hey guys,I'm planning on buying a new system when I come back to Germany in summer. I will run it parallel to my than nearly 3-year-old Sony VAIO FW41J.It took me some time to find good parts for an acceptable price and here they are:MB: Asus P8Z68-V LXCPU: Intel Core i5 2500K (4x3.30 GHz)RAM: G.Skill RipjawsX 8GB (2x4GB, DDR3-1600)GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX570 HD Superclocked (1.2GB)SSD: Corsair Force 3 Series 2.5" (60GB, Win7)HDD: Seagater Barracuda ST1000DM003 (1TB, 7200rpm)CPU-Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H40 (watercooling)Power: MS-Tech MS-N750VAL-CM (750W)Case: Fractal Design R3 Midi Tower blackMonitor: LG E2441V-BN LED (FullHD)the price is gonna be about 1.200€ (~1550$).With the watercooling device I gonna be able to overclock the CPU a little...Maybe some of you have some similar parts like mine and could tell me a little about it and how it works together with FSX!? Do you like my system like it is now?Please, feel free to tell me your opinion!!Greetings

You could save a little money by using a gtx560ti instead of the 570. Fsx shouldn't be able to tell the difference

I already thought about that. I know the grafics card doesn't effect the performance of FSX a lot, but since I also want to play some other games I decided to go with the GTX570!Anyway, thanks for the reply!I just changed my mind about my CPU cooler: I gonna go with the next step in the Corsair H-Serie, the H60, only 5 bucks more, but a bit more of cooling performance!

for the system I bought it came out to just a tad bit over $1400 I think thats a bit cheaper than the one your looking at but with better performance not sure how much $1400 is in the currency you speak of look at my signature for my specsMike

I'd get a bigger SSD. I filled up my 120gb fast and bought a 250

for the system I bought it came out to just a tad bit over $1400 I think thats a bit cheaper than the one your looking at but with better performance not sure how much $1400 is in the currency you speak of look at my signature for my specsMike

well, the i5 1500K made more sense to my than the i7 2600K you have, because the differences a very small, although the price is about 100$ more. I included a SSD for my OS and a 24" FullHD Display. However, you might had luck with the time you bought your system. Unfortunately prices change every day -.- . 1 € = 1.31 $

I'd get a bigger SSD. I filled up my 120gb fast and bought a 250

the SSD is only for the Operating System (Windows 7 64Bit). I gonna ad another 128GB SSD in some months, only for FSX ;)

the SSD is only for the Operating System (Windows 7 64Bit). I gonna ad another 128GB SSD in some months, only for FSX ;)

60 GB SSD is too small. It's effective use is 48 GB (since you really should only fill an SSD to 80% capacity). After you put the OS and all the updates, you'll be bumping up on the upper limit in no time. I would recommend starting with a 125 GB AND a 250 GB SSD. Put your OS and other stuff on the 125, and FSX and all the sceneries, etc. on the 250. You'll be glad you did.

60 GB SSD is too small. It's effective use is 48 GB (since you really should only fill an SSD to 80% capacity). After you put the OS and all the updates, you'll be bumping up on the upper limit in no time. I would recommend starting with a 125 GB AND a 250 GB SSD. Put your OS and other stuff on the 125, and FSX and all the sceneries, etc. on the 250. You'll be glad you did.

hmm, I made a short research in several forums and it seems that 60GB are more than enough, since I won't put any other stuff than Windows on it (some folks are talking about 15-20, max 25GB of Win7)! But I might think about the size for my FSX SSD later ...

I was wondering, how far I can overclock my i5 2500K with the Corsair Hydro Series H60 and still have a very stable system?Does anybody know an alternative fan to the standart corsair fan which comes with the H60, since it seems to be very noisy. I need a 120mm fan with an airflow more than 75 CFM and a noise level at about 20dB !? anybody knows such a fan ?? ...

Okay, Windows only on the 60. So, you're going to put everything else AND FSX on the 125? Ain't gonna work. 2 people have recommended 60 GB is too small. Suit yourself. One ORBX scenery is 6 GB. Good Luck

no, you probably didn't see my 1TB Seagater Barracuda. There I will have all my programs (at the beginning including FSX, until I get the 2nd SSD) and all my files.

If you want solid oc with 2500k I would choose Noctua dh14 (air cooler) not hydro series (except corsair h100)

Is there any advantage in having FSX on a separate SSD if the OS is also on an SSD? As data transfer is effectively instantaneous from an SSD I would have thought that having FSX and the OS on the same SSD (which is what I intend to do for my next upgrade) would make little difference in practice. Am I missing something?

If you want solid oc with 2500k I would choose Noctua dh14 (air cooler) not hydro series (except corsair h100)

 

From what I read, my case seems to be too small for this cooler. On the other side I really want to stay with a/this watercooling device and want to know how far I can go with this on my 2500K. I don't even want to go too high so I will have this CPU for a long time ;).

 

Is there any advantage in having FSX on a separate SSD if the OS is also on an SSD? As data transfer is effectively instantaneous from an SSD I would have thought that having FSX and the OS on the same SSD (which is what I intend to do for my next upgrade) would make little difference in practice. Am I missing something?

 

I think, either way is fine. It was kind of important on HDDs, since they had far lower transfer speeds. I decided to finally have two SDDs, so I can easily reset my OS or install a different one, without the need to reinstall FSX or other programs I might have had on the same SSD.

I believe your system set up looks great. The OS on 60 GB SSD is not perfect, but should work. As per Windows 7 on 64 bit takes 20 GB, UPDATES are a lot, printers, and other programs (word, excel, etc...). As for the 1 TB for FSX.....to much, so make sure you defrag your hard drive on the 1TB. Its not the size that matters, so down size to maybe 200-300 GB and bump the RPM 15,000 http://www.tigerdire...3099&CatId=2345, but if your spending that money on hard drive, may want to down size the RPM 10,000 or get another SSD.