February 1, 201115 yr Also Alex,If you do go for Sandy Bridge the P67 chipset would be the way to go if you are installing a dedicated graphics card. The H67 chipsets make use of the Sandy Bridge onboard graphics accellerator (inside the CPU). If you go for I7-9xx series you would need a completely different mainboard as the number of pins on the back of the CPU is different, the so called "socket".Good luck, please come back for any advice, people here are most willing to help you choose the best value-for-money components. Sander Rutte
February 1, 201115 yr Author Oh, ok. The soonest I would be able to build is my birthday which is in five months so most "bugs" should be ironed out by then. To overclock should I get an I5 or and I7 sandy bridge. Thanks to all the helpful suggestions. Because I'm a POTATO! Alex Lamott Desktop: i7 2600k @ 3.9 ghz, ATI Radeon 1GB 6870, 525W Alienware Aurora case, Alienware Liquid Cooling, 8GB Dual channel DDR3 Ram @ 1333Mhz, 2TRB Raid 0 HD, HP 2509b 1920 x 1080, FSX Gold Edition Laptop: Dell Inspiron 14R, Pentium T4300 @ 2.1GHZ, Integrated Graphics, 320 GB HD :(
February 1, 201115 yr In the meantime, look here for a few ideas to improve your frame rates: Why I get 50fps and you don't Paul Smith.
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