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The board is a P8z77-v LX, and thanks for the tip about the graphics cards

Your suggestion of forgoing some GPU performance for RAM performance is interesting but I'm not sure whether the motherboard is compatible. I'll paste the specification detail below from the Asus website:- 4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 2400(O.C.)/2200(O.C.)/2133(O.C.)/2000(O.C.)/1866(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600/1333 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory Dual Channel Memory Architecture Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) * Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs. * Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists). Would 2400MHz RAM work on this board?

Thanks for all the advice In response to Dazz, the resolution is 1680x1050

Thanks for the quick response, would the graphics card cope with fsx and some graphics addons (like REX) or would I need a better card to get good fps?

I'm looking to upgrade my current 6 year old PC to one that can run fsx at a reasonable level without breaking the bank. I'm hoping to run fsx with a few addons such as pmdg 737 and REX, however as I have never built a PC with fsx in mind before I was hoping for some guidance/advice. The specification I'm planning is listed below: CPU: Intel i5-3570k Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V Memory: 8GB Kingston Hyper-X DDR3 1600MHz Graphics Card: 2GB GTX 650 Ti PSU: Corsair 650W I was hoping to overclock the CPU, (not to huge clock speeds just a boost) to get the most out of it for the price and was wondering whether investing in water cooling such as the H60 or H100 from Corsair is worth it as I am working towards the top of my budget already. So in essence two questions: What sort of performance could I expect out of this system for fsx with the addons listed? Is it worth purchasing water cooling systems, either single fan such as H60 or dual fan H100? Lastly if anybody has any suggestions on how to save some money on this system without hurting the performance of fsx too badly they would be much appreciated as I am fairly new to building computers for fsx Thank you very very much in advance. :help: :smile: