Robo777

Thanks vortex and domae, after taking into account what you've both said, I have decided to order an i7-7700k. Even if I get max 25% boost in performence, it would still be a lot better than the position I'm in now. Should arrive in the next few days, once I've tried it out I will report back here to let you know how it goes. Thanks for putting in the time to share your knowledge, I really appriciate it.

Thanks very much zmak, I'll get reading.

zmak, have you overclocked your CPU? And if so how easy was this to do? My experience with computers is not extensive and I wouldn’t want to damage the machine.

Thanks domae001, great help. I’ll take this into account, have to have a think if this would be worth the price tag. Thanks for your help.

Hi everyone, I’m after some advice for my system running P3D v3 and 4. I have a good graphics card, GTX 1080, but my CPU is an Intel Core i5 7500. I like to fly airliners like the PMDG 777, 747 and FSLabs A320 and use payware airfields. No matter what I try with the settings I just can’t get the sim to run smoothly. It can get so bad that I can’t hand fly the aircraft as the FPS are incredibly low. I’ve been considering upgrading my CPU to an i7 7700k. I’m not very experienced with computers so if anyone with more knowledge could tell me if they think upgrading my CPU will help with performance I would be very grateful. Many thanks. Robo777.