I'm new to flight sims and am just getting to grips with MSFS2004 which runs fine on my current laptops. However it's difficult not to look ahead and contemplate using FSX. I'm aware of the hardware requirements to ensure a 'good' FSX experience, with emphasis being placed on CPU+Video+RAM, roughly in that order.Most commentators talk about overclocking their components particularly the CPU. Now, I'm not particularly hardware savvy and wouldn't want to risk screwing up a bunch of expensive hardware components by messing with overclocking (with the additional side effects of enhanced cooling and power supply.)So my question is: can I get a 'good' FSX experience with 'stock' components or is overclocking a pre-requisite?If I can use a 'stock' CPU I guess I will have to pay more for the increased GHz but I'd rather do that than mess with something I know nothing about. So, assuming Windows 7 64-bit and 6-8GB RAM, what 'stock' CPUs and video cards would be good candidates - I also need to consider motherboards as well.This all assumes I'd be assembling my own rig. However has anyone any views on the suitability of the Dell Alienware range for FSX (apart from the fact that they look expensive!)?TIA

All CPU's come at stock speeds and the highest clock speeds on a stock chip are around ~3.3ghz. You could pay somebody to overclock a chip for you but honestly that's a waste of money. Read up on how to do it and you can figure it out easily and if things start to go wrong all you have to do is hit the button in your BIOS and reset it all back to defaults.For CPU's the i5-750 or 760 looks good if you're going for budget, otherwise get a socket 1366 motherboard and an i7 900 series. For video cards the nVidia 4xxGTX series is good and for ATI the 58XX and 59XX series are both good. What are your current specs?