I have some knowledge with Pc's but not enough im afraid.

My Pc is starting to slowly faulter and it is 5 years old. I want to move into the future so to speak so, Looking for opinions

on a new Pc. I don't want to build one, at my age it just gets frustrating. I have come across 2 set ups. I only fly FS 2024 and do regular computer stuff.

no hard core gaming and no VR.

But, i want to be somewhat future proof. so.....

1st set up,

• AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7GHz Processor
• MSI Pro X870-P WiFi
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7
• 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM
• 2TB Solid State Drive
• Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
• 5GbE LAN
• WiFi 7 802.11be
• Bluetooth 5.4
• 360mm AIO Cooler

2nd setup,

• Intel Core Ultra 9 285K 3.2GHz Processor
• MSI Pro Z890
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7
• 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM
• 2TB Solid State Drive
• Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
• 2.5GbE LAN
• WiFi 7
• Bluetooth 5.4
• Liquid 360 Cooler

Thanks for your opinions.

Edited May 25, 20251 yr by Ed_S_Pilot

I'd go with setup 1.  The massive memory cache on the AMD X3D CPUs is a game-changing big deal.

The 5070Ti is probably OK as long as you're not running resolutions above 1440p--if you are, the 16GB VRAM could be a limitation, but not a show-stopper.

In the interest of future-proofing (as much as anyone can meaningfully do that), I would also consider 64GB of RAM.

11 hours ago, Ed_S_Pilot said:

2TB Solid State Drive

 

What kind of SSD? SATA or NVME M.2? The later is quite affordable these days and the better option.

What are they offering for PSU?

Edited May 25, 20251 yr by martin-w

22 minutes ago, martin-w said:

 

What kind of SSD? SATA or NVME M.2? The later is quite affordable these days and the better option.

What are they offering for PSU?

NVMe

 

750 watt

3 hours ago, Ed_S_Pilot said:

750 watt

 

750 is recommended by Nvidia. As long as its a quality make I have no issue with that. For future upgrades, though, it might be worth upping it a bit. Particularly as the additional cost shouldn't be that much. Graphics cards seem to be getting more power hungry again, rather than less. 

So after some careful consideration, Always had Intel, Time for a change,

 I hope it serves me well,

• AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 4.3GHz Processor
• MSI Mag X870E Tomahawk WiFi
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7
• 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM
• 2TB Solid State Drive NVMe
• Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
• 5G LAN
• WiFi 7 802.11be
• Bluetooth 5.4
• 360mm AIO Liquid Cooler
• 1050 Watt PSU

Wish me luck, Just got to set it up...

Thanks for the input,

 

Ed

Update....

Oh Boy!!!

Pc updated and ready to go!. Loading up FS2024.....

Edited May 26, 20251 yr by Ed_S_Pilot

After getting it all set up and some what dialed in, I am the proverbial Happy Camper! This thing is a beast!

For the first time in my life, I was always behind in the PC spec world for Flight sim, I feel as though now i am finally ahead of it for what i do.

It's my Bday this week, So i decided to go big. So glad i did.

 

Happy Flying!

Ed