Which CPU/GPU/OCUK Pre-Built for FS2020 and WoW at 1080 or 1440?

[dubcat]

Hi - I need to buy a PC as I'm about to be made redundant and will lose the laptop I do everything on today. I've wanted to build a PC for ages but I'm opting for a pre-built one as I'm scared I'll take too long to build it or will run into problems, causing delays. I need one sooner rather than later to apply for jobs and do remote interviews.

Once I've got a new job, the main use will be World of Warcraft and some limited Adobe Lightroom. However, I'm thinking about getting something that can run Flight Sim as my daughter uses one at Air Cadets and loves it. I'd like something that is not going to go obsolete too quickly. I can't share a budget number as I don't know how much I need to spend to do what I want. I don't want to overspend given my current job situation but also this PC will have to last me quite some time so I don't want to skimp too much.

Could you give me 3 recommendations, please?

Option 1) World of Warcraft at 1440p - no flight sim
Option 2) World of Warcraft at 1440p and FS2020 at 1080p (I assume FS2020 is way more demanding than Warcraft which is mostly CPU bound)
Option 3) World of Warcraft and FS2020 at 1440p

Will worry about the monitor once I know what system I should buy.

Thanks,
Sad and worried Dub.

 

[dubcat]

I wanted to get an idea of how much I need to spend to meet the three different requirement levels in the original post. I will then figure out a budget based on these.

 

[dubcat]

I have put this together.

RX6750XT (you could get the 7700XT or 4070 but for pure rasterisation performance, AMD is a better choice)
I5 13400 (plenty of cores, the i3 13100 is still good for entry level gaming tho)
32gigs of RAM at 6000 MT/s (fast enough and cheap )
650 watt PSU (enough for a future upgrade)


You could adjust certain parts to fit your budget if you wanted but it represents a great midrange gaming machine that will last

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Thanks very much - i will spec up a system like this in the custom PC prebuilt section of the retail site. Any reason you went for Intel CPU rather than AMD? I thought AMD was more bang for the buck these days (I've been out of the loop for yonks so maybe I've misunderstood this bit).

I'm also looking at cheap used laptops on ebay for the job application side of things.

 

[dubcat]

Update - I impulse purchased a used RX 5700 RT graphics card for £140. I trust the seller so am not worried about reliability but I hope I didn't make a mistake from a performance point of view. Worst case I will just game at 1080. It's a lot cheaper than the recommendations above and also a lot less performant I know.

Thinking about using it in a system @tamzzy recommended in another thread. What else would I need apart from an aftermarket cooler? Thermal paste. Anything else such as cables?:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x MSI B550M PRO-VDH WiFi (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-358-MS) = £109.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3CC-AM) = £149.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit (CMK32GX4M2Z3600C18) (SKU: MY-4CL-CS) = £79.99
• 1 x be quiet! System Power 9 600W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply **OEM NO BOX** (SKU: CA-13V-BQ) = £49.99
• 1 x Crucial P5 Plus 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 3D NAND NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-074-CR) = £56.99
• 1 x MSI MAG Forge M100R ARGB Tempered Glass Windowed Micro ATX Mid Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-014-MS) = £59.99

Total: £518.93 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

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[dubcat]

Level of support on this forum is unbelievable. Maybe I’m feeling a bit fragile because of the work situation but you guys have really helped. Thanks.