I7-3770k 1070 video to AMD 5600X worth it

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Hi All,

I want to get a bit more overhead for MSFS2020, so considering a mobo/cpu upgrade.

I have an AMD 5600X that I bought a while ago. Wondering if I should get a suitable mobo for the AMD? Or sell the 5600X and consider other options. I will be getting 32gigs ram to go with it. I don’t need to go overboard, just a noticable performance increase over what I have.

Will be running MSFS in 1080 only.

Current specs:

power supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2, 80+ GOLD 850W,

Summary
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 3770K @ 3.50GHz 53 °C
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 668MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8Z77-V PRO (LGA1155) 29 °C
Graphics
HP LA2306 (1920x1080@60Hz)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (EVGA) 40 °C
Storage
465GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB (SATA (SSD)) 34 °C
1863GB Samsung SSD 870 EVO 2TB (SATA (SSD)) 28 °C
1863GB Seagate ST2000DX001-1NS164 (SATA ) 32 °C

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It’s hard to say how much better the 5600X would be in MSFS as I couldn’t find any post-SU5 MSFS benchmarks for the i7 3770K to compare it with. Nonetheless, on raw specs on single core performance the 5600X should be at least 25%, possibly up to 50%, better in MSFS at 1080p, especially with newer and faster RAM.

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Until very recently, I was running on an even older i7 2700k with 16 onboard and a 1660 super and was getting 35 to 45 fps at quite reasonable settings too. (1440 27 inch and running the other 3 screens at 1080) There is life in your old bird yet.