Please give your opinion on this system I am planning to get

[ThrottleUp]

Dear FTX friends please can you have a look at the specs of this ready-built PC and tell me if it will run FSX decently! The rig is customizable to a small degree and I have decided to go for the E8600 processor and a single HD4870 card along with a Antec 900 case.

Titan Edge Wolfdale

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-113-OK&groupid=43&catid=43&subcat=

Specs

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- Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 LGA775 'Wolfdale' "Overclocking E0 Stepping" 3.33GHz Overclocked to 4.00GHz

- Asus P5E-VM HDMI Intel G35 Micro-ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

- Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB)

- ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI

- Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache

- Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)

- Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU

- Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler

- Arctic Silver 5 Heatsink compound professionally hand installed by our technicians

[Wolter van der Spoel]

Hi ThrottleUp,

First thing I would change :

- Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 LGA775 'Wolfdale' "Overclocking E0 Stepping" 3.33GHz Overclocked to 4.00GHz get yourself a quadcore it runs fsX so much smoother than a dual core.

Second thing I would change :

- ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI read this => New GTX 260 with new driver leaves 4870 beaten and scarred

Third thing I would change :

- Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU better get a bit more overhead with the PSU 750~800 Watts, the now adays Vidcards are a wee bit hungry for power

[ThrottleUp]

Thanks Wolter for the useful information. Specially the GTX 260 bit! Reading that now! Also good idea on getting a more powerful PSU! Ok back to the customization screen!