Hey friends of this big forum. Tomorrow I will buy a brand new "dream PC" for FSX and FS9, I have read a lot concerning best configurations and I have my decision for the following PC config:Intel i7 930 2,88 Ghz (1366)MOBo Intel DX58soPSU Coolermaster Silent pro 700WMmy Corsair XMS3 DDR3 6GB I have the doubt for VGA due to I have read that it hasn

You won't be able to OC very far without a decent cooler. Never used intel mobos do I can't say. Your graphics card is still very important in FSX as the better the card, the less stutters and flaws you see in textures. It also determined whether you can play at certain resolutions or not.

first off, I like your config however iif I could push you, I would tell you that you shoould get a 6 core AMD cpu instead only because you can play around with the settings and get the same or better speeds and threading as an Intel cpu but for half the cost. but you would obviously need a different mobo for that. As far as graphics cards go, go for an Nvidia card from BFG tech. they have a great customer service and a good product, but ATI cards do tend to get better benchmarks some times. Overclocking your cpu: as he said before your gonna need some sort of water cooling system no matter how you look at it, there's is no fan goood enough for running FSX on an overclocked Intel cpu, however your gonna have to make sure your mobo and cpu can support overclocking (they probably do though). DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I MADE BY FORGETTING TO MAKE SURE YOUR NEW BIOS HAS RECOGNIZED THE NEW HARDWARE. also incase you didnt know, your new system is gonna need an OS installed if your building this system your self.your welcome

no way! be warned a Phenom II hexa core will do nothing for FSX except for the fact that it overclocks better than 965/955 x4Intel is faster core for core and thats what matters. that cpu is a good option, and they overclock easy to 4-4.2GHz on air. Get a Venomous X, a Prolimatech Megahalems or a NH-D14Oh yeah, the system needs an OS. LMAO

first off, I like your config however iif I could push you, I would tell you that you shoould get a 6 core AMD cpu instead only because you can play around with the settings and get the same or better speeds and threading as an Intel cpu but for half the cost. but you would obviously need a different mobo for that. As far as graphics cards go, go for an Nvidia card from BFG tech. they have a great customer service and a good product, but ATI cards do tend to get better benchmarks some times. Overclocking your cpu: as he said before your gonna need some sort of water cooling system no matter how you look at it, there's is no fan goood enough for running FSX on an overclocked Intel cpu, however your gonna have to make sure your mobo and cpu can support overclocking (they probably do though). DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I MADE BY FORGETTING TO MAKE SURE YOUR NEW BIOS HAS RECOGNIZED THE NEW HARDWARE. also incase you didnt know, your new system is gonna need an OS installed if your building this system your self.your welcome

Stick with the i7 CPU, and think about the Nvidia 400 series cards for the very best performance!Kind Regards,Stephen

And if budget can't hold a 400-Series gpu, the GTX 285 1GB is still a very capable card. And make sure you have a quality power supply! I bought too cheap once, and when it came to overclocking it didn't deliver the promised voltage. Hours wasted until I realized...Good luck with your new rig!