Thanks very much for the replies.
From your suggestions I think I will switch the 920 D0 for a 930 D0 then. The reason for going with 920 over 930 in the first place was because I read some posts by NickN (sadly I never got to meet them), from his and other peoples posts here is where I drew up the specs from.
I had also been reading that the 920 overclocks aswell if not better than the 930? As I will be wanting to OC to somewhere above 3 GHz.
As for the PSU I took your advice and looked at the ones you suggested and I think I will go with the Corsair HX-650.
Thanks for pointing the HSF out, again I will adjust the specs to replace the other one with the Venomous X.
I took a look at the Thermalright fans and I think I would get either the 1300 or 1600 RPM one as the 2000 RPM looks a bit loud.
Should I buy two fans and have a push and pull system? One on each side, or just one either pushing or pulling?
As for the graphics card, again I chose that based on NickN's advice because of this post:
Quote:Because Ati cards are designed for shader driver rendering engines and FS9/FSX is a old school triangle rendering engine that requires a video core which is targeted at CPU bound render code which Nvidia still caters too.
and if anyone here wants to tell me ATi runs FS9/FSX better or equal to Nvidia under equal weather conditions and high load payware aircraft then that tells me they are clueless from the neck, up when it comes to hardware technology
You guys are welcome to use what you want but dont EVER post I am some kind of fanboy freak.. What I post comes from 45 years of being a lead engineer in the aerospace industry and if you think you can argue tech and CS with someone who designed and specified data systems for the Space Shuttle guidance controls.. bring it on
The day ATi releases a card that runs head-to-head with Nvidia for equal result, or better, is the day I will begin to suggest their use for MSFS.
That has not been true since 2005 and the ATi 800 series just before Nvidia whoomped them with the G70
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the 5870 is the first ATI card since the x800xt to come close in matching Nvidia
Its a good card for both FSX and other games that take advantage of shader render code
but none the less, you still need to feed that card. You cant put a card like that in a slower CPU/memory system and expect it will run better.
If its a clocked modern AMD or C2/Q system then that card will perform just like the 285 however my tests still show it has some minor issues in compare to the 285 with weather and heavy hitting VC cockpits
If you like ATi and you want to use it for MSFS, it would be the first ATi card I could suggest for MSFS in a long time
That and I cant seem to find many 5850 or 5870's in stock (aswell as GTX 285's, the only one I can find now is an XFX one from amazon.co.uk) is why I went for the GTX 285.
I dont think I would be able to wait for or afford a GTX 480, especially if...
... I went for the Western Digital Velociraptor 300 GB harddrive as that would add about £160 to the build cost which is currently ~£1400.
Although I would really like the GTX 480 and/or the Velociraptor, they will be optional extras if you see what I mean.
It will come down to if I have the money (As I will probably need to buy about £100-£200's worth of addons for FSX (UTX and such).
I will update my original post with the revised specs. I would still love to hear about the ati cards instead of nvidia as I would like to get the best for my money
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Thanks again!
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