Building a new pc
 

I really would like to start building my new pc, could anyone chime in that's running AMD Phenom 2 x4 955,965,970, I saw the Grunch was getting decent performance. Here's what's on my list:

AMD Phenom 2 x4 965 be,970
coolermaster 212 cpu cooler
Fuzion MOBO
8 gb ram 1600mhz
SSD
6970 2 gb GPU
WD 500gb HDD
Corsair 750 PSU(don't Know what I need to run 2 6970 gpu for the future?)
Win 7 Pro

I know patches are coming soon and with in 6 months this is going to be the best flight sim, any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks

Start off by going with a 2500k for your cpu. Check the benchmarks, it kills amd!

Dont do AMD, they are terrible. Cheap and crap. Get a intel i7 2700k. It destorys any AMD chip.

AMD is everything but not terrible. Awesome bang "for the buck", not everyone can afford an intel system. Btw. Bulldozers are due out in late June. ;)

Currently, Sandy Bridge chips walk over anything AMD has to offer. That is true. However, I haven't yet seen an i7 2700k CPU. :)

If you are referring to the i7 2600k vs- i5 2500k, then definitely save your money and go for the 2500k. HT is useless in games.

As for the GPU, AMD/ATI might be a better choice now due to more VRAM as this game seems to have a very strong appetite for it.

i'd go for a GTX570

For every other game out there - yes. However this is CoD.

Yeah dont listen to the intel fanbois nothing wrong with amd. What you list will be fine once the bugs are exterminated

Well the bold parts are the two bits that seem to be most important *at the moment*, and you've definitely made the right choices there. :) Emphasis on the fact that these particularly important parts might only be temporarily more important if changes are made to the way the engine works. Any more detail about which motherboard? You don't want something that you won't be able to upgrade later.

Just built one.. I would HIGHLY recommend you not go AMD and instead get the Intel i5 2500K and also get the MSI P67A GD65 motherboard Without EVER having to open the BIOS I was able to boot that up, press a single button on the motherboard..and automatically OC it to 4.2 GHz...

+1

Intel CPU's are used more often with game development due to the high power capacity compared to AMD. Think about it, if you don't tramp out on something as vital as a CPU, then it will last you that one extra year.

Also, I HIGHLY recommend an AIR Cooler. Noctua being one of THE best. It performs a lot better then the Corsairs and it is quieter/ cheaper and is even better then cheap water cool kits.