Sound like it will be a beast of a PC once you've got it together.
and depending on the speed of the processor should run the applications you've listed very well.
Regarding the 8 core processor. At the moment you might find that having the extra 4 cores not much of an advantage. The developers of ROF and sequel to Il2 - Battle of Stalingrad (not to be released until 2014) have stated in their developers brief the following
Quote:
16) Will be improve support for multi-core processors in the new game engine? My computer has 6 cores, but ROF uses only 2.
No, the implementation of multi-core remains the same. The best would be a 4-core processor."
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http://forum.il2sturmovik.net/topic/...veloper-diary/
Now it is still early days and alot of things may change in the next year or so but as always the fall back for future proofing is "Bigger, Faster, More!"
As my pc runs COD reasonable well I personally have put off any major upgrades until the new sim is released (If I can be strong enough
and we have a clearer understanding of what the Hardware requirements will be.
But some time you do have to put your heels in and upgrade.
There you go Clear as mud!