Midrange System for Flight Simulator X & FPS gaming

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capnbanks

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Hi guys,
I've done a bit of research myself but I know some of you know which components like each other etc. I'm looking to build a machine for primarily Flight Simulator X running third party addons. I also play Arma 2 and will play Arma 3. Budget is a flexible £600-900 but I'm not showing off on youtube so main considerations are that the programs run smooth and don't crash.
Here's what I've come up with. I would appreciate your advice.

(overclock cpu to 4.3ghz)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £199.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Superclocked 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency £173.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z11 Plus Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £56.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £49.99
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x Xigmatek Loki SD963 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1) £14.99
Total : £811.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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thanks honosuseri
Here is what I chose. What do you all think about my selection?

(same as first post)
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £199.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Superclocked 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency £173.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z11 Plus Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £56.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £49.99
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x Xigmatek Loki SD963 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1) £14.99
Total : £811.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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I was wondering why your better system was coming out cheaper than mine. Thanks, I will use some of your suggestions to upgrade my cheap parts, but what is an OEM intel chip compared to retail?
 
honosuseri, for £10 I'll go with retail, but will upgrade the heat sink anyway.

Hi Ethermaster, are you talking about Arma3? I heard FSX doesn't use the different features in the i7.
Does it really matter which make motherboard I get?
 
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