Well my budget with tax and shipping is high 600's to low 700's and I got this rig so far.Will reuse my old hard drive (400GB) and DVD burner and player. COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K GIGABYTE GV-N26UD-896M REV2.0 GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card APEVIA JAVA ATX-JV650W 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL (will evetually buy another pack to get 8GB) BIOSTAR TZ68A+ LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Thanks,

If you go for the 2500...you won't be able to overclock! go for the 2500k ( same thing for the i7 2600/2600k...I learned it the hard way )Also...iI strongly suggest you go for a good cooler ( I suggest: H50/H60/H70/H80 or Noctua NH-D14...)

Okay I switched it to the I5-2500K and will get a cooler later on(for now I wont overclock) . I am going to purchase the new 737 NGX first. The total price so far is 706.23$How would this do in FSX with some scenery and the NGX ? Also I should mention this is my first ever build.

If you are running only the NGX, you shouldn't have problems...I remember when I got the PMDG MD-11 I was running it on a low end computer ( I remember having an intel 2 duo core processor :S ) and had no problems...but be aware, if you plan on buying other add-ons such as REX2.0 ( or any other environment/ground add-on ) you'll have to start thinking about overclocking...

I see, because I will be buying REX,UTX,GEX.

Get a better brand of power supply, example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139021

Get a better brand of power supply, example: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817139021

Agreed. That's the perfect PSU for this build and future upgrades as well.

Hey looks like a nice setup. But remember FSX will not use SLI or CrossFire. I just upgraded from a dual core to an Athlon X3 445 with AMD Chipset, running at stock speed I am getting very nice FPS @KLGA and everything is on full.I am just using a few scenery addons and Carenado girls. So your setup should do something better hopefully, but as F*$%^S^&%$#@*X you never know how well it will run.

Alright, yeah with the new power supply I bring the price up to 744 $. A little more then I was willing t pay but I guess in the long run it will pay off. Again guys thanks for all the help :)