Flightsim PC.VR Ready

[sweols]

Hi,

I need a best value vs performance desktop. I have two requirements. Lian Li Alpha case and AIO CPU watercooling. I'm really open to options. I imagine I will need 32gb of RAM as DCS World is quite hungry. Could you also please make sure you include a wide curved screen, preferably 1440p.

It's been a while since last computer, itll mainly be used for flight sims like FSX 2020 and DCS World

Budget for PC 1.4-1.6k. peripherals incl screen, joystick, rudder pedals etc around 1.5k

Regards

 

[Grimley]

Here's a spec I threw together. I've no idea about pedals Joysticks but the monitor is there & I've no idea on what screen size is required.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM650 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020194-UK)= £82.99
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £98.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £269.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3600MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit= £199.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P350X Glass Digital RGB Midi Tower Case - Black/White= £47.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £99.95
• 1 x AOC CQ32G1 32" 2560x1440 VA QHD 1ms 144Hz FreeSync Curved Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £329.99
• 1 x ZOTAC GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £299.99

Total: £1,447.10 (includes shipping: £17.22)​

​

 

[sweols]

What made you choose the 2060 over the 2070 or 5700 xt? Asking out of curiosity

Here's a spec I threw together. I've no idea about pedals Joysticks but the monitor is there & I've no idea on what screen size is required.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM650 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020194-UK)= £82.99
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £98.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £269.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3600MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit= £199.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P350X Glass Digital RGB Midi Tower Case - Black/White= £47.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £99.95
• 1 x AOC CQ32G1 32" 2560x1440 VA QHD 1ms 144Hz FreeSync Curved Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £329.99
• 1 x ZOTAC GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £299.99

Total: £1,447.10 (includes shipping: £17.22)
​

 

[Grimley]

Google turned up a dedicated flight sim 2020 PC & that was the card in the spec. Besides MS may bring out an update to their sim at some point in the future for raytracing. (unlikely but you never know)

 

[sweols]

Latest basket. What does OC charge for custom builds nowadays? Any suggestions for optimisation?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus ROG Strix X470-F Gaming AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £159.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus GX-750 750W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £99.95
• 1 x Asus Radeon RX 5700 XT ROG Strix OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £349.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit - Black= £169.99
• 1 x Samsung 970 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £119.99
• 1 x Cooler Master MasterAir MA620M Addressable RGB CPU Tower Cooler= £89.99
• 1 x Lian-Li Lancool II ARGB Midi-Tower Case - Black= £82.99
• 2 x Alpenfohn Wing Boost 3 120mm Addressable RGB High Speed PWM Fan - Triple= £53.99
• 1 x CoolerMaster MS110 Keyboard And Mouse RGB Gaming Set (MS-110-KKMF1-UK)= £52.99
• 1 x Sennheiser GSP 500 Open Acoustic Gaming Headset (PC/PS4/XBOX)= £134.99
• 1 x Playseat® Air Force Flight Simulator Gaming Chair (FA.00036)= £339.95
• 1 x Logitech G Saitek X-56 Flight Control System and Pro Flight Rudder Pedals Bundle= £280.03
• 1 x Gigabyte AORUS CV27Q 27" 2560x1440 VA 165Hz 1ms FreeSync 2 HDR400 Curved Backlit Gaming Monitor= £409.99

Total: £2,587.77 (includes shipping: £0.00)​

​

 

[Charlatan]

I'd be waiting until it comes out. Intel runs FSX/P3D etc much better than AMD at the moment, as single core performance is what matters most. This may completely change with FS2020 given it's coming out on xbox as well, and the new xbox being basically a Ryzen 3000 cpu and radeon graphics.