Hello,I have been looking into buying a new system for a couple of months now and have come up with a spec. However I would like to hear your opinions on it and would be interested to know if I could improve it. This is what I have: Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-960 (3.20GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache Motherboard ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB) Graphics Card 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready Memory - 1^st Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE OK so this system altogether is £810 which I think is very reasonable. However I am prepared to upgrade the following:-RAM (up to 24GB)-Hard drive (maybe add a 2nd HDD: 128GB SSD)-Graphics card (GTX570? Is it worth it? This is +£100 so would like your input on this please). I will be running Windows 7 64-bit and will be overclocking my i7... Thanks in advance,Jack

Why would you upgrade the ram up to 24GB? FSX only uses 4GB max so 8GB is more than fine :) If I was you I wouldn't pay 100 pounds just for a new videocard because the one you have now, is more than fine.

Sorry I don't think I made it clear. This is the system I am going to buy. I haven't got it yet. Thanks, Jack

I'd swap that i7 out with an i7-2600k and the SB architecture. Get yourself a good sturdy 1155 mobo (Sabertooth for example) and stick to the Sany Bridge.SSD's are imo worth it, they make a WORLD of difference. 8gb of RAM should be perfectly fine for FSX use. Same goes for the 560 Ti, you won't see much gain from swapping with a 570 in FSX, but again, it's up to what else you do.