What's up everyone? Basically I'm looking around to start building a good FSX computer that will be able to run the game with everything maxed out and with REX/GEX while flying a CLS or PMDG addon. I would like to have around 30 to 25FPS in areas like London, where I will be flying quite frequently.I will have around £1300 pounds to spend on all the parts excluding the monitor, keyboard, mouse, which I already have. In US Dollars that will be around $2000. I would like someone to post me every single part I should get to build a fantastic FSX computer, including the case, cooling system, everything. Here is what I would like to have.. - an i7 CPU, a GTX 580 or something around that, 16gb of ram and of course a great motherboard.

I5 2500KP8Z68-V Gen3, or P8Z68-V Pro Gen3 or Asrock Z68 Extreme 4 Gen 3, or MSI Z68A GD55 / GD65 Gen 3, or some Gigabyte Z68 Gen 3750-850W Corsair or Seasonic PSU2TB Seagate St2000dm001 hard driveCoolermaster HAF 932Noctua NH-D14And a GTX580 if you want a GTX580, why not :biggrin:You could probably add a 128GB Crucial M4 within that budget maybe, if you want an SSD

Intel Core i5 2550KAsus P8Z68 Deluxe Gen3 MotherboardCorsair TX750W Power SupplyWestern Digital Caviar Black 1TB HDD8GB DDR3 1600 CL6 RAMCorsair H100Corsair 600T Case or Corsair 800D (if you have the money)Corsair Force GT 120GB SSD

Corsair h100 is a waste of money and hogs space and not really needed to cool oc sb chips...I only have a h60 and at 4.9 my temps are 50-60's on full load; a good air cooler is fine as Dazz suggested or a lower h series if you have ram clearance issues with a larger air cooler...