I have a m17xr3 I use for FSX, most of the time I am fine running FSX, but after installing new scenery, and a buildup of tons of a/c over the years FSX really drags my system down especially over heavily populated areas.
My current spec is;
580m card, 16gb, 2630xm processor, 500gb 7200rpm raid 0.
I was weighing the options of upgrading to a newer processor and switching to ssd but figured I could use a new computer. Don't have a ton of money to throw at it, but I put together a computer online;
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4820K Quad-Core 3.70 GHz
HDD: 250GB Samsung 840 EVO Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD
MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/2133MHz Quad Channel
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I don't care about sli, and I know fsx likes nvidia, as well as high processor speeds and doesn't take advantage of multiple cores anyway, so I should be fine with this slower 4core.
Chief Captain