[{HVY-E}Jinxx]

Thank you for the info, Jinxx!

The Nvidia card adds about 100€ to to price, but I can save that from the RAM and other parts.
After I have destroyed 3 nvidia cards I've thought that ATI might be a bit more reliable, but it may just have been the specific mobile geforce model.

I haven't seen any AMD bundles around and the i7 seems to be the best choise for games and specifically FSX.
I've watched some benchmarks and intel processors look like they're better for demanding games.
This model is also easily overclocked and it lowers the clocks in idle.

I found some DDR3 ram which was 16€/2Gb, that is about 40$ for 4Gb.

For the HDD all I did to just look at the RPM of it, I have had 5200rpm drives which are quite slow in loading and saving stuff.
I added a SSD drive there too, but I think 150$ is a bit too much for fast 64gigs.

What PSU would you recommend for such beast?


The case you pointed out looks to fit my needs better than the one I had on the list, thanks!

Cheers

I wouldn't worry about over-clocking at all. I'm a firm believer that if you can't do it with pure horsepower, you shouldn't be doing it.
Prices for AMD CPU's are so low that you don't need to over-clock to get the best. Look at the AMD 1100T x6 core.
Unlike Intel, AMD is a 'True' multi core processor. There are plenty of 'Bundles' out there, but for max performance I'd go with the 1100T ($229.00) and ASUS M4N98TD EVO Motherboard ($139.00).
Total cost is about $350.00, about the same price as an Intel i7 chip by itself.

The WD 1tb drives I'm now using are SATA 6 @ 7200rpm. They'll give just about any drive a run for their money and at $75.00/ea are a much better overall value.
SSD's will continue to get bigger and cheaper in the coming months though. Just like H/D's were back in the early 90's. I still remember when a 20mb H/D was right around $500.00 and that was considered the end-all be-all H/D of the day.

I'm currently using the Kingwin Mach-1 1200w modular PSU. Mainly because I'm running 2 GTX-295's in SLI.
As I said, your PSU needs will depend on what you eventually want to do. If 1 GPU is fine for you go with an 850w, right around $60.00.
If your eventual goal is to run SLI/Crossfire, then go with at least a 1000w PSU (ESPECIALLY if you're going to use SLI. Nvidia cards are VERY power hungry).

Incidentally, the Cool Master CM-690 is setup for liquid cooling if you should be so inclined.
Although I don't like liquid cooling.
Liquid + electricity = Bad Juujuu.

S!