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Gentlemen (and some ladies I'm sure);

I have been lurking for some time on your forum, carefully reading various pieces of advice on FSX computer purchases. I decided I can no longer take my 12-15 FPS and must go higher. Much higher. I have specced the following system and am ready to push the "Buy it Now" button, but thought I would finally register and seek some feedback on my choices. In specific, what kind of frame rate I can expect with this system once built.


CPU: i7 960 Quad Core 3.20 (wil O/C)
RAM: G.Skill 6GB DDR3 CL6 1600
Video: Asus nVidia GTX 480
HDD 1:WD Velociraptor 450GB SATA3 6GB/S 10000RPM 32MB
HDD 2:WD WD20EARS Caviar Green 2TB SATA2
Mainboard: ASUS P6X58D-E X58
PSU: Thermaltake TRX-1000M 1000W
Optical: DVD-ROM

Any feedback, thoughts on performance, etc will be greatly appreciated. Incidentally, this machine will be absolutely dedicated to FSX. It will never surf the web or receive e-mail.

As such, I expect it will be behind a firewall but will not have antivirus

GTX 580 launches in a week. It's similar to the GTX 480, but 17% faster on average, and uses slightly less power. It may be a good idea to wait.

Also the Western Digital Green is designed for storage, so it's not the fastest drive. Samsung Spinpoint F3 is great.

also change the power supply to this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817139015

other than that you're good

I agree; the main downside to that is your 2nd HDD...

Remove the "Green" part.

If you can afford an SSD; get one of those for your C-Drive.