I posted this on another forum, but I wanted to get any feeback from here. I am looking to build a new FSX machine coming from an older build (couple of years ago). I was wanting to go as low as I could and this build is around $977 (Newegg) total, I would go lower if I could but not to sacrifice too much. I am looking for that sweet spot between medium and high with a lot of add-ons..... any feedback would help... Thanks in advance!
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) (Item #: N82E16819115072)
ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155 Intel Z77 (Item #: N82E16813131837)
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (Item #: N82E16820231488)
GIGABYTE GV-N66TWF2-2GD GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB (Item #: N82E16814125441)
Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s (Item #: N82E16822136533)
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X
COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 (Item #: N82E16811119233)
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W (Item #: N82E16817139020)
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Looks good. FSX is resource hungry. You should be able to adjust the graphic settings for quality performance.
I would get a good cooler for that CPU and overclock it as much as you can because FSX is very CPU dependent. My old i7-920 is overclocked to 4 Ghz and runs FSX pretty well with everything maxed out. Only at busier airports do I get slowdowns due to the MyTraffic AI that I'm running.
I too have a 660 Ti 2 GB card, but mine is an MSI card. Very happy with the 660 Ti.
I also have the exact same case as you picked out. You'll be very happy with that as well.