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Opinions on this build, please
I'm looking at putting a new rig together. This is the first draft. I'm planning on getting back into Il-2 1946 and getting it patched up to date, but will it run CLOD, if I decide to go that route? How much room to grow is there in this? Any obvious bottlenecks or incompatibilities?
TIA
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570
Mobo: Asus P8Z77 LE Plus
Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Ram: Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 16 GB (2X8GB)
Vid Card: MSI GeForce GTX 660 Ti 3 GB
SSD: Crucial M4 128 GB
HDD: Western Digital Black 1TB
DVD-RW: Asus DRW-24 B3ST
Power: Corsair TX-750
Case: Zalman MS 800 Plus Mid ATX Tower
Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M65
Keyboard: Cyborg V7
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
Software: Office Home and student (although the fact that Outlook is not included is a concern. My isp's email runs off it)
Joystick: Saitek X-52
Any obvious wastes of money? Anywhere where a little more money might make a big difference? I have a little wiggle room in terms of budget.
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I'm no guru, but if Cliffs of Dover is on the agenda (or any other newish sim) I'd suggest at least 12 and preferably 16GB RAM. 8 is enough to run CloD, but doesn't really leave room for lots of planes in the air. As is should run IL2: 1946 with heaps of headroom.
For more in depth analysis you'll need to wait for someone who is a guru.
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Thanks Tully. Given the price of ram today, I think its worth spending the extra right away. I've made the change above.
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Onboard graphics should eat il2 alive (ought to run Black Death 30-100 FPS) , but if you want to run CloD , BoS or other recent games I'd recommend a dedicated GPU (AMD 78xx series/Nvidia 540 or higher)- that will also free up some of your onboard RAM. -OOPS didn't see the text in white -660 will rip it up! Getting a little jealous now 
http://systemrequirementslab.com/cyri
Cooling is a great choice -mine runs as cool as my water cooled system.
ASUS bios has some great features and easy OC function (got my PhenomII system up to 4.2ghz and stable.)
OS- a sensible choice (W8 is as popular as Vista re Avast demographics.)
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Edited out colour tags and changed to italic in the first post so that text can be read easily on new forum colour scheme.