Hi. I'm looking to get a new rig for both FSX and FS9. I wondered if anyone has a rig similar to the one listed, which I am considering. If so, what FPS could I expect with payware aircraft such as PMDG 747 and detailed sceneries like AES Heathrow?The new rig: Case: Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 Power: Thermaltake Toughpower 600W CPU: Core i5 750 8MB Cache Socket 1156 CPU cooler: Akasa AK968 X4 Graphics: BFG GeForce GTX 285 OC 1GB (single card) RAM: 4GB Corsair DDR3 1600MHz C8 Twin3X Motherboard: either MSI P55-GD65 Socket 1156, or Asus P7P55D LE Socket 1156 – advice please! Hard disk: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 32MB Cache SATA 300 Sound card: undecided wether to have one or use on-board sound. Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer most likely option. Monitor: Samsung 2433BW 24" TFT Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Current rig: CPU: Intel Pentium D 2.8GHz 2 Gig RAM Sound Card: Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Fatal1ty Graphics: ATI Radion X1950 Pro 512MB dedicated Monitor: nothing special Windows XP Media Centre Edition 32 bit.My existing rig is about 2 years old and was probably out-dated when I bought it. It runs FS9 ok, but the FPS suffers with traffic, detailed scenery, etc. As for FSX, it is only useable with default aircraft, and suffers terribly if I even go near the sliders.What are your thoughts on my proposed new rig, and what kind of FPS do you think I might get with both FS9 and FSX, perhaps using overclocking?Here is a link to the product page. It opens with default options pre-selected.http://www.wired2fire.co.uk/build.php?systype=14&fsb=30Thanks,Philip DawsonP.S. No, not THAT Philip Dawson!

I'd go with the MSI P55 board. Seems to be a better overclocker than that Asus you listed.Power supply looks ok, I'd recommend this instead (reason being it has a single powerful 12v rail rated @ 60A):http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...corsair%20750txAll in all should be great once you overclock it