Guess it's time to slooowly start thinking about switching to win7 (especially due to the upcoming ie9) and a new system.
As I don't like the whine and noise of the PC fans, even my present PC is already almost a silent system with heatpipes and slow rotating fans.
After looking at a few companies the following questions remain.
Due to the heatpipe cooling I think that OC the CPU and/or GPU is out of question.
My old core 2 duo E6850 runs at the default 3.00GHz so switching to an i7 with 2.8GHz doesn't make much sense.
Guess going for the i7-960 with 3.2GHz is best ? (as everything else is too expensive).
Are 6GB RAM enough, or are 12GB significantly enhancing win7/FSX.
For the GPU only rather 'slow' ones are available due to the fact that they need to be passive cooled.
The Radeon 5750 or 5770 or the GT220?
However, any of these will be better suited for FSX / Win7 than my GeForce 8800GTS
Mainboard either the GA-X58A-UD7 or the P6X58D-E ?
With the rather low powered GPU, 550W should be enough or even 450W? No need to go for 750 I assume.
Last but not least the SSD question. Either from Super Talent, Intel or Corsair.
Thanx guys in advance for your help
Best regards
Bernt
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