i7 quad core and Raid 0 - whats the performance increase?

[DogTailRed2]

Yes, I was planning on having the O/S and FSX on the same disc. Will this slow FSX down?
I could go for a 120gb SSD and a 1tb Hard Disc. Put the O/S on the SSD and FSX on the Hard Disc?

[TSR2]

Win7 ( and Win8) treat the OS disk specially when it comes to security. Also the OS is constantly reading and wring from the disk. If you have FSX on a separate drive and you want to change the physical disk, its much much easier as the special security doesn't apply and you get the benefit of a dedicated disk specifically for reading FSX data on its own dedicated channel. Can I ask what size your FSX install is (including all the REX stuff and other addons)?

[DogTailRed2]

I've gone for 2 x 250gb SSD without RAID.
2 gb GFX card
i7 quad core 3.3gig overclocked 20% (so getting close to 4gig)
8gb 1800mkz mem (didn't do 2300mhz)
USB 3.0

Hope it works!

[TSR2]

That will absolutely fly!!!!

Just make sure you install your FS stuff on the second disk

Good luck and if you need any help just shout

[DogTailRed2]

Thanks for all your help :-)
Looking forward to my new setup arriving in a few weeks!

BTW I can break my RAID0 array by pressing CTRL+N during POST and just deleting the volume in case anyone else wanted to know how.
TTFN.

[TSR2]

You can break your RAID 0 array, but remember you'll loose any data on the drives

[DogTailRed2]

This is the spec I went for. Hoping to receive by end of next week if not sooner.

CAS: CoolerMaster Elite 430 Mid-Tower Gaming Case with Side Panel Window
CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE. (BLACK Colour)
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3820 Quad Core 3.60 GHz 10MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011 ***Overclockable XXX*** (overclocked to nearly 4)
CS_FAN: Maximum Case Cooling Fans for your selected case
EXPAN: Internal USB 3.0 4 Port Hub
FAN: Asetek 510LC / Xtremegear Liquid Cooling system w/ 120mm Radiator (Asetek CPU Water Cooling ***Overclockable XXX***)
HDD: 240 GB Corsair Force Series GT SATA III Gaming MLC Solid State Disk (Single Hard Drive)
HDD2: 240 GB Corsair Force Series GT SATA III Gaming MLC Solid State Disk (Single Hard Drive)
KEYBOARD: (Keyboard & Mouse Combo) Logitech MK120 USB Keyboard & Mouse Combo
MEMORY: 8GB (2x4GB) PC16000 DDR3/1800mhz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Dominator GT with Heat Spreader)
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 Chipset, 3-Way SLI / Crossfire supported, 4 Channel DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ 4 RAM slots, Dolby Home Theater 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 4 Gen3 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI ***Overclockable XXX***

NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT -- As standard on all PCs
OS: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional (64-bit Edition)
OVERCLOCK: S&S Overclocking (CPU Safe and Stable overclock: guaranteed min. 10%, max. 20%.)
POWERSUPPLY: 750 Watts Power Supplies (CoolerMaster 750Watt GX Bronze Gaming Power Supply, SLI / Crossfire ready)
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2GB 16X PCIe Video Card (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)

[DaveB]

Hen's teeth!! If my lights suddenly dim, I'll know you've powered up

ATB
DaveB

[gordon-in-aberdeen]

What he accidentally missed from the specs Dave is the industrial air-con unit needing installed in the room as well to stop the heat it'll give out setting fire to the curtains at the same time

[DogTailRed2]

What he accidentally missed from the specs Dave is the industrial air-con unit needing installed in the room as well to stop the heat it'll give out setting fire to the curtains at the same time

I'm hoping the fuel bill increase is offset by lower heating costs during winter :-)
I have to admit to being a little scared by the water cooling. Visions of water meeting heat, electrics resulting in an IT version of the Barham.