Your advice please..

[gypsymoth]

I've been offered this pricey machine & will value opinions.
It will run FS9 & fraps with a possible upgrade to FSX at some stage.....

Corsair Obsidian 600T - Mesh Edition Case
Intel Core I7 960 3.20GHz Quad Core Processor
Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Asus Sabertooth Intel X58 Mainboard
Corsair Vengeance 6GB 1600MHz CAS8 Memory Kit
GeForce GTX 580 Graphics
OCZ Vertex 2E 240GB Solid State Hard Drive
OCZ Vertex 2E 240GB Solid State Hard Drive
22x DVD

[Slotback]

Those solid state drives will cost a FORTUNE. Get a single 120gb OCZ Vertex 3 or Agilit 3. IMHO, if that's not enough for FSX then a single 240gb SSD or a big 10,000rpm velociraptor HDD.

Change the processor to a Core i7 2600K, the motherboard to a ASUS P8P67 Pro (or better), RAM to 8gb DDR3-1600..

[gypsymoth]

Thanks.

[F35LightningII]

Change the processor to a Core i7 2600K

Get an i5-2500K instead of an i7-2600K. There will be no difference in performance and it will save you $100.

[gypsymoth]

Thanks....