DataHawk

I have a CM Storm Sniper, Its a great air cooled case for the price, Lots of room for running wires, Lots of air-flow. Some guys are switching out the stock fan controller for a touch fan controller like the those from Aero Cool or the Nxzt.The intel 980X and GTX480 are top level choices.The P6T is a solid choice, although it lacks usb3 and Sata6. ( That may or may not matter to you ) You may consider one of the P6X58D series or going with the P6T Deluxe V2 motherboardand later adding a card ike the Asus U3S6, the card would give you two additional usb3 ports and two sata6 ports.I agree with Dazz, go with 6Gb of ram Take the savings and invest a little more in the MoboCheersData

There are a number of reasons that you may want to have separate drives, , You may want to run your operating system on one drive your flight Sims on another drive and your mass storage on another separate drive. The first reason is performance.Having separate drives can allow you to select drives that best meet your needs. For example you could use a faster drive like a velociraptor or maybe even a solid state drive (SSD) for your operating system, another fast drive for your fight sims and then a mass storage drive for your music and general files. The second reason is isolation Some people like to isolate the operating system (OS) on a separate drive , They feel it will lessen the chance of the drive being corrupted because only files relating to the OS are stored on that drive and may allow them to reload the drive quickly should the OS crash. On new systems it's very popular to install your operating system on a solid state drive, SSD's are very fast and because the solid state drive has no moving parts there is less chance of failure. Same goes for your flight sims, If you install them on a SSD you can expect much faster load times and faster drive response. Because SSD's are expensive and generally have smaller storage capacities Many people will use a 40GB SSD like the Intel X25-V for the operating system and then a separate larger SSD for the flight sims, They will then use a third separate drive for mass storage, 1-2 terabyte drive are very popular for mass storage and are much less expensive than a SSD on per GB basis. If SSD' s are out of your budget or wont work on your system, then you may consider a drive like the 10,000rpm Western Digital VelociRaptor . The velociraptor is very fast and strikes a good balance between price, performance and storage. You should also note that there are exceptions to every rule and there are some very fast 2TB drives available. You will need to do your homework and determine what drive(s) will work on your system, what type of storage you need and what your budget will allow. Video for more about SSD vs Sata drive performance. Hope that helps Cheers Data

Great GTX 480 review by Hardware Canucks here

Hey Reinout, You may consider going with a motherboard that supports the i7 chipset, Flight sims are notoriously dependant on the Computer Processing Unit (CPU) By choosing a motherboard that supports an i7 cpu, like the Intel i7-930, later that would allow you (if you have the funds) to upgrade to CPU like a intel i7-980x. In terms of a motherboard for the i7-930, you could save some money and get a motherboard like the Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R. Its getting some great reviews and is feature packed for the price. You would have to check, but Im pretty sure that you could also use the ATI 5770 with your ATI 5750 in crossfire for a pixel boost for general use, Although I dont beleive that any flight sims support ATI's crossfire or Nvidias SLI . The ATI 5770 is a good mid ranged card, You probably want to use it with a 22 or 23" monitor. CheersData