Hey all. Hope everyone is doing well.

I am just about to get a new system as mine has probably breathed its last breath. I used to run fs9 but would really like to upgrade to FSX.

Now i am aware of the sticky post at the top of the hardware forum and of some of the other posts around the place which i have seen but as of yet haven't found the question i would like to ask, but please tell me if i'm wrong and point me to where i should be.

If i was to build my own new system in order to run fsx on not necessarily maxed out but pretty high and get acceptable frames, what kind of specs would i need to be looking for? I personally am not a computer whiz in any way, shape or form, but one of my best mates knows a thing or two and built his own but does not know the kind of specs that FSX would require.

So if anyone could help me out by listing the kind of level equipment i should be looking at and a price range i would be very grateful!  Oh and a student as i am, im always looking for a bargain!  

Cheers
Danny

Im much more of a commercial flier in and out of the big cities with various different aircraft. As far as frames go, ive been used to more like 10 when in bus areas with lots of traffic, before getting obviously higher frames as i move into the main of the flight.

So the ability to get 10 frames with large amounts of ai, with good sceneries and aircraft with FS set at high is the kind of think im looking for...

Obviously thats going to require higher quality kit, but what kind of spec kit am i looking at?

wow that was a lot of tech stuff.

Basically what im asking for is a basic idea of what kind of specs im going to need, how much ram, what type of video card, processor etc if i want to run fsx at a high or med-high level. And as a bi-product of that how much it might cost me.

how much did yours cost for example?

Danny