Another "Check this build" thread

[CSMonkeh]

Think I posted this a while ago but the person who this build was for went to work in Spain........and now hes back.
This really is kinda geared for playing flight sims and ideally a budget of £800.
Heres what I came up with:
- MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £219.98
- Asus Crosshair IV Formula AMD 890FX (Socket AM3/AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99
- AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 555 3.20GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £69.98
- Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £62.39
- Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Certified Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXV2) £59.99
- Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £59.99
- Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £38.99
- Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £33.98
- Akasa AK-FN059 120mm Ultra Quiet Viper Cool Fan - 3/4 Pin £13.99
- IC Diamond 24-Carat Thermal Compound (4.8g) £12.98

Including shipping and delivery that comes to: £797.26

Any thoughts/feedback for improvement?

Cheers

 

[CSMonkeh]

Looks good but it might be better to go down the intel route with a i5 2500k and perhaps downgrade the GPU instead?

Aside from my current system (long story) i've always had AMD, don't know too much about Intel. For example, whats the difference between the P67, H67 and Z68 chipsets???)
As for the GPU, mainly future-proofing (hes also eagerly awaiting BF3) and also flight sims seem to be SOOO graphics heavy!

 

[CSMonkeh]

Good shout that! lol was gonna donate one of my optical drives but just looked and haven't got one. Oops
Yeah, looks good think we'll go with that.
Many thanks