Hi guys,I would appreciate your advice/recommendation before I purchase a new pc to be used mainly for FSX. This is the configuration I've been thinking about:Intel Core i7 930 2.80Ghz Box Socket 1366Asus P6T Deluxe V2 Noctua NH-D14 Mushkin RedLine PC3-12800 DDR3 1600 6GB 3x2GB CL6 WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA3 MAESTRO Corsair HX650 650W Modular Asus GeForce GTX470 1280MB GDDR5 Antec Nine Hundred Two Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bits OEM Thanks in advace for your help!Michele

overkill. get an I5 750 + gtx460 (no need for Hyperthreading or tripple channel)actually I think an I3 530 OCed to 4.2 - 4.4 is even a better option (2 cores are more than enough for FSX)

This is my machine I put together after investigating it on here for a month or two.It runs FSX sweet as...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymQKAM_2VqgHope it helps

Phil have you tried FSX after removing 2 ram sticks and disabling HT? then you have a I5 750disable then two cores and that's an I3

I´d concider one of the Corsair water cooling systems if you concider overclocking your i7, and you should definitely concider that. And I´d get a separate (fast) harddisk for FSX only, and run OS on a regular(7500 rpm)harddisk.Got the same case, you´ll love it. But I´m worried that your psu won´t quite cut it. I´ve got the HX750, and GTX 285, and it´s just adequate for a 4.05GHz OC on my Q9650. Any higher, and my system won´t boot. And your GPU is probably even more power hungry. And I suspect that the fans, when running high, also require a lot of juice. So concider something more powerful. Good choise on the ram.