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    PCSPECIALIST New PC for MS Flight Sim 2020

    Great - cheers
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    PCSPECIALIST New PC for MS Flight Sim 2020

    Hi there Quick question. ive ordered a new PCS system for FS2020 with. 2TB HDD and 1TB M2 SSD see below. My plan is to put both the OS and FS2020 on the SSD but was reading that some people recommend putting the OS and sim software on separate drives. Is there any benefit to that approach...
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    PCSPECIALIST New PC for MS Flight Sim 2020

    Cheers guys. Will go with the 144 2k option then 👍
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    PCSPECIALIST New PC for MS Flight Sim 2020

    Thanks - that’s all good. Thanks for everyone’s help.
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    PCSPECIALIST New PC for MS Flight Sim 2020

    Cheers Final draft spec below. Is this good to go? Can I just check,. The monitor you sent me a link to -I assume it’s the 144mhz 2k option I should select? Case LIAN LI LANCOOL II GAMING CASE Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Eight Core CPU (3.9GHz-4.5GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4) Motherboard ASUS®...
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    PCSPECIALIST New PC for MS Flight Sim 2020

    Wow that GPU made a difference in price! Is there anything elseI should look to change with the £150 that has saved me? Have upgraded to the Firecuda. Also I think that monitor is 1440 - the price looks to be c£600 online and happy to look at alternatives around that price range if there is...
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    PCSPECIALIST New PC for MS Flight Sim 2020

    Hi Guys Based on your suggestions I’ve come up with the following and was thinking of linking it up with a new G7 32” monitor SAMSUNG LC32HG70QQUXEN Quad HD 32" Curved QLED Gaming Monitor - Dark Blue Grey What do you think? Also the auto generated message alwhen I created the spec also...
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    PCSPECIALIST New PC for MS Flight Sim 2020

    Wow that 49” ultra wide monitor looks absolutely awesome but i think it’s just to long too fit my study. Is there a slightly smaller ultra wide you’d recommend?
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    PCSPECIALIST New PC for MS Flight Sim 2020

    Meant to post these are the ideal specs per MS CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 2700X, or Intel i7-9800X GPU: Radeon VII, or Nvidia RTX 2080 VRAM: 8 GB RAM: 32 GB HDD: 150 GB SSD Internetspeed: 50 Mbps (6.3 MB/s)
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    PCSPECIALIST New PC for MS Flight Sim 2020

    Hi there. With the announcement that MS FS2020 is available to pre order the time has come to replace my 8 year old PCS computer and invest in a new PC to make it “fly”. I've been saving hard so now have funds available to buy something that will hopefully run it really well for the next few...
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    PCSPECIALIST Old PC disposal

    Will do - cheers
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    PCSPECIALIST Old PC disposal

    thanks that’s really helpful. I’ll check out the option re using existing case but won’t save me all the much and it is 9 years old so doesn’t owe me anything. Thats good to know about the HDD. Think I’ll defo go down the SSD route as my main drive but can use this as a backup/ storage. Just...
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    PCSPECIALIST Old PC disposal

    Hi Guys getting round to the stage where I’m thinking of getting a new PC to run FS2020. My existing rig was bought from PCS back in 2011 and, touch wood, has given me virtually no issues in all that time and still runs FSX to a good standard. Says a lot for the quality of PCS comps. Anyway...
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    PCSPECIALIST Mini PC for P3D flight sim?

    Hi All I’m thinking of replacing my current 7 year old PC that I use exclusively for P3D flight sim. Space is quite limited in my house so was wondering if a high spec Mini PC would be suitable. Are there any disadvantages to going down this route? My budget is about £1200 so not sure what...
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    PCSPECIALIST FSX: Upgrade or New PC

    Hi All Had the following PC specialist PC for about 5 years now primarily to run Flight Simulator X. Now getting to the stage I'd line to improve my specs to run some of the more complex scenery and aircraft that are now available but not sure whether to turn and upgrade my existing OCbor bite...
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