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    installed as they tend to hog system resources.



I'll run Windows 7 64 Bit to take advantage of all the memory.

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.