Upgrade Question

[mhoffman50]

I would like to upgrade my system to an i7.  However, after pricing it out the spousal unit said, and I quote, "Not until we get new carpet for the living and dining room and replace the bathroom cabinets."  :-/

So I thought that maybe I could do a mini-upgrade that would increase FSX performance enough until such time as I could do a real upgrade.  My current specs are:

Nvidia 680i MB
Core 2 duo 6600
2 gigs DDR2 800 RAM
8800GTS GPU

Would upgrading to the following have a wothwhile benefit:

Quad core Q9550
4 gigs ddr2 Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400

Thanks, in advance, for any feedback you may have.

[jime59]

"spousal unit"  

Looks like a nice upgrade to me since I've been thinking of upgrading to that exact CPU. You might consider some 1066 ram for possible future overclocking and possibly upping it to 3 or 4 gb. From what I've read it seems to be the ram speed of choice for this when their current board is rated for 800 but can handle 1066. I believe that MB you have should be able to handle them. :-/   Maybe some wiser heads can attest to this.