Nice set up and nice looking case too. The only thing I would change is the PSU to a Corsair HX750, or atleast a HX650.

 

The HX series are able to maintain a more stable voltage when overclocking.

 

Diego.

How about one big 1TB hardrive with 2 partitions? Might save you some money.

How about one big 1TB hardrive with 2 partitions? Might save you some money.

The problem with that is you still have the OS and FSX trying to read-write the same physical drive. The point of putting the OS on one physical drive and FSX on another is so that neither are fighting for control of the read/write head.  Creating partitions doesn't resolve that problem.  If you go with SSD's, many argue they don't have that same problem since there is not needle floating around looking for data and there it might make sense to just get one larger drive and partition it.

I just built a new system (for FS9, so stop giggling) with a 3570K, 16GB 1600MHz Ram (only ordered 8, but 16 arrived - heeeeeeey) and a 660TI. Got Win 7 on a 120GB SSD, FS9 on a 240GB SSD, and a 128GB SSD for other games (mostly C&C set and Crysis 1-3) with an old 500GB mechanical drive for 'stuff'. With a pretty enhanced FS9 (you name it, I've prob got it) I'm closing in on around 150-160GB, so for FSX I'd go a 240GB drive at least. I know the SSD doesn't really help FS, but damn the loading time is short (around 5-10 sec, vs close to 60 sec on my old system.

 

My advice is Windows on a 120GB SSD, and FS9/X on a 240GB (at least) SSD. Prices are dropping quickly, so maybe a 500GB SSD isn't out of your budget. Another good thing about SSDs is their power consumption, my Sandisk Extremes are rated at 1.6W max. Nice and cool.

 

Cheers, SLuggy

Thanks for all the suggestions chaps.  Assuming nobody spots a stupid part choice, I'll order this in the next day or 2.

 

 

PC Specialist (built and overclocked)

DABS (parts)

Case

Fractal Define R4 Black Pearl Quiet Mid-Tower Case

80

Overclocked CPU

Overclocked Intel® Core™i5-3570k (3.40GHz @ max 4.60GHz)

189

Motherboard

Asus® P8z77-V: Pci-E 3.0 Ready, Wifi, Sli, Crossfirex

150

Memory (RAM)

8gb Kingston Hyperx Beast Dual-Ddr3 2400mhz XMP (2x4gb KIT)

80

Graphics Card

2gb Nvidia Geforce Gtx 660

160

1^st Hard Disk

120gb Intel® 520 Series Ssd, Sata 6 Gb/S (Upto 550mb/Sr | 520mb/Sw)

121

2^nd Hard Disk

120gb Intel® 520 Series Ssd, Sata 6 Gb/S (Upto 550mb/Sr | 520mb/Sw)

121

3^rd Hard Disk

1tb Wd Caviar Black Wd1002faex, Sata 6 Gb/S, 64mb Cache (7200rpm)

69

Power Supply

Corsair 650w Enthusiast Series™ Tx650 V2-80 Plus® Bronze

80

Processor Cooling

Corsair H80i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler

78

Price

£1,152.00

1128

Maximum Req’d Power

409W

 

Edit: ignore the numbers on the left, they were put in my working doc to see what the cost would be if I bought the parts and built it myself.