For those of you who are wondering about my system that I was building....its done!!!!!!!!!!!! It runs great, I have all the sliders pushed all the way over to the right in FSX and I am averaging 30-50 fps in the J41 virtual cockpit!! I love it, and I wanted to thank everyone who helped me in the decision for the different components.

For those of you who are wondering about my system that I was building....its done!!!!!!!!!!!! It runs great, I have all the sliders pushed all the way over to the right in FSX and I am averaging 30-50 fps in the J41 virtual cockpit!! I love it, and I wanted to thank everyone who helped me in the decision for the different components.

Hi Jeff, I´m thinking about an upgrade myself considering the upcoming NGX and 777. I´m interested in knowing how much you spent to get that setup. Could you please post it or PM me. thanks!

I just updated my signature so you can see my new specs. I spent just over 3,000 on the entire Rig. If you do some research, to buy a rig like this from a professional business, it would be close to if not more then 6,000

jeff did u overclock anything?

That's a hell of a machine you have there, congrats!If you're not OCing the CPU you should try - that CPU has an unlocked multiplier and you can OC simply by raising that without affecting your RAM or anything else - basically the most ideal situation you can get for OCing.

I have not OC'd it as of yet, I need to get a cheepy keyboard because the usb ports do not get power until after the bios screen is gone. But as soon as I get one, I am going to bump it up to 4Ghz

Hi Jeff, have been doing a little reading on the SSD's, how do you like them? I am thinking about those over mechanical HD's, one for the OS and the other solely for FSX... what's nice is there is never any need to defrag.Can you list the brandname for the memory and SSD's?Thanks.

Best standard SSD to get is gonna be the OCZ Vertex 2 series or the Intel X25 G2 series.

I have 2 of the ones Ryan mentioned, and the RAM is Mushkin redlineLoad time with SSD's you can't beat, FSX is up and loaded almost before I finish with the second click of the mouse

I just updated my signature so you can see my new specs. I spent just over 3,000 on the entire Rig. If you do some research, to buy a rig like this from a professional business, it would be close to if not more then 6,000

That is some nice hardware you have, though you don't say what speed you are running it at. A similar box from overclockers.co.uk running at 4.2GHz, (though with 2x GTX480) is coming in at just under £3,000, which is more then I am willing (or able) to spend at the moment. Instead, I am looking seriously at bundle based around a i5 760 @4GHz for around £650.

I have 2 of the ones Ryan mentioned, and the RAM is Mushkin redlineLoad time with SSD's you can't beat, FSX is up and loaded almost before I finish with the second click of the mouse

Thats good to hear about the SSD, it's on my shopping list for the 777 Rig - I still need to know if NVIDIA or ATI is the better card to go for, I have always prefered the visuals with ATI. Also Win7 64 bit or XP64 bit for stability.

That is some nice hardware you have, though you don't say what speed you are running it at. A similar box from overclockers.co.uk running at 4.2GHz, (though with 2x GTX480) is coming in at just under £3,000, which is more then I am willing (or able) to spend at the moment. Instead, I am looking seriously at bundle based around a i5 760 @4GHz for around £650.

You probably already know this but 2 GPU's in SLI configuration are overkill for FSX. Why not go for an i7 instead of the i5? It w could be well worth your while to go with the 7, much easier to OC and more stable.

That is odd for a newer motherboard. Try a different port because the ports are distributed among different controllers on the mobo and maybe not all are active at first. If your keyboard is USB and you wan't to run it on a PS/2 port then for example:http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0280942If you have mouse control then look for a BIOS setting for Legacy USB Control. That made a difference on mine. Also try setting a power management options off in the BIOS.

I have not OC'd it as of yet, I need to get a cheepy keyboard because the usb ports do not get power until after the bios screen is gone. But as soon as I get one, I am going to bump it up to 4Ghz

Thats good to hear about the SSD, it's on my shopping list for the 777 Rig - I still need to know if NVIDIA or ATI is the better card to go for, I have always prefered the visuals with ATI. Also Win7 64 bit or XP64 bit for stability.

Nvidia - better AA mode choices and they don't have weird graphical issues with GDI+ gauges in FSX the way the latest couple generations of ATI cards do. I tried to get ATI to fix it and they told me FS wasn't a big enough game for them to be concerned with. If you set an Nvidia card up correctly, I think the image quality is better than you can get with an ATI card.

I just updated my signature so you can see my new specs. I spent just over 3,000 on the entire Rig. If you do some research, to buy a rig like this from a professional business, it would be close to if not more then 6,000

I bougtht a:Asus Rampage IIII7 980XeVGA 480 Superclocked6 Gig Corsair Tri channelSilverstone 1500WHuge Coolermaster case80 gig SSD drive and I tell you I never paid anywhere near 6K. I think about 3-4K. A USB keyboard should be fine. I can get into my bios with it. Are you plugged into a HUB? Try plugging directly into the mobo. Like Ryan says, that processor OC's nicely. I get a stable 4.3.Jack C