Av8ing1

I like building up computers. Its fun planning out the parts lists and choosing exactly the components you want. Assembly is really fairly simple and there are a lot of guides out there. Its the software installation and troubleshooting that can be the most frustrating if things go wrong. I say go for it if you have any interest. You can enjoy picking exactly the case, the fans, the lighting, the CPU cooler,... its all custom and you built it. If you do explore this, I'd recommend pcpartpicker.com to help with picking compatible components.

I like building up computers. Its fun planning out the parts lists and choosing exactly the components you want. Assembly is really fairly simple and there are a lot of guides out there. Its the software installation and troubleshooting that can be the most frustrating if things go wrong. I say go for it if you have any interest. You can enjoy picking exactly the case, the fans, the lighting, the CPU cooler,... its all custom and you built it. If you do explore this, I'd recommend pcpartpicker.com to help with picking compatible components.

The cost will be nothing compared to the PC, Graphix card, monitor, rudder pedals, throttle quadrant, yoke......I have already invested in over the years. Day one, deluxe version purchase for sure.

1. Falcon 900LX 2. Falcon 8X 3. Falcon 2000LX 4. Gulfstream 650 5. Gulfstream 550 Business jets are sexier, better and more capable. Where are they!! I like airliners but they are slow cattle haulers. We need some classy rides worth the time of discerning simmers.

I don't run heavy productivity task with mine. It does all normal things with no issue. I think if you need serious productivity power a non X3D with higher core count would be better. Or you could go with the 7950X3D but this gets more complicated with the duel chiplets situation. It sounds like the drivers for core parking are more mature so might not be a problem and make for a CPU well suited for both sim and productivity tasks.

I was an Intel user for many years as I saw the CPUs as solid, reliable and less troublesome. Of late though Intel has lost its way. I think the AMD choices should seriously be considered. I built a 7800X3D machine paired with a 4090 recently and it does very well with MSFS. I think the CPU is the best choice for the sim at the moment. Enough cores and the extra cache just does an excellent job. The PC is rock solid, very fast and responsive and I have zero issues.

While I agree with the posts in this thread that an integrated graphics situation is not enough for MSFS, it could be done. If you are willing to give up a lot of eye candy and run at 1080P. I prefer 4k with a 4090 but this guy seems to have made it work. Maybe MSFS 2024 being more cloud based will make this even more possible?

All I did was enable EXPO/XMP. The 7800X3D's performance at stock BIOS settings seems to be more than adequate.