New System or Upgrade for Flighsim 2020 + VR

[luap66]

Hey everybody,

Thank you so much for helping me out, I am not an expert on PC system requirements by any stretch of the imagination, and want to make as informed a decision as possible.

 

The use case:

• playing FlightSim 2020 in 1080p (potentially 4k sometime down the line)
• VR through Oculus Link on a Quest 1 & Quest 2
• Playing FlightSim 2020 in VR (closed beta minimum spec is a GTX 1080)

My current setup:

• i7 4470k
• Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 3x OC
• 8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro (DD3-2133)
• 500gb Samsung SSD

 

My options for upgrading:

1. Upgrade the GPU to an ASUS Radeon Dual RX 5700 XT O8G EVO (392€) + Upgrade the Ram to 16gb (70€)
2. Upgrade to a fully new prebuild system: AMD Ryzen 5 3600x (water-cooled), ASUS GeForce RTX 2070 Super, 16GB DDR4-3200, 1000gb M.2 Kingston SSD = 1225€
3. Upgrade to a more expensive fully new prebuild system: i7 9700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX2080 Ti, 16GB DDR4-2666,  480GB M.2 SSD + 1TB HDD = 1558€

 

Obviously, I would prefer to spend as little as possible. I am located in Germany, as a reference for the prices.

 

 

Thanks again for your help. I appreciate it!!

Edit: Obviously, I am also very happy to hear other suggestions, this is just what I found compelling after doing some "research". 

[wall03]

1 hour ago, luap66 said:

Upgrade the GPU to an ASUS Radeon Dual RX 5700 XT O8G EVO (392€) + Upgrade the Ram to 16gb (70€)

MSFS 2020 is CPU bound, so this wouldn't do

 

1 hour ago, luap66 said:

Upgrade to a fully new prebuild system: AMD Ryzen 5 3600x (water-cooled), ASUS GeForce RTX 2070 Super, 16GB DDR4-3200, 1000gb M.2 Kingston SSD = 1225€

Can't you build it yourself? It can get you better parts for same price

 

1 hour ago, luap66 said:

Upgrade to a more expensive fully new prebuild system: i7 9700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX2080 Ti, 16GB DDR4-2666,  480GB M.2 SSD + 1TB HDD = 1558€

ehhh.... the game would still be CPU bound

[luap66]

5 minutes ago, wall03 said:

MSFS 2020 is CPU bound, so this wouldn't do

 

Can't you build it yourself? It can get you better parts for same price

 

ehhh.... the game would still be CPU bound

Thanks for your reply, and alerting me to the CPU bottleneck.
 

regarding your question: I’ve never built a pc myself, but I guess I could figure it out nonetheless if the price difference would be extreme. However, don’t really see that I would be saving a whole lot by building it myself + I won’t get 3 years of warranty on the system. 
 

Which parts would you recommend to get for building it myself that would be better but cost ~same as the prebuilt system?

[wall03]

19 minutes ago, luap66 said:

Thanks for your reply, and alerting me to the CPU bottleneck.
 

regarding your question: I’ve never built a pc myself, but I guess I could figure it out nonetheless if the price difference would be extreme. However, don’t really see that I would be saving a whole lot by building it myself + I won’t get 3 years of warranty on the system. 
 

Which parts would you recommend to get for building it myself that would be better but cost ~same as the prebuilt system?

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$300.00
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler	$24.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$179.99 @ Adorama
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$63.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.48 @ Newegg
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card	$500.00
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$119.97 @ Newegg
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$99.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1463.39
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$1453.39
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-28 10:02 EST-0500

 

1. Better then stock cooler (better temps)
2. Great motherboard
3. Faster RAM necessary for the best speeds
4. Great SSD
5. More Storage
6. Slightly better GPU
7. Great case
8. Reliable power supply
9. Windows included

[luap66]

1 hour ago, wall03 said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$300.00
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler	$24.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$179.99 @ Adorama
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$63.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.48 @ Newegg
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card	$500.00
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$119.97 @ Newegg
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$99.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1463.39
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$1453.39
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-28 10:02 EST-0500

 

1. Better then stock cooler (better temps)
2. Great motherboard
3. Faster RAM necessary for the best speeds
4. Great SSD
5. More Storage
6. Slightly better GPU
7. Great case
8. Reliable power supply
9. Windows included

Thank you. To be honest: if I could get the 3070, for that price nonetheless, I would probably use it. However, in Germany atm you have a really hard time getting any card in that price range, except maybe them AMD RX 5700xt. The 2070s for instance is only available in pre-builts.

[wall03]

Just now, luap66 said:

Thank you. To be honest: if I could get the 3070, for that price nonetheless, I would probably use it. However, in Germany atm you have a really hard time getting any card in that price range, except maybe them AMD RX 5700xt. The 2070s for instance is only available in pre-builts.

I mean, the RX 5700XT would be fine... it's just not the value king it used to be.