Hi there,Sorry to start a new threat but I really would like some last minute input about, what I hope to be a fast and designated FSX system:CAS: Thermaltake Chaser MK-1 Full Tower Gaming Case W/ Side Panel Window CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2500K 3.30 GHz 6M Intel Smart Cache LGA1155 (All Venom OC Certified)FAN: Thermaltake Frio OCK CPU Cooler (Designed for Over-Clocker King)(CLP0575)HDD: 750GB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive)HDD2: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDDMEMORY: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Module (Kingston HyperX)MOTHERBOARD: [CrossFireX] MSI Z68A-G43 (B3) Intel Z68 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ Lucid Virtu + Intel Smart Response Technology, OC Genie II, Winki 3 & 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe & 2 PCIe X2 (All Venom OC Certified)NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN NetworkOS: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition)OVERCLOCK: Ultimate OC (Ultimate Overclock 30% or more)POWERSUPPLY: 700 Watts - XtremeGear SLI/CrossFireX Ready Power SupplySOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIOVIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB 16X PCIe Video Card (EVGA Superclocked)This is a cyberpower build and I'm hoping the over clocking they provide is good, as well as my mobo, ram, cooling and OS. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks,Peter

This is cool, a Thermaltake cabinet and a cooler , good rig.

Here's what I think of that:

• The CPU cooler isn't the greatest - there are better coolers out there.
• Do you really need ~2.7TB of storage space or would an SSD + 2TB storage HDD make your system more responsive, quicker to boot up, start applications, etc... while still keeping a lot of storage space.
• The motherboard isn't the greatest, it seems to have a rather shabby voltage regulator setup with some really limited heatsinks attached to them.
• Overclock 30% - with that system, you'd hope for a higher overclock than that, something in the 40% region.
• Power Supply - that system, even overclocked, won't be consuming more than 400W of power, so investing in a BETTER QUALITY 600-650W PSU would be better than getting a PSU from an unknown manufacturer with a higher power rating. Quality of supplied voltage is just as important as total power. Better quality power supplies (Seasonic, Corsair, Enermax...) tend to perform better even when overloaded and in unrealistically bad conditions compared to cheap power supplies.

These are just my opinions... :)

Thanks guys. The reason I got all this storage was many users recommend a separate HDD for FSX, so I got the 2TB for FSX and the 700MB for win7 and other things. Is that not necessary? What other MB recommendations do you have?Cheers,Pete

Yes a separate HDD is more beneficial for FSX. For OC'ing do not do it if you don't need to, and if you do then do it step by step monitoring your temps.