Hi AllHas been well over a year since I have played FSX. I dont have a desktop as I moved house last year, so am looking at treating myself. I have gone through some options recently, and am looking at something along the lines of:AMD CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1075T 2.8GHz 6MB Cache 125W (AM3)- AMD Motherboards: Asus CROSSHAIR-IV FORMULA AMD Mainboard - 4x DDR3 / 6x Sata Raid / Gigabit Lan / AM3- Desktop Hard Drives: Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB 10000RPM 32MB SATA 6Gbs- Optical Drives: Lite-On SATA Blu-Ray & DVD/CD Writer (12x Blu-Ray Write/ 20x DVDRW/ 48x CDRW) - Black- Desktop Memory: Kingston DDR3 6GB PC-16000/2000 XMP T1 (3x2GB) CL9 HyperX Ram- Cases (PSU included): Cooler Master Elite 430 - Black ATX Tower Case (500W)- Graphics Cards: Asus ATI EAH5970-2DIS-2GD5 RADEON 5890, 2G, DDR5, PCIE2.0, 2xDVI, HDCP, HDMI, DX11- Sound Cards: Auzentech X-Fi HomeTheater HD HDMI v1.3a PCI-E Sound Card- Network Adapters: Netgear WG311 802.11g 54Mbps Wireless PCI AdapterOf course, this is subject to change, but I want something that is quick, and runs FSX nicely with all the fantastic addons. I will be using windows 7, which I hope works.Thanks

CPU: Intel i7 is better for FSX than AMD. Get an i7 950 plus a noctua NH-D14 cooler and OC. Mobo: I recommend the Asus P6X58D Premium, but other options are available. GPU: Dual GPU does nothing in FSX get an nVidia GTX580 instead. RAM: this ram is incompatible with system. For an i7 get Mushkin Enhanced Redline/Radioactive 6GB DDR3 1600MHz CL6 ram HDs: Get 2 300GB VRaps instead, one for OS and data, the other dedicated to FSX plus addons only. Sound and network cards aren't really necessary. Mono has great sound, and network only needed if you can't connect through Ethernet. Case: nowhere near big enough for a 5970. Get a coolermaster HAF X case instead. Bigger, and cooler. PSU: the psu in your case will be rubbish. Get a coolermaster silent pro gold 800W or similar. Must be min. 750W.

Wait for Sandy Bridge, Intel's next microarchitecture, CPU and motherboards to be released January 9th (you've been without simming for over a year now, you can wait another six weeks :-)Forget Velociraptors, get two medium-sized SSDs instead (for the OS and FSX), plus a 1 TBy Caviar black for everything else. Make sure the SSDs allow updating their FirmWare and implement the Trim command.Cheers,- jahman.

You've have listed a great setup for FSX and will save money to boot. Couple of suggestions:Take a look at the new AMD Radeon 6000 series cards. You've list an ATI 5970 which is a dual GPU card. FSX will probably not recognize that 2nd GPU. You could go for the AMD Radeon 6870 which gives you about 95% of the performance as the 5870 but at half the cost or if you wait about a week the newest high-end card, AMD 6970 will be released with 2GB on board.The 1075T at 2.8GHz. is good but think about going with the Phenom quad core which has a default speed of 3.5GHz. and plenty of cores for FSX. It will be a snap to OC over 4Ghz. on air should you choose. and will save you about $20 over the 6-core which is overkill.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103894Hope the suggestions help,Clutch

What's your budget?Because the selection Chris made is what I'd personally recommend but it's going to cost you a lot more than your proposed system. I also agree about the SSD's but that too, will cost you an arm and a leg.

hi there,i'm pretty much on the same boat as you, I moved houses and I haven't had time to get back into flighsim.I installed FSX last night and did a quick flight from Sydney to Melbourne, I sat there for a couple of minutes trying to work out the keys to Push back.I'm another SSD fan so count my vote. I bought an OCZ Vertex 2 120GB, can't wait for these to go down in price... they are FAST! I've never seen Adobe Premiere CS5 load so fast.I don't want to hijack your thread by posting my upgrade specs but will definitely keep an eye on it.