Looks good, but I'd say 2 gigs of RAM at least.

cheers kat. u sinical bugger

if i can get that little more cash i will add anotehr 1gig stick. and then mb top that up to 3gig after xmas.(if MB will take it)

the OC can always be OC though whihc is a +

thanks for takeing the time to anser my question guys muchly appreciated

john

Don't buy.

Wait for DX10 compatible video cards.

That cpu is dated.

Get atleast 2 gigs of ram.

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So will any other PC he chooses to buy.

im not a purely dedicated FS player.
im a gamer who spends somewhere in the area of 30hours a week on other great titles. so this rig is not purely for FSX. but thanks for the advice fellas.

i have been pondering over whether to go duel core or not. and now im strongly going towards it.

cheers

john.

looking at priced 2day and the 7900GT i found for cheaper than the 7800 i was getting. had all the same stuff 256mb HDTV all that crap but was a higher end card for cheaper. so thought BARGAIN.

i am now going with a duel core. 2.4ghz AMD hopeing it will OverClock, if not 2.4ghz will do me for a year or so

if u think BF2 runs crap on 1gig of ram

i run it atm on


just rememberd. it sais i will have to do a bios upgrade for the processor to work properly. does that come with the processor or do i have to download ir from somewhere??
GeForce FX5500
AMD athlon 1700+pro (1.5ghz)
512mb ram

now that makes it run like crap. works tho...well kinda

My advice would be:

1) Get MS to tell you what they used.

2) Wait ! read reports etc.

3)  Go for as much raw processing power as you possibly can.

4) Go for as much RAM as the best boards support.

I would also suggest dual core processing, again sheer processing power is the key. See if you can stretch your wallet to a MAC quad G5, or one of the latest intel MAC's at top spec. MACs now run windows apps.

Cost is likely to be the major factor.

Personally, I'll be going MAC later in the year purely for the power of these machines and the ability to break from MS when desired.

The cost will probably be around £2500+ As you can see this is an exceptional case, the average punter is locked into the same old cycle of upgrades. So my main advice is wait, wait and read ! This policy will get it right for you.

Jasper

*slow motion*

Noooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..................

Wait!!!!!!!!!!!!...........

*back to normal motion*

Don't get a new comp now!  Bad idea.  Like katahu said, it'll become outdated all too soon... ???

Wait for vista, DX10, and anything else DX10 compatible.  Besides if you wait, you'll have saved up more money!

Time sucks...  esp. when others are constantly working to make your current hardware suck...

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4000+ costs less than 3800 X2, at least in the US. 3700+ and 4000+ are rock bottom now. I would go with 4400+ instead of 4600+. It has more cache.

If you are building for FSX the best thing to do is wait.

BTW what's with the ASRock and 7800? Are you building an AGP machine? If you are going with AMD get an SLI board.

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Yes, they have.

I have a feeling this thread will be moved to the hardware forum.

Not really.
My X850XTPE is way older  than 6 months old and is still rated almost highend.
The only diferance is if you buy a a DX10 card it'll last: like 9800pros are still lower midrange and can play all games on above Medium settings.
If you buy DX9 now, it's like a Geforce 4, which were outdated quickly with the coming of DX9.

Flymo

At any point in time, whenever that may be, as and when you upgrade whatever hardware you choose will to some extent be outdated before you even have it out of the wrapper.

You cannot expect to lay claim to having the 'very latest' etc, it doesn't work that way because although you make your choice the manufacturers are certainly not standing still.

What IS important is that your hardware should suit YOUR current and anticipated needs. With things in a state of flux at the moment the general concensus seems to be 'wait and see'

There are some people around who can afford to try out differing systems, and are kind enough to let us know what works best.

Patience...is the right policy here.

Regards
Jasper

Couldn't have put it better myself

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Some suggestions:

Buy 2x1GB RAM. If you buy 4x512MB you can't run the RAM at the highest speed.

Instead of that 4600+ try to get the 4400+. It is a little cheaper and has double the cache and a better core.

Don't buy that ASRock board. ASRock are cheap boards and ULi chipsets suck. Get an SLI board. Even if you are not gonna use SLI right away. In the future when prices drop you may want to pick up another video card. Also, SLI boards have nForce chipsets.

Get a quality PSU. Generic PSU don't belong in high end systems. Here is a list of PSU brands, rated by quality:

http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?t=82666

Cheers

thanks guys.
ill look into the 4400+

however i was reading in computer shopper the other month that cache size only realy matters for media editing or something, and will not effect gameing performance that much?
lie or truth? (asking seriously)

and if you think branded PSU's make any kind of differance your a fool. its power. its a bog standard part of a computer. i 20quid PSU will do me fine. im not paying 80 of quid for a supposed better way of delivering 500w. their is only one way it can be supplied and thats the same way its done in any PSU.

o..k... im sorry but for me a PSU is a PSU. and from electronics and physics (AS) a capaciter is a fookin capaciter. if you believe in branded capaciters then, your loss. i have had a so called "generic" PSU for 3 years never blown no capacitors have gone or anything.
so im sticking with generic ones. and at least if a 20quid one blows im not haveing to fork out 80quid for so called branded capacitors and things.

on the CPU matter. i want to overclock my CPU when i get it. hopefully to a nice stable 2.6 or around their.

so which one would the majority of u take. the 4400+ or the 4600+, which one has the better OC capability, the MOBO is also very overcloackable as my mate has one and has overclocked his CPU from 2.0GHZ to 2.8GHZ.

You guys are making me weep! My motherboard won't accept 2 gBs of RAM!! And I've only (ONLY!!) got a 2 gHz processor!! I think I'll go play FS9; at least that runs great on my rig...

sob sob...