Trying to buy a pc for £550 that can run Microsoft Flight Sim
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Thankfully thats not including peripherals or a monitor, Im looking mainly run stuff like microsoft flight simulator 2020 and some other game likes csgo and others.
MS flight sim is one of the most system intensive games you can possibly imagine. You need an excellent PC to be able to run that well so I am afraid your budget does not allow that, CSGO on the other hand is a very easy game to run so you can run that on integrated graphics.
Would I still be able to find one of the market that can at least run on min specs or at least something.
How about on minimum specs It can probably fit in i'd imagine.
What sites would you recommend looking for them.
The problem with your budget is that you cannot fit a GPU in and still be able to buy new.
If you were to get this -
My basket at OcUK:
This can run CSGO ok with the igpu, you will not be getting 300+ fps but it will run. I very much doubt this will run MSFS to an acceptable level without a gpu.
If you were to then add a gpu -
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Then you can run MSFS just not at high settings. AMD cards are not the best for MSFS but this is the lowest end gpu I will recommend. The 6500 6400 and NV 3500 are not very good gpus. Other than the 6600 or better you can look for a second hands gpu such as 1660 1070 1080 RX570 but even these will push you over your budget
Your budget is not enough to buy new and to run MSFS.
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If you were to get this -
My basket at OcUK:
- 1 x Intel Core i3-12100 3.30GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AK-IN) = £139.99
- 1 x Asus Prime H610M-E D4 - Intel H610 DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6HP-AS) = £85.99
- 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AK-TG) = £50.00
- 1 x WD Blue SN570 500GB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS500G3B0C) (SKU: HD-588-WD) = £49.99
- 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 11 500W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-12X-BQ) = £62.99
- 1 x Silverstone Fara Mid-Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass (SKU: CA-44P-SV) = £52.99
Total: £454.25 (includes delivery: £12.30)
This can run CSGO ok with the igpu, you will not be getting 300+ fps but it will run. I very much doubt this will run MSFS to an acceptable level without a gpu.
If you were to then add a gpu -
PowerColor Radeon RX 6600 Fighter 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
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www.overclockers.co.uk
Then you can run MSFS just not at high settings. AMD cards are not the best for MSFS but this is the lowest end gpu I will recommend. The 6500 6400 and NV 3500 are not very good gpus. Other than the 6600 or better you can look for a second hands gpu such as 1660 1070 1080 RX570 but even these will push you over your budget
Your budget is not enough to buy new and to run MSFS.
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Suggest OP gets an Xbox series X and runs MSFS2020 there.
Add a keyboard and mouse to it and you have a FPS gaming machine too.
Add a keyboard and mouse to it and you have a FPS gaming machine too.
Came in to suggest the same.
Can be picked up for like £350 second hand now too, probably better than any pc you'll get for £500~.
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CSGO will play nicely on a £500 PC but not MSFS 2020. Xbox Series X is a console on steroids so yeah, a second hand one would be great.
I like the 12100 rig that Haz123 put together but MSFM really needs pairing with a 3080 or something strong which pushes the price up to double OPs budget.
True I have a way higher budget now of about 700 but still might be a bit bad but can probably run it now.
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So you don't have access to the second hand section of the site but you could still pick up second hand goods elsewhere.
Suggest minimum a 6 core 12 thread CPU, 32gigs of RAM and a 3070 (or AMD equivalent).
You could probably get a second hand build with those specs in your budget (especially with RAM being so cheap and the market flooded with ex mining GPUs) but you'd have to hunt for one.
This is the best I could come up with for the budget but your still probably better off going for a series X.
My basket at OcUK:
My basket at OcUK:
- 1 x **B Grade** MSI B460M PRO-VDH WIFI (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: BG-5AC-MS) = £70.00
- 1 x Intel Core i5-10400F 2.90GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-680-IN) = £124.99
- 1 x Kolink Modular Power 500W 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-04H-KK) = £34.99
- 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AK-TG) = £49.99
- 1 x WD Blue SA510 500GB SSD 2.5" SATA Solid State Drive (WDS500G3B0A) (SKU: HD-58J-WD) = £46.99
- 1 x **B Grade** Aerocool Glider Cosmo Midi Tower, Tempered Glass - Black (SKU: BG-04F-AE) = £28.79
- 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-04R-PL) = £199.99
Total: £567.44 (includes delivery: £11.70)
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Looks good for the price tbhThis is the best I could come up with for the budget but your still probably better off going for a series X.
My basket at OcUK:
- 1 x **B Grade** MSI B460M PRO-VDH WIFI (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: BG-5AC-MS) = £70.00
- 1 x Intel Core i5-10400F 2.90GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-680-IN) = £124.99
- 1 x Kolink Modular Power 500W 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-04H-KK) = £34.99
- 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AK-TG) = £49.99
- 1 x WD Blue SA510 500GB SSD 2.5" SATA Solid State Drive (WDS500G3B0A) (SKU: HD-58J-WD) = £46.99
- 1 x **B Grade** Aerocool Glider Cosmo Midi Tower, Tempered Glass - Black (SKU: BG-04F-AE) = £28.79
- 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-04R-PL) = £199.99
Total: £567.44 (includes delivery: £11.70)
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It’s good value but MSFM will still dominate it.
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Personally I think you need a better CPU than any that have been suggested so far. Also, I’ve seen FS use more than 16GB of RAM.
Looks like 1080p 60fps will be doable at medium settings and 16gb ram seems fine with the reduced settings.
Microsoft Flight Simulator | GTX 1660 + Ryzen 5 3600 | Low vs. Medium vs. High vs. Ultra | 1080p
Testing Microsoft Flight Simulator on GTX 1660 OC + Ryzen 5 3600 & 16GB RAM | All Settings (1080p)Settings:Ultra : 00:00High : 03:18Medium : 05:44Low : 08:55...
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