Davschall

Depends on the games you play really but if dcs or arma are high on the list of games you play then intel is where you probably want to be for now. AMD is awesome price to performance especially in newer games. I know because I had an 8350 and my brother had a 4670k. I had a 7950 oced and he had a 7970 no oc(I sold my 7950 for more than his 7970 in the end lol) then we both got 290s. We sat next to each other for 2 years comparing fps in games, and there were only 4 games that he had significantly better fps: arma, dayz, skyrim, and dcs world. Now this wasnt always consistent but in critical times where you really need the frames the 4670k would definitely pull ahead. AMD takes a bit of work sometimes to get the best out of it but Im a tinkerer so its not as if I wouldn't have oced it anyway. In games like crysis 3, far cry 3, far cry 4, BF4 basically any game that isnt shite for optimization it is a great option. Single threaded and single core intensive games and it starts to lag behind. IF you had an AM3+ mobo still Id say just get an FX series chip. Seeing as how you want to upgrade AND need a new mobo, its easier to say intel. I loved AMD and will always buy their GPU's, but depending on your budget a 4690k will be a huge upgrade. I mean I launched DCS yesterday and getting 55-80 fps on the ground is huge especially with headtracking and landing is amazing without 15 fps lag city. In answer to your question an 8350 will be a large improvement over your 965 even in single core, especially stock vs stock. For 50 bucks moreish a 4690k will be an improvement in GAMES such as dcs world and ARMA 2/3. But that 50 bucks also can go towards a great ocing mobo. These are US price estimations unfortunately. The principle is: if you're like me and you play only dcs or arma 3 then intel is kinda the way to go. But yea 1-5% increase is not at all true. I had my 965 be at 4.0 and still noticed an almost 15 frame improvement in arma 2 dayz, stock 8350. Good luck!!

I waffle because I enjoy the f-15 and Su-27 as they are, but sometimes I wish I could click something I see instead of remembering a keyboard command. Overall I dont think it would be the "end" of the series, simplified planes are a good way to introduce people to the series. I bought FC3 with no intention of buying any full clicky planes at that time, a week later I bought the A-10C (because I felt like I was missing out) and im buying the mig-21 this week. You could argue the SU-25T is that "intro plane" and I fly it a lot, but it doesnt give you that dogfightability the f-15 or su-27 give(obvs). Like I said I waffle, but I'd certainly buy and fly an FC4. As long is everything is 6 dof, 3d and AFM or PFM. Sometimes its nice to just hop in and push a few keys and fly away, but at the end of the day I knew I was getting into a study sim and enjoy every aspect of that. Plus its a nice feeling to say you can basically operate a real A-10C or (enter aircraft here). Im super psyched for the F/A-18 to come out because thats what I hope to fly (if I can) once I get out of school.

Ive been amd since I started building a few years ago, last monday I brought my 8350 (that Ive had for a year and a half) back to microcenter for a warranty return. Same as you, the main two games I play are arma 3 and dcs world, (I too was getting sick of crashing because of 15 fps when landing). When they gave me a $180 gift card, I decided to get the 4690k considering I can upgrade on the socket. I had to give up my prized gigabyte 990fxa that I overclocked my 965 BE to 4.0 ghz and my 8350 to 4.9. The biggest thing for me was one day when I was playing arma 3 with friends my bro was at work, I hosted the server on my comp and played on his, we both have the R9 290 he has a 4670k. I was getting 45-80 fps depending where I was in comparison to 15-45 fps. DCS world he hosted our server and we were both getting about 80 fps. With headtracking its fairly important to me to get good fps. This is long winded considering you made your choice, but posterity and all that lol. I will never give up on amd and will always run their GPU's. I would definitely have stayed with them if their new cpu was still AM3+, but as time wore on, it became increasingly clear that wasnt going to happen. Now with intel making the switch to DDR4 its obviously not financially viable. Hopefully Ill have the money to build an AM4 system as well because I realize that AMD needs support, because no one likes a monopoly, and thats pretty much what intel already has. Overall its been a good (though difficult) choice to switch to intel for sure but look forward to seeing if amd can become viable for single core gaming. Anyway good luck with the new computer!