PC For MS Flight Sim

[beanhubbleday]

Budget (including currency): £1000  (GBP)

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): OS, peripherals, etc not needed

 

Background:

I've been in IT for years and have only ever designed my own system from scratch once and that was in 2016, since then I've added bits and pieces and upgraded but I'm kinda out of touch with the "gaming" scene now and what's "good" and what is not.

 

This machine is for a charity here in the UK where I volunteer my time.

 

Do you reckon the below parts list should suffice with a bit of future proofing?

 

[SorryBella]

8 minutes ago, beanhubbleday said:

This machine is for a charity here in the UK where I volunteer my time.

Honestly for charity even basic office computers with modern-ish CPU from 5-8 years ago that youve spruced up with SSDs would influence a lot more people than 1 gaming rig. But if your heart is set, then here's what i wouldve built instead.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£129.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£97.17 @ NeoComputers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£36.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£99.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D OC Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card  (£341.99 @ Newegg UK) 
Case: Fractal Design Focus 2 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£65.47 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Fractal Design Ion Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£94.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £866.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-07 15:42 BST+0100

[PDifolco]

6 minutes ago, beanhubbleday said:

Budget (including currency): £1000  (GBP)

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): OS, peripherals, etc not needed

 

Background:

I've been in IT for years and have only ever designed my own system from scratch once and that was in 2016, since then I've added bits and pieces and upgraded but I'm kinda out of touch with the "gaming" scene now and what's "good" and what is not.

 

This machine is for a charity here in the UK where I volunteer my time.

 

Do you reckon the below parts list should suffice with a bit of future proofing?

 

Urghh no...

2060 isn't worth even 150 Brit ruppees, get a 6700xt or better 

5600 is okay but not great try to grab a 13400

CM hyper 212 isn't great as well but not even needed

With your limited budget you could start with only 16GB RAM and get more later

Better PSU would be great too

 

Look at this

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-13400 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor (£212.26 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler 

Motherboard: Gigabyte B660M DS3H DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£114.55 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£36.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Kingston NV2 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£77.48 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: PowerColor Red Dragon OC Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB Video Card (£544.71 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case (£89.98 @ Box Limited) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX750M (2021) 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply 

Total: £1075.97

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-07 15:43 BST+0100

[beanhubbleday]

6 minutes ago, SorryClaire said:

Honestly for charity even basic office computers with modern-ish CPU from 5-8 years ago that youve spruced up with SSDs would influence a lot more people than 1 gaming rig. But if your heart is set, then here's what i wouldve built instead.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£129.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£97.17 @ NeoComputers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£36.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£99.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D OC Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card  (£341.99 @ Newegg UK) 
Case: Fractal Design Focus 2 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£65.47 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Fractal Design Ion Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£94.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £866.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-07 15:42 BST+0100

Thanks for the help, I'll take a look.

 

We basically just need one really good PC to run the flight simulator software on so we can progress their training.

[beanhubbleday]

5 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Urghh no...

2060 isn't worth even 150 Brit ruppees, get a 6700xt or better 

5600 is okay but not great try to grab a 13400

CM hyper 212 isn't great as well but not even needed

With your limited budget you could start with only 16GB RAM and get more later

Better PSU would be great too

 

Look at this

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-13400 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor (£212.26 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler 

Motherboard: Gigabyte B660M DS3H DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£114.55 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£36.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Kingston NV2 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£77.48 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: PowerColor Red Dragon OC Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB Video Card (£544.71 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case (£89.98 @ Box Limited) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX750M (2021) 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply 

Total: £1075.97

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-07 15:43 BST+0100

Thanks for the guidance, I'll take your suggestions into account when I revise the build list.

 

As I say, been out of the gaming hardware market for a while so genuinely not sure what is/isn't good anymore