Hello,I am a long time flightsimmer and have not been fully satisfied with FSX yet due to my computer hardware. I currently have a Q6600 with an 8800 GTS card 4GB of OCZ 6400 5-4-4 ram and a 150 GB raptor HD. Its an ok system not a dog by any means but I still cant run FSX consistently smooth in high density areas(IE JFK,heathrow, etc..). I have been waiting and waiting to pull the trigger on a new system mainly due to the impending doom of our economy. Now that things seem to be getting a bit better, a newer chipset has emerged (p55) and new corei5 750 cpu and from what I read it is a true competitor to the x58/i7920 and costs less overall than the x58/i7 920 based system(3 channel mem, i7 chip, and x58 MB). Every review Ive read about the new p55/core i5 750 chip is really interesting(they pick it over the 920) and I am really considering building a new system built around this platform. Does anyone have one yet and ran FSX with it? I am really interested in hearing your thoughts. The i5 750 chip is 200 and the most expensive p55 board is 200 and you only need to get 4gb of Ram as well instead of 6 with the x58 platform. Thanks in advance.Jon

Hello,I am a long time flightsimmer and have not been fully satisfied with FSX yet due to my computer hardware. I currently have a Q6600 with an 8800 GTS card 4GB of OCZ 6400 5-4-4 ram and a 150 GB raptor HD. Its an ok system not a dog by any means but I still cant run FSX consistently smooth in high density areas(IE JFK,heathrow, etc..). I have been waiting and waiting to pull the trigger on a new system mainly due to the impending doom of our economy. Now that things seem to be getting a bit better, a newer chipset has emerged (p55) and new corei5 750 cpu and from what I read it is a true competitor to the x58/i7920 and costs less overall than the x58/i7 920 based system(3 channel mem, i7 chip, and x58 MB). Every review Ive read about the new p55/core i5 750 chip is really interesting(they pick it over the 920) and I am really considering building a new system built around this platform. Does anyone have one yet and ran FSX with it? I am really interested in hearing your thoughts. The i5 750 chip is 200 and the most expensive p55 board is 200 and you only need to get 4gb of Ram as well instead of 6 with the x58 platform. Thanks in advance.Jon

I've read a few reviews and it sounds like a winner. From everything I read it can be overcloced to at least 4 GHZ on air with no effort. As good or better than the I7 920. The only difference is NO Hyperthreading which if overclocked enough won't make a difference. As far as I know FSX doesn'ttake advantage of HT anyway.At any rate I'm trying to figure out a creative way to embezzle from the wife without suffering drastic consequences.I think it's a winner. Of course I can only afford to do it every three years. I'm still runnin the oleCore2Duo E6850 and it has served me well running at 3.57 for 3 years without missing a beat.Craig

I bought one last week and have built a system with the following main components:i5 750Gigabyte p55-ud3 mobo3*2gb OCZ reaper 1600 (they came in one box, so why not use all 3 of them....)500 GB Seagate SAT2Asus eah 4870 1GBCoolermaster Hyper TX3 CPU coolerCoolermaster Realpower 520WVista 64 UltimateSystem runs smooth and fast. To take full advantage of the turbo mode of the cpu, you need a good cooler, the stock cooler is way to small and will not allow the turb mode to work because it's temperature dependent. My system runs at 20C under stress, GPU at 35C. I fly FS9 with lots of add-ons, its giving my hobby a new dimension on this system; never seen so much smoothness and details. I ran into the OOM error when approaching EGLL from Aerosoft with all the scenery at max, also a new experience, but this one i can do without. Fixed this by small adjustments in the scenery settings.IMO very good value for money, total costs for the above system components

No HT and no Intel