Hey guys! I was looking to buy a new system and build it myself, so I just wanted you guys to take a look at the parts I might want and tell me what you think and how it'll perform with FSX!Motherboard:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813131365RAM:http://www.mushkin.com/doc/products/memory_detail.asp?id=745Video Card:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130492Processor:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115202Hard Drive:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136296Power Supply:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817139006Case:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811129043CPU Cooler:http://www.frozencpu.com/products/8807/?campid=bmrThere you go! Tell me what you think! Oh, and I'm planning to overclock the processor to 4.0 ghz with the settings from this post by NickN: http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_post...D=174227#174227EDIT: Forgot to add the second hard drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136320

Hi djam,A suggestion first, at Newegg you can make a public wish list, then direct everyone to that, it will have everything in one place.Is this for Flightsim only? 150gig is good for the OS and other programs, but most other builders here are buying the 300 gig raptor for flight sim and or other games. This is the way I built mine and works fine.Most also will buy the 920DO if you want to overclock. Newegg as far as I can tell does not offer that one.All in all a good start.

Hi djam,A suggestion first, at Newegg you can make a public wish list, then direct everyone to that, it will have everything in one place.Is this for Flightsim only? 150gig is good for the OS and other programs, but most other builders here are buying the 300 gig raptor for flight sim and or other games. This is the way I built mine and works fine.Most also will buy the 920DO if you want to overclock. Newegg as far as I can tell does not offer that one.All in all a good start.

About the hard drive: I forgot to put that I would have another 500GB Wester Digital hard drive for the OS and all the other stuff. The 150 Gig should be fine for just FSX as I don't really have that much photoscenery just aircraft like the PMDG MD-11 and the Maddog 2008 along with SOME photoscenery (very little) and some FSdreamteam Airports. About the Processor: So you would recommend I buy from here: http://www.antaresdigital.com/customer/pro...at=0&page=1 and pay the extra $8 for the D0 stepping?Thanks for your input, I'm sorta new at this so I need all the help I can get!Thanks,James Lunsford

Looks really good, if you prefer modular cabling for your PSU, Corsair also has a new model at 750w:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E1681713901065 more buckeroos but if you like modular cables... :)

About the Processor: So you would recommend I buy from here: http://www.antaresdigital.com/customer/pro...at=0&page=1 and pay the extra $8 for the D0 stepping?

That is the idea,yes. I have never bought anything from them but maybe someone else has.Not sure of your cash situation, but if it were me I would spring for the 300gig so as to have extra room down the road. I use the 150's for the OS, but that's just me.Good luck though!

I'll just stick with the non-modular PSU. Cash is kinda tight right now and I'd like to save all the money I can without letting performance downs, so I'll just stick with the non-modular and I'll think about the 300 gig Velociraptor! I was just wondering if my GPU would be a bottleneck or if it'll be fine? I was also wondering if this system will be able to handle the PMDG MD-11 with pretty high settings and at FSDreamteam airports?Thanks,James Lunsford

I just ordered a similar system but decided not to purchase the VR HD's because I feel they are a bit too much money. I was debating between the GTX 275 or 285 and decided for the 285. If you could spare the extra $60 or so bucks, I'd go for the 285.http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWi...Number=10425225

Yeah, the velociraptors are a bit too much money for me right now... I may consider buying one later, but how much performance increase does a velociraptorprovide over a hard drive like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136320 ?Thanks,James Lunsford

Personally in my rig I have the ATI 4870 and it runs everything with flying colors ( holds up nice in FSX ) but if you really wanted to get the job done you could get the 4890. I found they are better for the price ( my brother has the GTX 280 and my 4870 out performs him just buy a little ) and 2/3rds of the price tag :)this should do it for under $200 :)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814150359

Personally in my rig I have the ATI 4870 and it runs everything with flying colors ( holds up nice in FSX ) but if you really wanted to get the job done you could get the 4890. I found they are better for the price ( my brother has the GTX 280 and my 4870 out performs him just buy a little ) and 2/3rds of the price tag :)this should do it for under $200 :)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814150359

I agree, A GTX285 SSC edition, and ya know I'm not gonna knock ones rig if it works for you, but I have a 10 thou RPM HD 150 gig and 300 seagate for storage and I have ran FSX with flying colors. I just really don't think that an HD will make "THAT" much difference unless it's in read ,write speed.

I agree, A GTX285 SSC edition, and ya know I'm not gonna knock ones rig if it works for you, but I have a 10 thou RPM HD 150 gig and 300 seagate for storage and I have ran FSX with flying colors. I just really don't think that an HD will make "THAT" much difference unless it's in read ,write speed.

Ok, I think I'll stick with the WD 7200 RPM drive for now and I may consider buying a VR Later.Thanks, James Lunsford

About the Processor: So you would recommend I buy from here: http://www.antaresdigital.com/customer/pro...at=0&page=1 and pay the extra $8 for the D0 stepping?Thanks for your input, I'm sorta new at this so I need all the help I can get!Thanks,James Lunsford

Sorry for the late reply; yes, that's where I bought my D0 proc and it's been working great, OC'd @ 4GHz. You can read some tuning conversations with Nick in the last link in the bottom of my Sig. Good choice!

Sorry for the late reply; yes, that's where I bought my D0 proc and it's been working great, OC'd @ 4GHz. You can read some tuning conversations with Nick in the last link in the bottom of my Sig. Good choice!

Yeah, lol, to tell you the truth I ripped off some of my rig from that thread! :( Good to hear that would be a good place to get my I7!Thanks,James Lunsford

Yeah, lol, to tell you the truth I ripped off some of my rig from that thread! :( Good to hear that would be a good place to get my I7!Thanks,James Lunsford

Also, if you have a couple of extra bucks and don't intend to ever install more than 6GB of Mushkin RAM (FSX won't use it), take a look at the exact Mushkin I purchased in that thread. The last digit (2 instead of 1) is different in the model number than what you chose above but my model number has wider heatsinks (better stability at the low latency). 6/7/6/18 was advertised and I could probably tighten mine a bit more. Last I remember it was something like $15 difference at Newegg. Just a thought; both models are fine though...

Also, if you have a couple of extra bucks and don't intend to ever install more than 6GB of Mushkin RAM (FSX won't use it), take a look at the exact Mushkin I purchased in that thread. The last digit (2 instead of 1) is different in the model number than what you chose above but my model number has wider heatsinks (better stability at the low latency). 6/7/6/18 was advertised and I could probably tighten mine a bit more. Last I remember it was something like $15 difference at Newegg. Just a thought; both models are fine though...

Yeah, I was gonna go for those. You mean these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820226052 right?Thanks,James Lunsford