Hi,I'm looking for some advice on how this setup would be to play FSX on? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -Ryan

That is a very good system but, where and what will be your GPU. If you need that then go for a GTX 560 Ti or GTX 570 (both look to be in your budget). Your one of the only people on these forums that actually chose a i5 2500k over the i7, very smart person.

Fine as is but to improve it add a video card. You do not need 2133 memory your choice but I would stick with 1600 1.5v-1.6v I like these http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820231459Do not install Norton! Buy a gould program like NOD32. Norton is a hog of resources and you will never get it uninstalled if you wanted to, it embedds itself.You could do better on the cooler save a couple of bucks and don't buy the thermal paste and use the paste that comes with this: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16835608020

I find Norton very good. I have trend on my build at the moment but I will be putting Norton on next month probably. Have it on 3 of the 5 PCs and never had a problem. (No idea whats on the MacBook)

A video card would be helpful! Would this be the right one? http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814125363 I have been doing a bit of research here on the forums about other peoples builds so thats how I knew to stick with the i5 2500k.

I find Norton very good. I have trend on my build at the moment but I will be putting Norton on next month probably. Have it on 3 of the 5 PCs and never had a problem. (No idea whats on the MacBook)

I didn't even add it but I guess it comes free with my purchase of the i5 so I'll take it!

Yes, that video card would be good. Others to consider would be EVGA or ASUS.

Ok here's my updated parts list. Corsair Carbide Series 400R Graphite grey and black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive GIGABYTE GV-N560OC-1GI GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power ... G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL7D-8GBSR ASUS P8Z68-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K Noctua NH-C14 140mm x 2 SSO CPU Cooler ASUS Black Blu-ray Drive SATA Model BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM

Good list. Please for the sake of humanity, don't install Norton lol! Go with ESET or something...http://www.eset.com/us/home/products/antivirus/ Or nothing, like me lol

Good list. Please for the sake of humanity, don't install Norton lol! Go with ESET or something...http://www.eset.com/...ucts/antivirus/ Or nothing, like me lol

+1I would rather deal with the virus than deal with Norton. Wiped my whole OS out trying to uninstall that train wreck. Mcafee isn't any better. I would run something though, even the free MS one is better than nothing. Then again I go a lot of places a person under the age of 18 should not go. I keep Eset busy!

As Gary and Ryan say, avoid Norton like the plague. Bloatware that makes your system run like its in treacle. Rest of it looks spot on

Avira is a good option too.

Ok I pulled the trigger and ordered the parts. I will make sure to not install the Norton. Thanks for the help and advice!

I forgot to ask about what operating system would be best for FSX? I also play some older games that require vista but I am not sure that they could run on anything newer?

I forgot to ask about what operating system would be best for FSX? I also play some older games that require vista but I am not sure that they could run on anything newer?

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