ok thanks to much sir!!! really appreciate your input. i guess best bet is to try OC first and see. If i managed to do it successfully will report the result :)thanks so much..hope OC helps!!i do have another monitor at 1600*1200 something like that. maybe i shud go back to that monitor!!

You can check that yourself. Drop the res on your current monitor, ignore the image quality and see what the difference (if any) there is at different resolution settings.Also, first do a lot of reading on overclocking so that you know what you are doing. Overclocking voids any warranties and while it might not be all that easy to stir-fry a CPU these days (due to in-built throttling), it's most certainly possible to electrocute it by using excessive voltage. Ditto for the memory. So as always, be careful.

Well that's nice to hear haha :d yes I have heard that. But as you said oc it to 3.6 and 3.8 should be okay right? I saw one web a guy did it to 4 also!! Lol. I will have to read about it a lot then.

Here is my opinion:A 500W PSU in the system is not really future proof. You should be looking at 650+W, and preferably one with a single rail... the multiple rail devices don't cut it with today's hardware and overclocking... check out this: http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_c...s.php?pno=da750You can overclock the i7s really nicely, and you don't need to push it too far to get amazing increases in performance. But you might need a more gutsy PSU in order to do it... particularly with a GTX260 in there (max 182W... the min PSU is a 500W, so you are at the minimum already...)Now, on to your hard drive... there is absolutely no gain whatsoever in partitioning your drive for running FS. Even with its own partition, the same physical drive has Windows and other stuff on it, so every time the drive needs to load something outside of your FS installation, it will not be able to work on FS loads. Stutters and so on, blurries etc are the result.You really need to have one single drive for the OS, and a completely separate physical drive for your FS install... the best option to date is a Western Digital Velociraptor, the 150 or 300Gb version, though they are a little on the pricey side...I run FSX off its own 150Gb velociraptor, FS9 resides on its own 80Gb Raptor... the OS sits on its own drive... also a raptor come to think of it... :)And yes, screen resolution has a large effect of FPS performance. The higher the resolution, the more data per pass that has to be calculated by the CPU and GPU... I run at 1600x1200 as my monitor resolution is that, though given my use of FSX, I should probably run it on a 1280x1024 monitor...Or upgrade to an i7 system... :)Andrew

Here is my opinion:A 500W PSU in the system is not really future proof. You should be looking at 650+W, and preferably one with a single rail... the multiple rail devices don't cut it with today's hardware and overclocking... check out this: http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_c...s.php?pno=da750You can overclock the i7s really nicely, and you don't need to push it too far to get amazing increases in performance. But you might need a more gutsy PSU in order to do it... particularly with a GTX260 in there (max 182W... the min PSU is a 500W, so you are at the minimum already...)Now, on to your hard drive... there is absolutely no gain whatsoever in partitioning your drive for running FS. Even with its own partition, the same physical drive has Windows and other stuff on it, so every time the drive needs to load something outside of your FS installation, it will not be able to work on FS loads. Stutters and so on, blurries etc are the result.You really need to have one single drive for the OS, and a completely separate physical drive for your FS install... the best option to date is a Western Digital Velociraptor, the 150 or 300Gb version, though they are a little on the pricey side...I run FSX off its own 150Gb velociraptor, FS9 resides on its own 80Gb Raptor... the OS sits on its own drive... also a raptor come to think of it... :)And yes, screen resolution has a large effect of FPS performance. The higher the resolution, the more data per pass that has to be calculated by the CPU and GPU... I run at 1600x1200 as my monitor resolution is that, though given my use of FSX, I should probably run it on a 1280x1024 monitor...Or upgrade to an i7 system... :)Andrew

Ok thank you very much for the suggestion. Will have a look at that power supply. I'd look at changing PSU at the moment and see. if i try overclocking first without changing PSU, is it likely to be stable with no problem??

Thanks very much everyone for your reply.1. Will my POWER supply of 500W allow me to OC without a problem and no heating problem?2. Yes I am mainly concerned about FS9. Can anyone please point me to how i can OC? I searched on google long time ago and there was just too many and i wasn't sure and basically got confused.ThanksBest WishesSwadeep

you cna ov erclock with any power supply. but the point is, you have a 'weak' PSu to start with. ok 500 watt will prob be enough. but right now you have a gtx 260 running off it, a CPU, and 3 hard drives, dvd drive?id ghet at elast a 700 watt PSU, and get a decent cooler for your i7 and overclock. you will easily reach 3.5ghz and that will improve your fps loads

you cna ov erclock with any power supply. but the point is, you have a 'weak' PSu to start with. ok 500 watt will prob be enough. but right now you have a gtx 260 running off it, a CPU, and 3 hard drives, dvd drive?id ghet at elast a 700 watt PSU, and get a decent cooler for your i7 and overclock. you will easily reach 3.5ghz and that will improve your fps loads

Yes sir and a dvd drive. Ok so any brand to be specific for 700W to buy???fan cooling enough??