out of the simulator. The simulator is setup with four monitors running off of two video cards - one LCD for the instrument panel gauges and three 20" CRTs for the external view. I have customized the 2D external views for forward, forward/right 30deg, and forward/left 30deg. The simulator has a enclosure and all of the controls of a Cessna 172 have been wired up through a keyboard encoder. Below are the specs for the computer I am proposing to buy to replace the three year old one currently running the system. I'm planning to have the system assembled by a custom PC builder. I'd appreciate any input folks have on the system or components. Thanks!---------------------Interesting!! Any chance of a pic of your setup? I'm doing something vaguely similar with an FS9 triple monitor config. The only way to fly! Sorry I can't offer any hdwe advice- my system is now almost six years old!!Alex ReidDreamFleet Bonanza- Dawn KLAX on final for R6R

I would say for your first HDD get one with a 32Mb Cache..The i7 920 DO is way cheaper and will easily OC where you want it to be...Personally I like the X58 Gigabyte better..( just me)Personally I love ATI...So no real comments there..Looking good to me...

Based on your input, I think I will change the first hard drive to a 1 TB Samsung Spinpoint 7200 rpm 32MB cache. It only costs about $30 more.Thanks!

I would say for your first HDD get one with a 32Mb Cache..The i7 920 DO is way cheaper and will easily OC where you want it to be...Personally I like the X58 Gigabyte better..( just me)Personally I love ATI...So no real comments there..Looking good to me...

I agree that the i7 920 is the one you want. in my opinion it is the only current i7 processor that should be bought. You will save around