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Ah excellent, thanks for that piece of information Word Not Allowed. I didn't know that. I have seen several videos on Youtube of people running FSX with triple monitor setups, so it must be possible. But I need to read up on where the issues lie exactly. Thanks again for everybody's input. That was very helpful! :im Not Worthy:

Hey guys, thanks a lot for your quick feedback. About the PSU: I am considering upgrading to a triple monitor system sometime (have one 30" NEC 2560x1600 display right now) and thought it might be good to have the extra power in case I need one or two more of the same graphics cards to power those three 30" monitors in SLI mode. But I've read somewhere that SLI and FSX don't work well together. Any ideas on what the best hardware solution for 3x30" displays (Nvidia Surround) is? @SAAB340: I've read everywhere that you shouldn't use more than two RAM sticks for FSX because 4 sticks will put more strain on the chip that distributes the data to the RAM, thereby slowing FSX down. Does the presence of a mainboard with quad channel RAM change that? Cheers and thanks again Chris

Hello dear community! I am finally about to start my journey into the world of flight sims with a brand new FSX rig. I've read many guides and this is the setup I'm currently going for: CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K CPU cooler: Corsair H100 Mainboard: Asus Rampage IV Formula (will the Extreme help improve frame rates?) RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-2400 MHz CL 10-12-12-31 (I've read high speeds and not more than 2 sticks are best) GPU: Asus GTX 670 Direct CU II Top Case: Corsair Obsidian 800D or Cooler Master Cosmos II Ultra Tower (any pros or cons?) PSU: Corsair AX 1200 Gold HDD OS: WD Caviar Black 1TB (for other Games too) HDD FSX: WD Velociraptor 1TB Sound: Asus Xonar DX/XD OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit I intend to overclock the CPU as much as stably possible. Can you suggest any hardware changes that will improve my frame rates (short of an i7-3960X)? I plan to add a lot of add ons, so SSDs are too small (or too expensive) as FSX drives at the moment. From what I've read, an SSD for the OS will not improve frame rates. Thanks for any input and cheers from Switzerland :biggrin: Chris