I'm trying to put together a system for fs9 and fsx. I have got some good advice from some people here on were to start. However, building a rig myself for the first time seems overwhelming and confusing. I have been doing alot of research and seem to be getting lost and frustrated. Here is what I'm considering.

COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case
3.4GHz LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646I54670KCOOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
COOLER MASTER R4-MFJR-07FK-R1 200mm MegaFlow 200 Silent Fan
Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler
Crucial Ballistix 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model BLT2KIT4G3D1869DT1TX0
ASRock Z87 Extreme6 LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel MotherboardASRock Z87 Extreme6 LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Compatible with New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD256BW 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
EVGA 04G-P4-2766-KR GeForce GTX 760 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM

 

My main concern building it myself is not so much the build itself (only the CPU cooler concerns me- TIM), but getting everything to operate correctly once installed. Drivers, hardware problems, software problems, installing win7 and SSD correctly, BIOS configuration correct, OC'ng etc... I've checked the reviews on Newegg about mb and alot of people have these issues. Being a newbie, I wouldn't know where to begin. Any advice regarding the list and concerns I have would be greatly appreciated. If you think this is too much for me, I can always go with having one built for me. Thanks in advance. 

Sorry, accidently put the Cooler Master case twice.

Newegg has a pretty good 3 part series on how to build a PC. It's here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPIXAtNGGCw

 

Take a look, it should answer a lot of your questions. 

 

You can also Google "how to build a pc". You will get hundreds of hits. 

 

Do your research, ask questions then boldly go where you've never been before. 

 

May the force be with you.