7200 rpm vs 10,000 rpm

[shoumi]

Hi,

I am about to purchase a computer for fsx only, but need some ideas on the following.
I am plannning to get an I7 975 extreme system.

1. Is there much difference in FPS between a 7200 rpm HDD and a 10000 rpm HDD? Is 16MB better or 32 MB?

2. Is the ATI 5850 card good for hooking up 3 monitors for outside view (so that I won't need a Matrox TH2GO), and also displaying the Cockpit panel? They have eyefinity which boast 6 displays, as far as I can tell?

3. Is a PC3 10600 RAM good enough, or should I go for a PC3 1600 RAM?

Sorry guys, got a lot of questions squeezed in 1 post, lol, but I just need some feedback before finally purchasing the computer.

Taufeeq

[iwik]

Hi Taufeeq,
Take a look at this thread, offers plenty of good imfo.

http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=29041

rgds
les

[Sean Nixon]

Have you considered an SSD instead of a HDD?

[Skylane]

Has anyone got data about the reliability and lifecycle for SSD's yet for they are very expensive and most of 'm do not have very large capacity (< 80 Gb for the affordable ones)
Two Velociraptors (10,000rpm) in Raid0 would come near the speed on a SSD

regards, Nico