What do you all think of this setup?Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Gulftown 3.33GHz 6 x 256KB L2 Cache 12MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Six-Core Desktop ProcessorASUS Rampage II Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATXMushkin Enhanced Redline 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 16002 GTX 260's in SLI2 Velociraptor Hard drives1 2 TB Hard driveCorsair Hydro H50 CPU Liquid Cooler for OC'ing to 4I am hoping this will work out for me. Let me know your thoughts

Looks Good, will run any add-on PMDG make.

Thanks, I am hoping it is good enough to run not only PMDG but REX, GEX, UT2, an assortment of addon scenery, FSC, and ASE all at the same time...lol

I would consider getting some 2000 MHz RAM. It's nice to have given the way the i7's overclock. You overclock by a system multiplier that overclocks your RAM and Northbridge too. The RAM overclock starts from the 1333 MHz of the bus, so if you have 2000 MHz RAM, you have quite a bit of comfort on your RAM for overlcocking. The CPU and Northbridge have not been an issue for most overlcockers, so just make sure your RAM is set.

H50 for H70

ok, thanks all, I'll take both of those into consideration

Nice Setup, but you should consider 12 GB 6GB seems a little bit low for that setup :(

Nice Setup, but you should consider 12 GB 6GB seems a little bit low for that setup :(

Even with it being triple channel?

I am anything but an expert, but perhaps you should look into ssd's, as they are superior (from what I understand) to velociraptors in both speed and reliability, and you do not have to worry about using only half the available space.Good luck, and from what I have seen posted around the place, your system at overclocked at 4.2 with the tweaks available is as good as you can get.Let us know your final choice though.

I should know what my system can do around mid november, have to get back home to my beast, and see what it can do with the upgrades

That's why I was saying 12Gb (2x3x2GB Kits should fit into the Motherboard)With this, you can you two times the trible channel effect

Your system is close to mine, you have the newer processor and I ditched my 285 for a 480 Fermi, and my system runs PMDG 744 with REX, ASE with tons of cloud layers (max or close to max, i dont remember), UT2, UTX, GEX, and FSDT airports with very good frame rates. You will be very pleased with that system's performance.

I would go with the Asus Rampage III LGA 1366 motherboard instead.

That's why I was saying 12Gb (2x3x2GB Kits should fit into the Motherboard)With this, you can you two times the trible channel effect

6GB is plenty for FSX, and 12GB will only increase the chance of instability of the RAM while overclocking (more sticks = higher chance of bad memory). I have 6GB of Mushkin Redline 1600Mhz triple channel memory, and my FSX Acceleration install with REX, UTX, GEX, UT2, Audio Environment, FSDreamteam airports, FlyTampa airports, Manhattan X, PMDG, Captain Sim, FSLabs, Level D, VRS, RealAir, FeelThere/Wilco, and Leonardo aircraft runs very nice. I have never had an issue with running out of memory, and I don't think I ever really use much more than 4 GB of memory flying in FSX.

Well, FSX wouldnt be able to address more than 4 gigs of memory anyways, as it is a 32 bit application.