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elbyrneo

Hi,

I'm a huge Microsoft flight sim fan and new version being released next week.

With help of this forum I built my PC towards the end of 2017. I think it will be fine to run the game but wondering of there are obvious compatible upgrades that might make a good difference and if worth while.

Let's say 600 eur or so and happy to go 2nd hand.

Current spec:
CPU: Ryzen 5 1600
MOBO: ASUS PRIME AMD B350-Plus DDR4 AM4 ATX.
Gpu:Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 Graphics Card 6G Amp Edition
Ssd: crucial 240gb
HDD: Toshiba p300 3TB
Monitors: Acer 24" xf240h and 24" Acer cb242
Power supply bronze EVGA 450 BT 450W.
Case: Corsair 100r
Ram: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB DDR4 3200mhz RAM

Any obvious upgrades? Graphics card and 1440p monitor perhaps?

K.O.Kiki

Going by https://www.novatech.co.uk/blog/microsoft-flight-simulator-2020/

Add another 16Gb RAM (same speed/timings)
Bigger SSD.
And the best gaming GPU you can afford - I generally recommend MSI Gaming X models if the budget allows, as they seem to have the best-tested coolers.

450W PSU is sufficient: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/msi-radeon-rx-5700-xt-gaming-x/30.html


PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (14nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor (Purchased For £0.00)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard (Purchased For £0.00)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£54.58 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (Purchased For £0.00)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£56.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING X Video Card (£392.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £504.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-16 17:10 BST+0100

elbyrneo

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Going by https://www.novatech.co.uk/blog/microsoft-flight-simulator-2020/

Add another 16Gb RAM (same speed/timings)
Bigger SSD.
And the best gaming GPU you can afford - I generally recommend MSI Gaming X models if the budget allows, as they seem to have the best-tested coolers.

450W PSU is sufficient: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/msi-radeon-rx-5700-xt-gaming-x/30.html


PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (14nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor (Purchased For £0.00)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard (Purchased For £0.00)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£54.58 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (Purchased For £0.00)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£56.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING X Video Card (£392.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £504.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-16 17:10 BST+0100

Super, thanks a mill.

Do you think the CPU will do for a year or two? Paired with say the rx5700 for 1440p if I got a better monitor, should be ok?

K.O.Kiki

I'd say it should be ok, you won't get the best frame-rates but 60fps should be GPU-bottlenecked.