I'm in the process of looking for a new computer. I currently play MSFS at 1080p at medium settings and get 20-30 FPS, and 30 is pushing it lol. Although I'd likely to eventually upgrade to 1440p when it comes time to upgrade my monitor. 
I also typically live stream on Twitch while flying as some light video editing. 

A picture will be below but I went with the R7 7800X3D, I heard it was the best for MSFS in a few flight sim groups, and my budget was increased to accommodate the 4070 ti super as I heard that was better than the AMD GPUs for live streaming, 2x 16GB DDR5-6000 ADATA,  2x 1TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO 2280 NVME M.2 SSD, Enermax LIQMAX III ARGB 360 AIO, 750 Watt GAMDIAS Kratos M1 80+Bronze

Current System:
*Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI.
*Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0Ghz 4.2Ghz turbo.
*Memory: Vengeance DDR4 16GB (2x8) 3600Mhz.
*Storage: 500GB Samsung 850Evo SSD &
2 Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM HDD Black Edition.
*Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1080 FTW.
*Cooling: Corsair Hydro H55 liquid cooler &
2 Aero Cool DS 120mm Black Cooling Fan.
*Powerplant: Thermaltake Smart M750W

Looks fine, but be sure your memory sticks are "EXPO" standard and supported by the motherboard, personally I would skip the water cooler and the RGB stuff and put my money on a 850 W (Gold) power supply instead.

I would also go for a better PSU. Namely a beQuiet Straight Power 12. 

Looks great !!

Just a few things .. Pay attention to the timings. DDR 5 6000 is great but you also should be looking for CL 30 timings. And yes as @Ixoye stated. Your safest bet is getting EXPO rated memory. I would also suggest maybe upping the Power supply to 850 - GOLD. If you cant swing the upgrade in watts then at least get a GOLD 750 watt PSU.

The 4070 TI Super is the card that fits perfectly in that 1440P zone so you've nailed that selection as well.

I myself upgraded my PC core components this weekend (5900x to 7800 X3D) and its nice to see the sim being able to handle the large airports with AI almost to the max in ultra settings.

Enjoy your journey !

11 hours ago, Q400lover said:

I'm in the process of looking for a new computer. I currently play MSFS at 1080p at medium settings and get 20-30 FPS, and 30 is pushing it lol. Although I'd likely to eventually upgrade to 1440p when it comes time to upgrade my monitor. 
I also typically live stream on Twitch while flying as some light video editing. 

A picture will be below but I went with the R7 7800X3D, I heard it was the best for MSFS in a few flight sim groups, and my budget was increased to accommodate the 4070 ti super as I heard that was better than the AMD GPUs for live streaming, 2x 16GB DDR5-6000 ADATA,  2x 1TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO 2280 NVME M.2 SSD, Enermax LIQMAX III ARGB 360 AIO, 750 Watt GAMDIAS Kratos M1 80+Bronze

Current System:
*Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI.
*Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0Ghz 4.2Ghz turbo.
*Memory: Vengeance DDR4 16GB (2x8) 3600Mhz.
*Storage: 500GB Samsung 850Evo SSD &
2 Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM HDD Black Edition.
*Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1080 FTW.
*Cooling: Corsair Hydro H55 liquid cooler &
2 Aero Cool DS 120mm Black Cooling Fan.
*Powerplant: Thermaltake Smart M750W

I approve abosolutely every thing about your choices. Identical to what I would have done. A 4090 just costs too much for me. Everything you have is quality!

EDIT: But I agree a slightly larger power supply would enable newer GPU in say 3 years when the AM5 motherboard is at last going to be on it's last legs.

Edited July 15, 20241 yr by Fielder

11 hours ago, Fielder said:

I approve abosolutely every thing about your choices. Identical to what I would have done. A 4090 just costs too much for me. Everything you have is quality!

EDIT: But I agree a slightly larger power supply would enable newer GPU in say 3 years when the AM5 motherboard is at last going to be on it's last legs.

 

13 hours ago, Maxis said:

Looks great !!

Just a few things .. Pay attention to the timings. DDR 5 6000 is great but you also should be looking for CL 30 timings. And yes as @Ixoye stated. Your safest bet is getting EXPO rated memory. I would also suggest maybe upping the Power supply to 850 - GOLD. If you cant swing the upgrade in watts then at least get a GOLD 750 watt PSU.

The 4070 TI Super is the card that fits perfectly in that 1440P zone so you've nailed that selection as well.

I myself upgraded my PC core components this weekend (5900x to 7800 X3D) and its nice to see the sim being able to handle the large airports with AI almost to the max in ultra settings.

Enjoy your journey !

 

22 hours ago, Ixoye said:

Looks fine, but be sure your memory sticks are "EXPO" standard and supported by the motherboard, personally I would skip the water cooler and the RGB stuff and put my money on a 850 W (Gold) power supply instead.

thanks for the feedback, I've updated my build a bit, swapped out the PSU to the 850Watt EVGA SuperNOVA 80 Plus Gold, i also checked the ram and MB and they are EXPO rated and  and the rams CL30 so I'm good there.

 

one of the last thing I'm deciding on is one MVMe, or two, if i do one id probably go with the 2TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO 2280 NVME M.2 SSD, if i did two I'd do one 1TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO 2280 for the OS and sim and a second cheaper slower one for basic storage and stuff like navigraph etc. 

My current PC has 2.5 TBs of space, one 500 GB SSD that is my boot drive and misc stuff, its its got 170 GBs free, and two old mechanical 1 TB HDDs. One HDD holds MSFS and that's quite literally it HAS 700 GBs free, and the other holds misc flight sim stuff line navigraph, ACARS, and config apps like gsx, orbx, etc. along with steam, and some basic storage that has 775 GBs free.

Edited July 16, 20241 yr by Q400lover

If there are two slots, I would go with one RAM. Data seems to pile up faster than I predict. Good to have a slot open for when it does.

So for the Nvme I like to separate my OS drive from the Sim drive. So presently ive got

a 512GB NVME for the OS and a 1 TB nvme for the Sim. Now ... after almost 4 years and getting pretty much all world and city updates plus AIG AI/PMDG AC/ FENIX AC/ Inibuilds AC but no addon scenery i am over half of my 1 TB drive.

So. If you plan to use additional programs like MS Office / Photoshop and standard applications that will reside on the same drive as the OS. Then i would get the 1 tb as you stated. I would also get a 2 TB drive just for MSFS and its addons. You can use your older SSD from your old build as cold storage.

You can also create partitions on one NVME 🙂

4 hours ago, MySound said:

You can also create partitions on one NVME 🙂

Possibly more cost effective but not ideal in my opinion. Major applications (The main usually large program and related apps you purchased or built the PC for) i prefer to treat and recommend to be set in in a modular fashion. If your single NVME fails whatever you had divided up on your partitions and its contents are all gone because they were all on that one piece of hardware.

When everything is separate hardware wise its easier to diagnose the issue and replace. Example. Your OS nvme fails and your system wont boot you still have the sim data saved on the other working NVME and vice versa.

I would only recommend using one NVME and doing partitions if there is a cost restriction at the moment or there is a physical hardware limitation on your motherboard.

Edited July 17, 20241 yr by Maxis

On 7/17/2024 at 3:47 PM, MySound said:

You can also create partitions on one NVME

You will end up with one of the partitions filling up faster than expected while the other still has ample room. If you must have two drive letters to mentally organise things, you can assign a drive letter to a folder using the SUBST command. It is a much more flexible solution.

IMHO, the MSFS drive should be at least 2TB unless you are not going to add addons. I had to replace mine last year for a 4TB one and after 4 years of adding scenery and addons my MSFS installation takes up between 2.5 and 3TB of storage. For the OS drive you can use a smaller one, 256GB is plenty for just the OS but if you can afford it 512GB or 1TB are fine. These are fairly cheap these days.

Edited July 19, 20241 yr by orchestra_nl

18 hours ago, orchestra_nl said:

You will end up with one of the partitions filling up faster than expected while the other still has ample room. If you must have two drive letters to mentally organise things, you can assign a drive letter to a folder using the SUBST command. It is a much more flexible solution.

IMHO, the MSFS drive should be at least 2TB unless you are not going to add addons. I had to replace mine last year for a 4TB one and after 4 years of adding scenery and addons my MSFS installation takes up between 2.5 and 3TB of storage. For the OS drive you can use a smaller one, 256GB is plenty for just the OS but if you can afford it 512GB or 1TB are fine. These are fairly cheap these days.

You can also change partitions afterwards 😉

Basically you can do whatever you want on one SSD. Like you said. Create a folder and assign a drive letter. Or create a partion. Or 10 partitions. Or whatever. 

Edited July 20, 20241 yr by MySound

Thank you for all your help, I ended up buying from Newegg. a little overkill but ultimately cheaper. 
I also got a second 2TB MVMe that ill install.

Skytech Legacy Gaming PC, Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz, NVIDIA RTX 4080 Super, 16GB GDDR6X,DLSS 3, AI Enhancement Ready, 360mm AIO, 2TB Gen4 SSD, 64GB DDR5 5600 RGB, 1000W GOLD ATX 3.0, Wi-Fi.

I am planning a new system prior to MSFS2024 launch, and wish to replace my current Intel i9 based system for the latest i9. I am not comfortable to change to AMD Ryzen processors after all these years of Intel based systems. However, due to the ongoing issues with Intel high end processors I plan to wait until things are sorted before I buy.

On 7/22/2024 at 7:09 PM, Q400lover said:

Thank you for all your help, I ended up buying from Newegg. a little overkill but ultimately cheaper. 
I also got a second 2TB MVMe that ill install.

Skytech Legacy Gaming PC, Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz, NVIDIA RTX 4080 Super, 16GB GDDR6X,DLSS 3, AI Enhancement Ready, 360mm AIO, 2TB Gen4 SSD, 64GB DDR5 5600 RGB, 1000W GOLD ATX 3.0, Wi-Fi.

This build will last you quite a long time. AMD CPU/NVIDIA GPU is the way to go 

See you up there soon