Your proposed config is fine, just go for 32GB RAM.  I am happy with 1080p also.. on a 27" monitor.

Edited July 17, 2025Jul 17 by Bert Pieke

31 minutes ago, MaximumN2 said:

Why is it so hard to accept that not every product is 100% perfect and does not work all the time ? 

No, what's hard to accept is people presenting completely unvalidated statements as fact.  

5 hours ago, MaximumN2 said:

Because I changed everything. I had a X870E Hero, X670E Extreme, and a MSI ITX X870E. Tried different RAM kits and so on. I deleted the rolling cache, bought an extra 4TB M.2 drive extra and only for the rolling cache, and much more. I really tried every single "solution," but nothing worked.

I had the Core 9 Ultra before, but I was a bit unhappy with the general performance (bought it at release). I had no issues with sound stuttering then. But when I switched to the 9800X3D, the stuttering began. I hoped the 9950X3D would fix it, but nope. So I went back to Intel with some nice CUDIMMs, delidded it, and now the performance is great; and the stutters are gone again.

So for me personally, and for many others, the problem seems to be AMD.

Are you using onboard system sound from MB or a discrete separate sound card?

If you still have the 9800X3D or 9950X3D maybe you could sell it to Christopher, now we know there is nothing wrong with them? 

@Christopher Low Do you have a ginger moustache?

17 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

Your proposed config is fine, just go for 32GB RAM.  I am happy with 1080p also.. on a 32" monitor.

I was thinking of 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM in 2x16GB sticks.

As for the moustache, I do not have one of them at all, but even if I did, it would not be ginger 

Edited July 17, 2025Jul 17 by Christopher Low

1 minute ago, Christopher Low said:

I was thinking of 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM in 2x16GB sticks.

If you can afford the margin, go for 64Gb for 2024 Chris, for future proofing.  I've had use cases where physical system RAM use went above 40Gb. (Caveat: at extreme settings in 4k)

2024 uses way more system RAM now versus prior releases of 2024.  You might consider 64Gb as it's cheap and will cut down on paging as well.  I have 24Gb of VRAM, and almost never see more than 14Gb in use now in the most complex areas w/ maxed out settings, whereas when I first installed 2024 saw as high as 19Gb frequently in areas where its 14Gb or less now.  This bums me out because it's clearly using more slower system ram, presumably done to help people w/ low VRAM amounts, Xbox, etc.

Edited July 17, 2025Jul 17 by Noel

Not to open another can of worms but I'm convinced that going from 32 to 64GB made a massive difference for me. I'd never put together a new PC with less than 64 now. 

17 minutes ago, Bigmack said:

Are you using onboard system sound from MB or a discrete separate sound card?

Doesn't matter. The sound in the sim will pop for like a second then continue as normal. No where else. To me this is a sim issue that i've noticed starting happening very occasionally since SU2 and it  appears to occur when the sim is under transient maximum load (Changing views in heavy airports/airliners for example). For me this stutter is so temporary (a second at most) that it has not been worth complaining about but i understand it could be something consistent for others.

If this occurred on any other application i was using i would give blaming the PC platform some credence but nope every other application that uses sound works flawlessly .. on the motherboard DAC or not (I have 4 sound options or (DACS) to choose from on my system 1 on board and 3 external all work fine.

 

But back to topic.. 

To the OP the specs look very good for your projected resolution. You should be good to go. 32GB of high quality ram is also more than adequate presently (1080p). 64GB is a nice to have. 

Edited July 17, 2025Jul 17 by Maxis

5 minutes ago, Noel said:

because it's clearly using more slower system ram

Is this a dangerous assumption... are you saying there is hard data to support a one for one swap as you outline, or is it more likely that they've simply optimised assets and LODs to reduce the VRAM required without actually palming it off to system RAM, because I'm not seeing a substantial increase in system RAM use? (I run TLOD 500 and OLOD 200 in 4k ultra)

Edited July 17, 2025Jul 17 by kevinfirth

5 hours ago, MaximumN2 said:

These chips are causing many problems with MSFS2024, such as sound stuttering and other issues.

My system runs MSFS smooth, but the sound stuttering was one of the reasons I went with XP12.  No sound stuttering at all in that sim (or any other game/sim I have).

17 minutes ago, kevinfirth said:

If you can afford the margin, go for 64Gb for 2024 Chris, for future proofing.  I've had use cases where physical system RAM use went above 40Gb. (Caveat: at extreme settings in 4k)

Skynet is a hungry beast  I will certainly consider 64GB, as memory seems to be one of the cheapest components in modern PCs.

Edited July 17, 2025Jul 17 by Christopher Low

1 minute ago, MrBitstFlyer said:

My system runs MSFS smooth, but the sound stuttering was one of the reasons I went with XP12.  No sound stuttering at all in that sim (or any other game/sim I have).

Sorry for your loss. 

13 minutes ago, St Mawgan said:

Not to open another can of worms but I'm convinced that going from 32 to 64GB made a massive difference for me. I'd never put together a new PC with less than 64 now. 

Mine did for sure.

I like to run ultra uber settings and at 1440p I was constantly paging out beyond my 32GB ram.

64 has made a huge difference especially when I run addons.