Is this the right place to find help building a PC for MFS2020?

[MortThe2nd]

All depends on timing I guess. Budget permitting, grab whatever you can get yours hand on if you need a new system now. RTX3070, RTX3080, Radeon RX6800, Radeon RX6800XT. (stay away from the RTX3090 though, way too expensive for what you get). They’re all in pretty short supply right now.

If you’re not in a hurry (and we’re talking about a couple of months here), you can dive deeper and watch more review/benchmarkt to see what fits your needs most. And whatever you do, don’t pay scalper prices.

If you need something right now, you can also look into a 2000 series NVidia card, or maybe a Radeon 5700XT. Just compare their prices to the newer offerings, and don’t get carried away.

I’m running a Ryzen 5 3600 CPU with a Radeon RX5700XT right now. It’s not amazing compared to the new releases, but I can run the game quite well on 1440P (mix of high and ultra settings), so there’s really no need to break the bank right now. Might grab an upgrade myself in the future though, mostly for VR (more around the 4K realm), but in reality, my current system runs the sim just fine, so don’t overspend if your budget is limited.

[SeaW0lfBis]

I would get the Ryzen 5 5600X. If you can’t wait (I would wait a couple months if necessary), get the i5-10600K. Just don’t get any Ryzen 3000 series (R5 3600X / R7 3700X). The Ryzen 3000 series is clearly behind Intel in MSFS (and now Ryzen 5000 series) by a good margin, especially on the resolution you are playing.

Both the Ryzen 5 5600X and i5-10600K are within 30$ bucks difference. I’m not sure about motherboards, but for Intel you need the Z490 to overclock the i5 down the line (it is worthy). Ryzen 5 5600X gets the priority because it is way ahead Intel now and don’t require expensive cooling solutions, even when overclocked.

Regarding GPUs, prices are all over the place, so check around the RTX 2060 (Super) and the new 3060 Ti. I think the 3060 will come just in 2021, perhaps even the 3060 Ti.

Regarding AMD cards… I would not put money on it. Driver support does not come near Nvidia last time I checked. I did have a Radeon in the past. Would never buy it again unless we go through a few generations of very stable driver support.

The ideal is 32GB of RAM. In your case, 3200Mhz CL16 is a good cost benefit. But you could get 16GB now and 16 later. Just don’t skimp on clock and latency. Get good RAM, especially for Ryzen.

Hardware Unboxed was stating that 4 RAM sticks gives a bunch more frames in games over two sticks. It might compromise some of the overclocking on the Intel part, by I don’t think it would affect Ryzen, which does not overclock well anyways last time I checked.

And I would get a 1TB NVMe for Windows, the most important software you use and MSFS, and a 2TB HDD for your personal files and other stuff.

Don’t go ballistic on the PSU. Get a good Seasonic 550W / 600W and call it a day.

Since the R5 5600X is on the price bracket of the i5 and is the best gaming CPU at the moment, I would do whatever necessary to get one. As I said, to get a R5 3600X at this point would be suicide. The Ryzen 3000 series has latency problems and such. In 1080p and 1440p, it trails Intel and Ryzen 5000 series by a lot. If you can’t wait, get the i5-10600K.

A top notch CPU (albeit somewhat cheap), good RAM and a solid PSU is a good base to stick a GPU to game.

[anon81017491]

There is a lot of useful advice on this thread too:

Building a PC for FS2020

Hey all, I am building my first PC and I want to get your opinions on what I have so far. I have been into MSFS all my life and used to intel and Nvidia products to run it. I would like some suggestions on motherboards and cases. My max budget is $2000 with shipping and tax included. Here is what I have so far. Intel i7-10700K Corsair H115i RGB Cooler 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 3200 Crucial P1 1TB M.2 NVME SSD EGVA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Ultra Cooler Master MWE Gold 650 80+ Gold Cert…

Do your research and you will be OK.
Good luck.

[MortThe2nd]

@SeaW0lfBis

Regarding AMD cards… I would not put money on it. Driver support does not come near Nvidia last time I checked. I did have a Radeon in the past. Would never buy it again unless we go through a few generations of very stable driver support.

For me (I bought my Radeon RX5700XT around 4 months after it launched), I’ve had 0 issues with the drivers. The first 2 months were apparently dodgy, but after that the drivers have been rock solid. We’ll soon get an idea of how it fares with the RX6000 series since they have been released now.

[SeaW0lfBis]

@MortThe2nd

For me (I bought my Radeon RX5700XT around 4 months after it launched), I’ve had 0 issues with the drivers. The first 2 months were apparently dodgy, but after that the drivers have been rock solid. We’ll soon get an idea of how it fares with the RX6000 series since they have been released now.

Perhaps in MSFS, but I know people who play Il-2 and driver issues are a constant. It might happen to less known games as well. Back then I worked with some video editing freeware and it was a pain to set all the hardware. Once I migrated to Nvidia, I never had to do any workaround to use my software.

Then I would never buy a Radeon card. Perhaps who works with dedicated software or mainstream games have no issue. I did, a lot. And at least with the Il-2 branch people advise to only buy Nvidia.