Looking to hear from some other tech's on this site.I've been into Flight Simulator since the fs98 days, and have had them all.. I know what it took to get FS9 running smoothly with my current system which is outdated now..I can't run FSX at all so I am ready to retire my current rig and start building a new one. My dilemma comes that I will be buying piece by piece untill I get what I want as I cannot afford to buy it all at once. I have read numourous posts here and most seem to say stay away from AMD and go with the Intel i7 920 processor. My local computer store here in Nova Scotia stocks the 2.66Ghz 920. How do I know if this is "Stepping D0" which most people recommend? Here is the link;http://www.robotnik.com/product.php?produc...=206&page=1Now the motherboard, I have 3 options here and this seems to be an OKAY set up, so what do you think of this?http://www.robotnik.com/product.php?produc...=207&page=1Now for the RAM, I have a couple options but I'm not sure.. This one looks decent.. not sure if I need somthing this fancy or not.http://www.robotnik.com/product.php?produc...=208&page=1For the video card... Here is the GTX280 they have listed.. The GTX295 is 2x the price..http://www.robotnik.com/product.php?produc...=180&page=1I already have a 500GB Sata HD.... and I can pick up a 750watt power supply and a new case at another store for around $175.. This should get me a decent system that I can overclock with good air cooling?Thanks for any input.. try to keep it simple as I've just recent gotten back into looking at computer hardware, things are alot different from 3 years ago so it is a whole new re-learning process.Cheers,Shane
