PC Choosing Help!

[joshuan542]

Hello,
I need some help choosing the best System i play games such as;
Microsoft Flight Simulator X and/or 2004
Microsoft Flight (when released)
Railworks 2
Ship Simulator
and more....

CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K
CPU Cooler: NEW! Xigmatek HDT-S963
8GB RAM
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Motherboard: NEW! Gigabyte Z68A-D3
Memory: 8GB DDR3 1333mhz (2x 4GB)
Hard Drives: 1TB S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s
Second hard drive: NEW! 500GB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Graphics card: NEW! NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB
= £731.17

OR

CPU: NEW! Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.7Ghz
CPU Cooler: NEW! Xigmatek HDT-S963
8 GB RAM
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Motherboard: NEW! Gigabyte Z68A-D3
Hard Drives: NEW! 1TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Second hard drive: NEW! 500GB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB
= £735.58

 

[clarkjd]

I've heard that FSX is CPU bound, but I don't know if it takes advantage of hyperthreading. I would recommend the I5-2500K & 560Ti build.

 

[tacobravo]

I would go for the i7