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  1. Hi! This is my first post here.

    I´ve been flightsimming since FS4 but now I have been out of this hobby for almost a year. I feel it is time to come back... (Thanks to the review of the DHC-6 Twin Otter X. After reading it I really wanted to be able to fly it!)

    Thank´s Mathijs for your post. It was really interesting and helpful. I´m looking for to buy new hard ware for FSX, and your post helped me lot. (I´m not any kind of expert when it comes to hard ware).

    There are some things I like to ask you, folks.

    CPU (250 / 150 euro)

    The brand and sockel is easy. It got to be a Intel chip in a 775 sockel. But after that things depend on what you got to spend and what sim you use. A Core 2 Quad Q9550 has 4 cores running at 2833 Mhz and will make mince meat of even the most demanding modern application. If you got a bit less to spend or only use FS2004 (keep in mind that sim will only use one core) you could go for a Core 2 Duo E8500 that has two cores running at 3166 Mhz and will be great for FS2004. Get the boxed version with the cooler if you just want to fly or get a better cooler if you want to over clock. These chips can handle at least another 300 Mh without any problem.

    Is it better to have a Core Quad or 3,0 GHz? My otions are CORE 2 QUAD Q9550 2.83GHz,CORE 2 DUO E8500 3.16GHZ and Core Duo 2 E6850 and I don´t know which one to choose.

    Graphics card (150 Euro)

    It does not happen often but for once it is easy to recommend a graphics card. Anything with a ATI Radeon HD4850 is smashing value for money.

    Why 4850, why not 4870? And to make things even more difficult, some say 9800GTX+ would be the best choice...

    OS (100 euro)

    Officially you don't have an option anymore as Windows XP is not sold any more. But you can still get it and if FS is REAL important it should be your choice. Vista is fine though (with 4 Gb of mem) but under conditions you could have some problems. Vista 64 bits, sure why not, you get more usable memory.

    How much incompatibility issues I would have with the Vista 64?

    Anyone able/willing to give some answers???

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