I really want to buy a mid price (up to 1500) built computer with a warranty: Please let me know if I should change any of these components on a cyberpowerpc.com "Holiday Special 14)coolermaster HAF 912 casedefault fans1-7 950 I didn't select overclocking (should I, and if so, what other components to I want?)xtreme liquid cooling 120 mm fan(2-Way SLI Support) Asus Sabertooth Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Mainboard Triple-Channel DDR3 FCLGA1366 ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III, SATA-II RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe, 1 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI (All Venom OC Certified) [+0]6 gb DDR3 1600 mhz ramGTX 470 1.2 mb800W Xtreme gear power supply64 GB Corsair Nova SSD 1 TB 7200 RPM Data DriveAbout $1450.00I don't plan to do a lot of gaming, just FSX, and FS2004--- mostly instrument approaches, but I want smooth performance without breaking the bank. Other suggestions, or other companies let me know, please. Merry Xmas to you all. Bonanzaman

I was looking at a computer at Tigerdirect: http://www.tigerdire...6611&CatId=4928This is an I5 3.2 ghz machine with a 5770 video card, but only a 500W power supply. Would this machine do a decent job with FSX? Is the I5 3.2 ghz much slower than a I7 950 processor for FSX?

The first one is by far better, the second one is a dual core i5 so the i7-950 will beat it day in and day out. The first one looks like a fine build you shouldn't need to select any overclocking options you can overclock it yourself unless CyberPower locks their BIOS's. Buy the first one either way.

I really want to buy a mid price (up to 1500) built computer with a warranty: Please let me know if I should change any of these components on a cyberpowerpc.com "Holiday Special 14)coolermaster HAF 912 casedefault fans1-7 950 I didn't select overclocking (should I, and if so, what other components to I want?)xtreme liquid cooling 120 mm fan(2-Way SLI Support) Asus Sabertooth Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Mainboard Triple-Channel DDR3 FCLGA1366 ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III, SATA-II RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe, 1 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI (All Venom OC Certified) [+0]6 gb DDR3 1600 mhz ramGTX 470 1.2 mb800W Xtreme gear power supply64 GB Corsair Nova SSD 1 TB 7200 RPM Data DriveAbout $1450.00I don't plan to do a lot of gaming, just FSX, and FS2004--- mostly instrument approaches, but I want smooth performance without breaking the bank. Other suggestions, or other companies let me know, please. Merry Xmas to you all. Bonanzaman

I am currently having a bad experience with Cyberpower. I bought mine several weeks ago and when I first powered it up I got a page fault and the PC restarted. After the restart it had several other page faults before it stabilized. After some troubleshooting with tech support turns out that I have a bad memory dimm slot. What a bummer! Now I have to return the PC for repair under warranty. Huge inconvenience! Why do I have to do all the troubleshooting? I thought Cyberpower did a 72 hour burnin before shipping. I am thinking of just getting my money back and going elsewhere! I have had Gateway, HP and Dell desktop PCs all my life and NEVER had a problem out of the box like this. What would you do? Sorry for the venting!Airbus