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If you can see any room for optimisation, please feel free. Kinda want to wait for the AOC 34" 1440p screen, but god knows how long it'll be. I want the PC to be completely optimised for VR gameplay, once prices drop.

Budget circa ~£2500

DCS World ( Primary )
Flight Sim 2020
Arma/Milsim(s)

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £269.99
• 1 x Asus Radeon RX 5700 XT ROG Strix OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £349.99
• 1 x Samsung 970 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £119.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus GX-750 750W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £99.95
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS432G320C6K)= £128.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Base 500 Midi Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass= £79.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro Series H100x Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 240mm (CW-9060040-WW)= £84.95
• 4 x be quiet! Pure Wings 2 120mm PWM High Speed Fan= £9.49
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £109.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X570 GAMING X (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard= £149.99
• 1 x CoolerMaster MS110 Keyboard And Mouse RGB Gaming Set (MS-110-KKMF1-UK)= £52.99
• 1 x Logitech G Saitek Pro Flight X-56 Rhino H.O.T.A.S. Advanced Flight Control System (PC, 945-000059)= £199.99
• 1 x Turtle Beach Atlas Elite Gaming Headset PC/XBOX/PS4/Switch (TBS-6286-02)= £89.99
• 1 x Gigabyte AORUS CV27Q 27" 2560x1440 VA 165Hz 1ms FreeSync 2 HDR400 Curved Backlit Gaming Monitor= £409.99

Total: £2,212.77 (includes shipping: £28.02)​

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Thank you both for responding to my message and request.

I'd like to know the major difference between the b450 and x570? I've noted b450 doesn't support 3200mhz ram ( unless overclocked ). Will this present a problem? What are the pros and cons for the boards.

you've selected a different case, what are your reasonings? The Be Quiet 500 have so many excellent reviews.

I need to do some reading around VA ghosting. At what fps drop will you notice this?

Many thanks

 

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That is really helpful, thank you. Are there any additional benefits between 570 over 450?

All ram above 2400 is technically overclocked even just enabling xmp, b450 will support up to 4000+ ram if your using a 3000 series CPU as it's the CPUs IMC that matters, for example if your using an x570 with a ryzen 7 1700 even though the board says you can run ram at 4000+ you would be lucky to get any higher than 3200 as it's down to the CPU.

 

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Hi,

After a lot of humming and jarring, I increased the budget slightly and ended up getting a 2070 Super. Unfortunately, 2080 is out of my price range. I also ended up with a 570 board, 3700x ryzen, amongst many other goodies. Final price incl screen and accessories, £2.5I

Need to get TrackIR5 too..

 

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What did you get as with £2k plus budget 2080 super or 2080ti would have been done nicely

I budgeted about 1.5 think it was 1.6 in the end for PC. Screen was 500, peripherals were about 450.

 

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2070s should do well with flight sim, 2020 is looking ace. did you go wide screen in the end ?

I ended up going for IPS 60hz. As itll be used for flightsim games such as dcs world etc, i wont have the horse power to go much above 60fps anyway

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lg-3...trawide-widescreen-led-monitor-mo-15d-lg.html

Also bought TrackIR 5 from a different supplier! OcUKs support has been phenomenal as per usual. Highly recommend both Damien and Ben.