PC upgrade for new Microsoft Flight Sim 2020

Wynnie12

Hi, could anyone please point me in the right direction to upgrade PC for the new Microsoft Flight Sim 2020.

Current setup is -

CPU -Intel Core i5-4590, 4x 3.30GHz

GPU - Sapphire AMD RX480 Nitro+ 4 GB GDDR5 Memory

Ram - 8GB-Kit Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600, CL9

Motherboard - ASRock H81M-HDS, Sockel 1150, mATX

Power supply - Corsair CX Series Modular CX500M, 500W
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I'm looking for something between recommended and ideal settings listed below

Recommended:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X, or Intel i5-8400
GPU: Radeon RX 590, or Nvidia GTX 970
VRAM: 4 GB
RAM: 16 GB

Ideal:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 2700X, or Intel i7-9800X
GPU: Radeon VII, or Nvidia RTX 2080
VRAM: 8 GB
RAM: 32 GB

Budget would be approx €500

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

K.O.Kiki

I'd try to sell it as a Fortnite machine - you might get 250-300 euro.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£134.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£77.98 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£106.43 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Patriot Burst 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£45.14 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card (£224.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: SHARKOON VG5 ATX Mid Tower Case (£40.70 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 9 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£53.33 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £682.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-16 17:19 BST+0100


If you can stretch budget a little more, the RX 5600 XT is a faster GPU still: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/mv3rZf

Wynnie12

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

I'd try to sell it as a Fortnite machine - you might get 250-300 euro.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£134.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£77.98 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£106.43 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Patriot Burst 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£45.14 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card (£224.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: SHARKOON VG5 ATX Mid Tower Case (£40.70 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 9 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£53.33 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £682.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-16 17:19 BST+0100


If you can stretch budget a little more, the RX 5600 XT is a faster GPU still: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/mv3rZf

Thanks for the info. Something to think about. Was hoping my system could have just done with a couple of upgrades

K.O.Kiki

I'm not saying it WON'T play, but it's hard to guarantee good performance on a 6.5 year old platform, especially when the recommended specs call for more & modern cores & oodles of RAM.

Also from what i gather you will need good broadband speeds to get the best out of it too. Another thing to consider.

CJhaughey

Posted above in the bargain alerts thread
https://www.palicomp.co.uk/pc_best_buy
I think you will be better off with more of everything though, it would be an awful waste not be playing MSFS in as good a graphical representation as you can, it looks amazing in 4k from what I see on Youtube Alpha releases.