[{HVY-E}Jinxx]

Hi!

Just to remind, I am not buying a new computer until the one I have now stops working, then I have a really good reason to buy a new one

I've been looking for a new PC, mainly because I am frustrated with the low FPS of my FSX.
So far I've seen that the most suitable pc would be this:

ASUS P7P55D Mobo
Sapphire Radeon HD6950 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E
Transcend JetRam JM1333KLN-8GK 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) 1333MHz DDR3
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.4 GHz LGA1155 LGA1155 (propably overclocked to 4ghz or so)
Corsair CX600W
NZXT Lexa aluminium ATX-case
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
Samsung SH-S223L/BEBE 22x DVD+/-RW

That is about 1000€ (about 900€ after edit :roll: ) in Finland, I've seen many shops and all of them have the same prices.
If I ordered them from abroad they would cost just as much as these because VAT is 23% and then there is the toll.

Any thoughts?
With same setup except the GFX card being nVidia GTX 570 it runs FSX maxed out settings at about 40-60 FPS average.

EDIT: I just checked a thread on another forum, I could save about 80€ from RAM and about 50€ from case. Cool.

It's a nice system, but definitely swap the ATI for an Nvidia card.
You'll be much happier in the long run and the 5 series will be coming down within the next 4-6mos.

As far as ram, don't be drawn in by names. Ram is Ram.
Just make sure when you buy it, you get all the ram you want at the same time from the same place.
This ensures that you will most likely get ram from the same lot # and have the same CAS/Latency.
When you get your ram, you'll want to add some heat sinks to them. Don't worry about getting ram with heat sinks already installed unless you can get them fairly cheap.

All in all you shouldn't be paying more than $25.00-$30.00/gb for ram. (Not sure what that is in Euros).

You can save a bundle if you use and AMD CPU and MB. On average you can get the top of the line AMD CPU w/ MB for less than the price of an Intel i7.

Your H/D is a bit slow for today's rigs. I'd look for one with SATA 6 instead of SATA 3.
I have 2 WD 1tb SATA 6 drives that were only $75.00 US ea.

Power Supply.
Don't use the Corsair, it has been getting terrible reviews and is prone to capacitor failure.
You'll be much happier if you pony up the extra money and get an 850w - 1000w PSU.
This will ensure that you not only have the power you need now, but if you ever decide to go SLI, you'll be able to.

Last thing is the case.
You'd be much better off with something a bit more functional especially in the cooling relm.
I'd go with the Coolmaster CM-690. It's much more functional than the one you're looking at and about $30.00 less.

S!