Jayden wrote:Hi raddragon
From what I've heard on the forum, a core i7 wont give you much of an advantage over the i5, FSX will run just fine on both, personally I would go for an
i5 3570K and overclock.

Too late! I got my rig all built up in Sept 2012!
i7 3770, ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE, 8GB Ram Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600, GTX660 Ti, 1TB WD Black, Coolermaster HAF-XM, Coolermaster 750W PSU
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