My mainboard Gigabyte Aorus Ultra z390 just died, today.
I could replace it with another Z390 or get another one with Z490 ( CPU upgrade, as well)
Right now I have the I7 9700K@5 GHz OC
I do play mostly, flight simulators, and all the titles I play, are CPU “hungry”
Would it help if I upgrade to I9 10900K with Turbo 5,3 GHz or maybe some OC to 5,4?
Does the Z490 have some significant advantages over the Z390?
My GPU is RTX 3090 ( 4k is the resolution )
Did any here upgraded from I7 9700K to I9 10900k?
Any advices are welcome, guys.
Thank you
If you’re planning on replacing the system, then have a really good look at the new AMD Ryzen 5000 CPU’s. They’re as fast (if not faster) than intel with the IPC increase. You also don’t need to spend for a ‘K’ version and expensive motherboards to overclock.
To be honest though, I would just get a replacement motherboard and run what you’ve currently got. The upgrade will likely be marginal.
Put the cash you’ve saved away for the true next generation.
If i were you i will not change nothing, just buy a New motherboard,of course if you want it. You have good hardware and the sim fs2020 needs fix many things.
I have :
z390 aorus master
I9 9900ks
G.skill 3600 ddr4 Ram
Aorus 1660ti
Water Cooler system 240
Windows10 pro Workstation
My PC now has 1and 1/2 year and running at 4k in the sim.
“Put the cash you’ve saved away for the true next generation.” 
Or invest your saved money in upgrading your RAM to 64gb…
nah, 64 is complete overkill for MSFS
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