All,
Been playing DCS for a while, and am now looking to upgrade my rig for better performance. My current rig is:
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition 3.2GHz
ASUS M4A79XTD EVO
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6850 1GB
4GB RAM
I am looking at spending $500-650 on upgrading my rig. I've been an AMD fan for a while, but have no issues with going the Intel route as long as the price is right. I'm considering either the AMD FX-8350 or the i7 3770k. I know the i7-3770k outperforms the 8350, but is it work the $129 price diff? I could use that to buy some MFDs (already have a TM Warthog, TrackIR 5, and pro rudder pedals). Will most likely upgrade the RAM up to 8 (unless you think 16 is safer). The video card is a little old, but I believe my current bottleneck is my CPU.
Thanks for any recommendations!