Hi i have a run of the mill sta 3 hard drive. And would like to know are there one's that would that would improve my system.

Well depends how much you want to spend. Getting something like an SSD won't actually help with your FPS but the textures won't go grey for long at all as the texture load times are a fraction of the time. If you want to spend a bit less than a Caviar Black would be a nice pick but you probably won't see a huge difference between it and a Caviar Blue if you don't actually do big tests. There is also the option of settings up SRT (I experienced it the other day and it does make a difference with texture loads but still not FPS) but that is providing you have a Z68 mobo. Hope this can help you.

If you have lots of scenery installed (especially photoscenery) and FSX start-up time is a drag, putting your scenery on an SSD will speed-up your FSX start-up by 10x. (Note: I don't have an SSD yet but that's what others who do are reporting.) Cheers, - jahman.

I have all this airport scenry but not installed because most of them are frame killers with the high end jets I was looking at some SSDs MSy has them for about 140 dollars.

An SSD isn't going to help you run that scenery any better. You need CPU and GPU. What's your hardware?

win7 64bit i7 960 oc 3.80 gtx 470x2 SLI 8gig ramMB GA-x58A-UD7 850watt PS

In any discussion of HDD's for FSX, I think you have to consider the WD VelociRaptor. I have a 300GB Vrap dedicated to FSX on my system. With new 1155 boards and the and the Intel smart response tech that uses an SSD as a cache, combine that with a VRap and I've read some good things about it. JMHO

Why don't you sell a GTX 470?

In any discussion of HDD's for FSX, I think you have to consider the WD VelociRaptor. I have a 300GB Vrap dedicated to FSX on my system. With new 1155 boards and the and the Intel smart response tech that uses an SSD as a cache, combine that with a VRap and I've read some good things about it. JMHO

That would fly but the VRaps will only shine in that situation or paired with another in RAID 0, otherwise, they are basically just a slightly quicker Caviar Black.

The VRaps are a lot quicker than a cav black. The SATAIII vrap (600GB) is best bang for the buck Harddrive. I'm not sure what it is Andrew, but you've obviously never used a VRap. In most cases (specifically FSX), the SATAIII Vrap beats most SSD's. Why? Because the 4K read times for SSD's are usually really low, and VRaps (being a mechanical drive) are really high. FSX is practically all 4K reads. Go figure.

I have used a VRap at a friends house. It may be quick in some instances (still didn't beat the SSD he had in the system) but its too loud!

I have two WD Cavair Black 1TB, working great with FSX and I really like having all that space! Mark.

Are they in RAID 0?

Raid only works well in FSX when using a raid card. Onboard raid combined with FSX isn't a good option. Something just doesn't agree. And once again, they're not that loud. You seem the type to buy a graphics card for it's looks other than it's performance. If a VRap is faster than most more expensive SSDs in fsx, I'll take the VRap. Doesn't matter if it's loud. Once you get those NGX's engines fired up you won't hear it.

I have them setup as just regular drives. Windows 7 on one with a few other programs, FSX on the other.

Regular hey. My Blue's work fine IMO and I do not buy a GPU for its looks. I bought my directcu ii based on its overclocking ability. Will you just stop arguing everything I say. I am saying information based on what I have learnt and experienced.