New PC for Flight Sim

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jgrain

Member
Hello all, I currently use a laptop(Gaming spec) for Xplane and soon to move to Microsoft flight sim. I want to upgrade to desk top but really confused on what to configure. I have done a configuration however I'm no expert. Would you guys give me your comments?
Many thanks
Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL 215 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor i7-11700KF (3.6GHz) 16MB Cache
Get Humankind & Crysis Trilogy with select Intel® Core™ Processors
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z590 UD AC (LGA1200, USB 3.2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX, Wi-Fi) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
512GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 450MB/W)
2nd Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 150 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
LED Lighting
2x 50cm Blue LED Strip
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NOT REQUIRED
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
 
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Steveyg

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jgrain said:
Budget £1600, currently have one Samsung curved HDMI monitor will hopefully be moving to three HDMI
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Do you know the make and model of the monitor? We are looking for screen resolution and refresh rate so we can pair it with a GPU
 
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jgrain

Member
Currently Samsung ; Model:C27F398FWU. Ok for me now, how ever I will be increasing to maybe three HDMI monitors to simulate the cockpit
 
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Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
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I don't think you would be able to get the level of experience you would be after on that budget unfortunately. Even just driving a single 1080p screen at reasonable refresh and settings is going to take a 3060ti. To get into the triple monitor setup you're looking at the 3070Ti.... and this is just to get a decent experience. Ideally you would want the 3080 to make the most of it all.

With that being said I think a super ultrawide is a better option for FS2020.

Regardless of which avenue you go down, the only viable CPU option is the 5800X (I would personally consider the 5900X to be the better all round fit though).
 
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jgrain

Member
To be honest, my work station has just been up graded I have a huge curved del Monitor I'm thinking this will do the trick.
Do you think the graphics card I'm looking at is ok 12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP for flight sim and this type of monitor one large curved model? also CPU intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor i7-11700KF (3.6GHz) 16MB Cache
AMD? Intel?
Blimey
 
Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
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You've not stated the specs of the monitor. Anytime you refer to a different monitor for comparison we need to know what the specs would be as this is what would be driven by the GPU for gaming (for the most part).

I wouldn't recommend Intel for anything right now. AMD is the way to go for sure.
 
3qtrsamericano

3qtrsamericano

Bright Spark
This is my current spec. (don't ask how much....I stopped counting a while back! :ROFLMAO: ) and this is to play Microsoft Flight Sim...

CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 500D SE CASE
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING WIFI (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
1TB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 5000MB/W) CORSAIR
1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler

I blame @Scott for most of these upgrades and emptying out my bank balance!

To be paired with AOC - CU34G2X/BK Quad HD 34" Curved VA Gaming Monitor which I've literally just ordered.
 
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