sri777

Thanks guys. It's going to be a 2500k for me, specially after looking at FSX Mark11 results..One decision down. A couple more to go On the similar lines, i am thinking of getting an ASUS P8Z68-V PRO instead of P8Z68 Deluxe. Later seem to be more popular but the difference between the two (two LAN ports vs single for PRO) doesn't seem to matter,. What do you think?

Thanks. I understand i7 is a better chip by itself. But given the fact both chips can be overclocked with relative ease, and assuming you overclock them to the same speed, say 4.8 GHz, would i7 be still better?

Planning to build a new FSX system and surprised when i saw this review showing i5's gaming performance as almost identical if not better than i7 in some cases I know i7 with HT is good for video editing or office apps. But does it have an edge for gaming? If so, what is it's edge over i5-2500K particularly when both are overclocked to almost identical speeds? Also, btw, wondering which one the games listed on the above link is more similar to FSX?