No, it is not worth to make such a "small" change. The G3460 is also a dual core CPU and running basically at the same clock speeds as yours do now. If I remember correctly, you can overclock the G3460 pretty well, but honestly, I would not go for a pure dual core without HT anymore, no matter how cheap it is.

 

In my eyes, the cheapest possible upgrade option you have is: an Intel i3-6100 (comes with HT), a decent H110/B150 motherboard that offers you the connectors you want plus 2x4GB DDR4 2133MHz RAM plus the SSD you already mentioned. Below, I would never go, it won't be an upgrade for FSX then...

 

If you can afford it, replacing the i3 with an i5-6400 would be the next step up, the i5 offers less clock speed per core but four real cores. For FSX, the i3 might even be better, for P3D the i5 would be the choice.

 

Another step up would then be the i5-6600K together with a Z170 motherboard and a good air cooling solution. This would allow you to go up beyond 4.0GHz per core. But I guess this is then definitely beyond your budget...

Thanks a lot for your quick respond , with very important info for me!!! :smile:

If you go cheap G3258, the G3460 is not unlocked your stuck with bclk from 100-103 nothing .

G3258 is unlocked OC between 4.2-5.0 at 5ghz it performs like 2700k with same clock but slightly higher texture loadtimes.

But if you run FSX steam with not much addons it run nice.

Simply wrong. A G3258 will never perform like an 2700K, impossible. Even the i3-6100 running at stock clocks I mentioned is usually a lot faster compared to a G3258 running at 4.7GHz:

 

http://www.computerbase.de/2014-07/intel-pentium-g3258-anniversary-uebertakten-test/2/

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8232/overclockable-pentium-anniversary-edition-review-the-intel-pentium-g3258-ae

http://techreport.com/review/26735/overclocking-intel-pentium-g3258-anniversary-edition-processor/3

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/pentium_20th_anniversary_series_g3258_processor_review,9.html

Simply wrong? read what i state do your homework first.

 

http://www.avsim.com/topic/329116-fsxmark11/page-46#entry3065349

 

have test a lot of cpus in FSMark11 from 2700k,3770k,4670k,6700k,5960x and lot more.

Ok, it was me that was simply wrong in regard to FSX, I have to apologize. Seems to be pretty decent for FSX regarding FSMark11. However, I have no experience with this benchmark and I can not say if the results of the benchmark is representative of what you see inside FSX, this you certainly now better. Why I have my doubts: you get an min. FPS of 30.7, max. FPS of 67.0 and an average FPS of 50. Compared to an i7-6700K runnning at 4.5GHz that gets a min. FPS of 39.0, max. FPS of 74.0 and an average of 54.2. Are you really sure that you can apply the FSMark11 results to reality? I guess this is only valid for a FSX installation without a single addon, no? Strange...

 

Anyway, in most other scenarios, the i3 would remain the better pick, and even in your FSMark11, it is not a lot worse compared to a G3258, considering the fact that it was running with 1GHz lower clockspeed compared to your G3258 run: http://www.avsim.com/topic/329116-fsxmark11/page-50#entry3376271 (also considering that this guy was using a AMD R7 270...)

If you look at spreadsheet all SandyBridge 4.8-5.2 have a min fps of approx 29-31 fps.

Its the Ipc of the Skylake that shine, fsmark 11 is CPU bound with modern gpu.s

A 2700k at 5.4ghz is cpubound with a 580 but a +4.5 6700k is GPU bound with the 580.

The G3258 is a Haswell better Ipc than a Sandy , the G3248 run the main Tread in FSX faster.

The texture load time is not as fast as an I5 or I7.

6700k at 5.0ghz is close to GPU bound in FSMark11 with a 980 you need 980ti to be CPU bound

 

Its relevant in realworld FSX , look back all the most have standard CPU.s ar all the fastest in FSXMark11

2600k 2700k, 3770k, 4770k 4790k and the 6700k the only strange thing is 3960x 4960x 5960x very few results no one with a 1000usd CPU want to publish a worse result tha the little brother.