Hi all,

 

 

I've been thinking of upgrading my current build to a 'Haswell' CPU, mainboard and 8 GB memory... 

 

 

My current build, is:

 

Core i7 920 2,66 Ghz @ 3,2 Ghz

ASUS Rampage II Extreme ROG X58 mainboard

3x2 GB 1600 Mhz Kingston Hyper-X RAM

XFX GTX 295 graphics-card

Samsung 840 Pro 128GB SSD as system disk (ONLY FOR WINDOWS).

 

I would upgrade, so my new build would be:

 

Core i5 4670 3,2 Ghz (<-- could select the K-version of the CPU for a little more)

ASUS Z87-K mainboard

Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz (4x2 GB) RAM

XFX GTX 295 graphics-card

Samsung 840 Pro 128GB SSD as system disk (ONLY FOR WINDOWS).

 

 

I haven't so far, been able to find any direct comparison between a Core i7 920 and a Core i5 4670 CPU. What performance difference (if any?) would you think I would experience in FSX with such an upgrade? The GTX 295 is running FSX quite well... I have only 1 monitor, running at 1680x1050. Would a graphics upgrade do anything instead of the above CPU upgrade?

 

In short... what would be worth upgrading? If anything?

Thanks for all the help in here! 

15-20% @3.2ghz and if you take a K and OC to 4ghz 40%

15-20% @3.2ghz and if you take a K and OC to 4ghz 40%

 

If that number is in the ballpark, not sure its worth it, is a new MOBO needed?

You will need a 1150 socket MB (Z87) for Haswell.  This is a nice discussion of Haswell from an Intel rep.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylNT1Co-Q6k

Nehalem to Haswell is around 25% improvement in FSX with IPC alone. The 4670(K as well) is 3.4Ghz but will turbo to 3.6 in FSX at stock settings. So you are looking at around 40% over your current rig.

Thanks for the replies!  

Sounds like an upgrade could be worth it...