Hey guys, very soon I am gonna start ordering computer parts for a new gaming rig, and would like some more tips before I do. What do you guys think of this?

 

i7 3770K Ivy Bridge (OC to 4.5 or so ghz), Gigabyte GTX 670 2gb, 16gb Kingston RAM (2x8), Corsair 850W power supply, a water cooler (still not sure on this one, looking at the H80i, any tips on this?), WD Blue HDD 1TB with 64mb cache 7200rpm, AS Rock Extreme 4 motherboard, Asus 24 inch HD monitor

 

It's not just for using FS but also development, so I need all that RAM.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks guys

Not bad but u should look into a WD Black

Read a lot about them and seen a lot of videos, noise is enough to put me off, Blue has got nearly the exact same specs anyway

CPU: good

GPU: good

About the cooler I used H60 from Corsair but it didn't cool the CPU that I wanted so I changed to Noctua NH-D14 and my CPU doesn't go over 70°C (my CPU is i7-2600K clocked @4.8 GHz).

The HDD is good but I would have another one just for FSX or have SSD(depends on budget).

Motherboard: good

Monitor: good

This what I run

 

Looks good!

Read a lot about them and seen a lot of videos, noise is enough to put me off, Blue has got nearly the exact same specs anyway

 

Exactly!!! My WD Black is very very noisy. I ended up reinstalling FSX on my Samsung Spin Point and using the Black for back ups. Noisiest hard drive I have owned.

 

Regarding coolers, the Kraken X40 and X60 should be around soon. Eisberg not far away either.

Very, very similar to my specs (see profile). I would recommend at least an SSD for the OS for two reasons. 1) the boot times that SSDs offer are unparalleled 2) it always good to keep FSX and OS on separate physical drives.

 

If you can do an SSD for the OS and another for FSX that would be ideal.

 

As for a cooler I use the Corsair H100 and it is fantastic.

I must be lucky but i didnt find my WD Black noisy.

Thanks guys for the tips, I will further investigate the cooler options.

Regarding an SSD, I have already decided that initially I will not get one, however if sometime down the track I require one I can always buy it and put it in. I don't mind if booting takes 30 seconds compared to 10 seconds with an SSD, hehe

I must be lucky but i didnt find my WD Black noisy.

 

Who knows, maybe mine is faulty.

Ok guys, ordering all the parts tommorrow, this is my final initial set up-

 

ASrock Z77 Extreme4 motherboard, i7 3770K Ivy Bridge, Corsair H80 liquid CPU cooler, Gigabyte GTX 670 2gb, WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm HDD, Corsair 850W PSU, CoolerMaster HAF 912 mid tower case, ASUS VS248H 24" full hd monitor, and finally, Corsair Vengeance 16gb 1866mhz RAM (2x8gb)

 

Thanks for the help!

From reading a lot of articles lately I think the Sandy Bridge 2700K cpu has been shown to be a much better cpu for fsx. Better overclock, and it runs cooler. Hope this doesn't put any confusion into your decision on which parts to purchase, but I know I will be upgrading to the 2700K from an I7-860 based on what I have read. Good luck on the new system.