Gaming PC for Flight Sim

[volare33]

Hi all,

Hoping you wonderful people could help me out specing up a decent pc. After 5-6 years away from PC gaming I’m so out of touch it’s embarrassing. Unfortunately the games I play seem to be rather taxing on the system

Looking to spend between 700 - 800 on a pc that can run a MS Flight Sim X at a respectable setting (not maxed I’m not crazy) along with some FPS like BF1 and V when it comes out. Also want to play cities skylines if possible. I have heard people say flight sims need crazy specs (I’ve heard ram is important for that) so it made me nervous to just take the plunge without asking some people who really know their stuff.

I’m truly not looking for anything too crazy like 4K or even 1440. 1080p is fine as is a steady 60fps. Also if it could be as future profs as possible. As I would like to upgrade the system in a year or so when newer tech comes along. No monitor or extras needed.

If budget is way off let me know. Also thanks for all your hard work, these forums a have been a god send for info in planning this out.

Cheers

 

[orbitalwalsh]

@volare33 able to self build or buy off shelf?

 

[volare33]

Probably off the shelf

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Flight X doesn't require huge specs to be honest , not compared to others that can eat up 8GB+ of VRAM!!!!

Single thread performance is recommended for MS X , cities skyline will eat up over 8GB of system ram easily! specially if you like mods and thread count is nice to have due to the pathways being calculated . BF1 loves thread count, specially if you play online as well .
Intel has the edge for FPS in gaming as well as at 1080p resolution


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My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x OcUK Tech Labs Coffee Lake Midi Tower Gaming PC Configurator = £875.87
  • Case:Kolink Aviator Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black
  • Memory **non-Z370 motherboards limited to 2666MHz**:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G24
  • Power Supply:Kolink KL-500 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
  • CPU Cooler:Alpenfohn Brocken ECO CPU Cooler - 120 mm
  • M.2 Solid State Drive **For Operating System If Selected**:Unwanted
  • Solid State Drive 1:Unwanted
  • Solid State Drive 2:Unwanted
  • Mechanical Hard Drive 1:Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - *System Stock*
  • Mechanical Hard Drive 2:Unwanted
  • Optical Drive **Please Check Chassis Support**:Unwanted
  • Soundcard:Unwanted
  • Network Adapter:Unwanted
  • Case Lighting:Unwanted
  • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
  • Security Software:Bullguard Anti-Virus 2017 - 1 PC 1 Year **Offer Price**
  • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
  • Headset:Unwanted
  • Keyboard:Unwanted
  • Mouse:Unwanted
  • Monitor:Unwanted
  • Speakers:Unwanted
  • Gaming Chair:Unwanted
  • Motherboard:Gigabyte H310-D3 Intel H310 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
  • Processor:Intel Core i5-8400 2.8GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail
  • Graphicsalit GeForce GTX 1060 Jetstream RGB 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Total: £889.97 (includes shipping: £14.10)​

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Forgot to change HDD out for 480 GB SSD

 

[ExoMale]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Titan Tanto Micro ATX Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 1400 system @ 3.60GHz = £792.97
  • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
  • Lighting:Unwanted
  • Optical Drive:Unwanted
  • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
  • Sound Card:Unwanted
  • Primary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:WD Green 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS120G1G0A)
  • Secondary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Unwanted
  • Storage Mechanical Hard Drive:Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - *System Stock*
  • WIFI:Unwanted
  • CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
  • Memory:Team Group Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD416G30
  • Case:Cougar Spike Micro-ATX Gaming Case - Black
  • Security Software:Unwanted
  • Graphicsalit GeForce GTX 1050Ti StormX 4096MB PCI-Express GDDR5 Graphics Card

Total: £807.07 (includes shipping: £14.10)​

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