Any advise would be greatly appreciatedI currently have the following system:Intel Q9400 2.66 GHz with Scythe Infinity CoolerGigabyte EP45-DS3PCorsair CM2X1024-6400C4 (4x1GB)Gigabyte GTX260Samsung 1.5TB HD154UI Spinpoint F2 DT EcoGreen, SATA 3Gb/s, 32MB Cache, 8.9 msThermaltake Toughpower 700w PSUCoolermaster CM690 CaseWindows XP Pro SP3Have just got going with flight sim and love it!Currently have FSX (gold) and X-plane I think I prefer FSXI have just ordered Windows 7 (64 bit) and reading on this forum FSX likes a fast HDD - which mine is not are there any recommendations before I do a clean install of W7?Should I buy a new drive for W7 and one for FSX?, on offer this weekend are 750 GB Western Digital Caviar Black drives at

FSX is far more limited by the speed of your CPU, than it is by the speed of your hard drive. In fact, a faster hard drive will have absolutely no impact on your framerate. What it can do for you is load the sim and its contents faster. This may lead to faster texture loading in-flight.

I have the raptor 10k and what it does for me is let me increase settings to a higher level and this does reduce frame rates but it is still very smooth. so even tho at complex airports with traffic at 80% my rates drop to 10 wich in smoothness feels and looks like I am getting at least 15

Hi GuysWhat Ive done so far:Overclocked CPU to 3.0 GHz - never done before, but seems very stable.upgraded to Windows 7 64bit, bought student edition and upgraded (clean install).WD Caviar Black 1T HD for Windows 7 etc.WD Caviar Black 1T HD for X-plane, downloads etc.WD 300GB Velociraptor for FSX.Just loading things onto new hard drives, seams to be working OK.