Thanks for your very detailed responses. I suppose I am sticking with AMD because I have got used to it and using Catalyst. I know that Intel (mostly) perform better than the AMD but from what some of you are saying the 8120 or 8150 will run the program.
Now I have concerns about the graphics cards and Crossfire link up. I am not sure how this works technically and just assumed that the cards would share any processing and therefore enhance the output. It seems from your comments that CoD actually needs to know that it has linked cards and, at present, doesn't handle it very well? I will have to wait and see as I have already got the two cards (both are 2Gb).
As far as the Motherboard and Processor are concerned, the shop
(they are a good place and a few of my friends have used them for years) has got the stuff in for me but I will definitely share the comments and advice you have all given me with them to see what they think before I commit.
Still a minefield for me but I am a fast learner!
Also, I would like to run it without overclocking as the process worries me somewhat. Perhaps, once I am up and running with whatever rig I end up with I can post again about performance etc and, if need be, consult about specific overclocking if required?
Thanks again for advice and comment.
Tony D - Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 | AMD FX-8120 | MSI HD6970 | 8GB Corsair DDR-III 1866 | Win7 Pro 64-bit.
Your spec seems similar to what I am going to have:
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7 - AMD FX-8150 - VTX Radeon HD 6970 (2gb) x2 - 16Gb DDR3 RAM (not sure what manufacturer yet?) - Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit - Track IR5 - joystick (no pedals as yet)