April 19, 20206 yr Hey sim world, hope you're all staying healthy! Lockdown has me getting back hooked FS again after many years of neglect. I'm looking to do PC build for FSX and also future proofing for 2020.... there's only so much my poor 2.2ghz MBP fan can take :D Thoughts on this? Yet to decide but aiming for 4K system... There's too much choice out there! - CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor (£478.80 @ Amazon UK) - CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240R RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£81.48 @ Scan.co.uk) - Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£173.58 @ Aria PC) - Memory: Team T-Force Delta RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£147.47 @ Amazon UK) - Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£108.00 @ CCL Computers) - Video Card: Asus GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB Turbo EVO Video Card (£519.99 @ Box Limited) - Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB520 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (£70.23 @ Amazon UK) - Power Supply: SeaSonic 520 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£82.40 @ Alza) Would appreciate it if anyone could recommend cheaper units to still get the best out of FSX until 2020 release! Cheers :D Rog Strix X570-i Gaming | 3700x | 2070 Super | 32GB 3600 C16 | 500GB NVME M.2
April 19, 20206 yr Power supply... try 800 watts or better. And for storage I'd add a 2TB Hard drive in addition to the SSD. Otherwise you should be good to go. Dos Equis (MSFS) will eat up video ram, but may not be so picky about the speed of the card. If you are using a 1080p monitor setting, an AMD RX 580 (8GB) might be more than sufficient, and save you £300. If you are going 4K resolution, stick with the 2070.
April 19, 20206 yr if you intend on using P3DV5 which I would suggest from what I've seen so far you might want to look into a card with more VRAM. 750w on the power supply is totally fine if you do not intend to do a SLI setup. 5800X3D, 4090FE, 64GB DDR4 3600C16, Gigabyte X570S MB, EVO 970 M.2's, Alienware 3821DW and 2 22" monitors, Corsair RM1000x PSU, 360MM MSI MEG, MFG Crosswind, T16000M Stick, Boeing TCA Yoke/Throttle, Skalarki MCDU and FCU, Logitech Radio Panel/Switch Panel, Spad.Next
April 19, 20206 yr Author Amazing, cheers for the feedback both - Will look into those options! Rog Strix X570-i Gaming | 3700x | 2070 Super | 32GB 3600 C16 | 500GB NVME M.2
April 20, 20206 yr Don't bother with such a high wattage power supply, that's an urban legend. I have a 750W power supply in my water-cooled 9900k 2080 Ti system. Never even comes close to drawing that amount of power. Quality > quantity. Get an 80 Plus certified power supply from a reputable brand and you'll be fine. 2070 Super calls for a 550W power supply though, so I would recommend you step up to that. Seasonic is a great brand. Also don't buy a Radeon for flight sim, you'll be leaving performance on the table and just asking for trouble. AMD makes good hardware but their software is always playing catchup. An RX 580 will certainly save you money over a 2070 Super, but they're not in the same league performance wise. If you look around this forum you'll see the vast majority of users, including literally every user that has a clue about flight sim performance are all using Geforce GPUs.
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