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Successfully reinstalled. Thanks for your help.

Thanks Rendi I found the link you gave me after my initial post and looked for all the folders to delete and couldn't find any of them. Turns out (I'm new to Windows 7) that I have been able to uninstall FSX - yep, I know . . . . ! There's just one add on left that I can't remove, says can't find 'initialisation file' which would have been on the failed HDD I suppose. I'll try a fresh install now. John

Hi Don't think this is a hardware related issue, but more about a reinstall. I've looked at various old posts, but can't find one that answers this specific issue: New build with an i7-3770 and new HDDs Separate HHD for FSX FSX HDD failed first time I tried to fly Couldn't do a full uninstall as FSX wasn't listed New HHD is now in place and FSX was 'repaired' when I put the discs in, but didn't run. New HDD now reformatted and empty & waiting . . . The question is: I think I should have cleaned out the C drive of anything FSX related, but I don't know how to do it or what I'm looking for. Help would be much appreciated. Thanks John

Thanks Manny. Sounds like IB then. The bundles I am looking at are OC ed to 4.4GHz. Will have with 1600 RAM for the moment; this can be easily changed in the future. I will be running a single monitor initially; good to hear current card will give decent frame rate returns. Two more questions: PSU - I currently have a Cooler Master 600W supply that is 5+ years old. Should I change it and, if so, to what? Again I have to bear in mind my limited budget. Case: how many fans would you advise? Perhaps my choice of CPU should be the i5 3570k; it should run cooler than the i7 3770k. Thanks John

Hi everyone, just joined the forum. Interested in this thread as I want to update, though I am, initially, on a much tighter budget than Cowboy. I thought an i7 3770k was the way to go, but after reading other threads I'm not sure . . . i5 or i7 . . . SB or IB? I've read countless reviews, opinions, benchmarks etc over the past month and I still can't really come down one side or the other. After being quite sure I had found the answer last night, now I'm really not sure! I've never overclocked anything so an overclocked bundle would seem sensible, but which one? I will only use it for FSX, no other demanding games. Getting the best frame rates I can so that I can move sliders much further to the right than I can with my current Q6600. I want everything to look as good as I can get it from the modest amount I can currently afford (my GTX 550Ti will have to do for the time being). I know all of these will be a vast improvement, but, looking to the future, what would others recommend: i7 3770k, i5 3570k i7 2600k i5 2500k all with an Asus P8Z77-P LX (has 2 PCI 3 slots) & 8GB 1600 RAM. There isn't a huge difference in price so it is really down to performance and being future proofed. One other question that I'm confused about: does FSX benefit from hyperthreading? Any help would be great. Thanks John