MS Flight Simulator 2020 Build...

[martyn83]

Hi,

Is anyone out there able to give me a hand with what to use in a build for Flight Sim 2020 which is going to be with us soon. I have not built a PC before and the last one I had made for me was aimed at Flight Sim X many years ago. Budget wise would be £2000 although I will need a monitor of some sort included whether it be HD or 4K. I'm looking for something that will give me the best performance for what I can afford, maybe provide upgrade path but I can't justify going crazy as I'm very much the hobbiest home sim flyer.

I've been looking for several weeks and this seems such a mine field I'm hoping some more knowledgeable people can help me out with this.

Thanks

Martyn

 

[martyn83]

Hi Sparx,

Thanks for your quick reply and the detail you went in to that's brilliant, I did forget to mention I use a Logitech Yoke, Pedals and Throttle Quaudrant and down the line will look to add the radio/nav panels, will this effect my build at all?

Monitor size will be 27 inch give or take so thanks for the tip about the Dell I'll have a look at that one.

I have read on here and elsewhere there are new parts due out very shortly, for someone that is not looking for perfection would it be worth the wait? After all these years I'm buzzing to get flying again.

Thanks for the tip about the OS that is going to come in very handy and think I'll give it a go myself with the building.

Thanks again.

Martyn

 

[martyn83]

Overclockers can build this for you , ask them for a quote and build time.

There are plenty of tutorials on how to build a on youtube.

Mite be worth ading another fan at the front of the case if you g0 for the one in the spec above.

Thanks Micky, I've noticed there is plenty of resources out there, just have to take my time and be careful while doing it.

Do you have an existing PC rig atm? What CPU and GPU is it?

Could potentially build a new rig now and re-use GPU if you can. Then upgrade GPU late next month if you invest in the top end next gen GPU. Depends on price though of course.

My existing machine is ancient and hasn't been used for probably the best part of 10 years, I have no idea what is inside it. I actually hooked it up recently as I thought I would have a fly after seeing MS Flight Sim 2020 peeked my interest again. I timed it and it took 29 minutes to start up, open flight sim x and have me on the run way before taking off ha ha.

 

[martyn83]

Thanks Micky I'll give it a go.