Fizthornton
Member
Hello!
We’re looking at the PC below... or the premade Vortex XTS from this site...
We enjoy games like Cities Skylines, Planet Coaster, Sims 4 and my partner wants to play Flight Simulator X but looking at FS 2020 when it comes out. I will use Photoshop on it very lightly and only occasionally. We’re not hardened gamers, but not beginners either so we want a PC that can handle these games well at decent graphics settings, but we’re not fussed by being able to run them at absolute max quality. We are not interested in online FPS games either. We will be using a 1080p monitor. I’ve checked the recommended specs for the games we will be playing, so these two both seem like they will work, but I’d like to know which will suit our needs better.
The main differences between the build below and the prebuilt is an I5 vs I7 processor, bronze vs gold PSU and the difference in HDD space (as well a difference in cost and how quickly it’ll arrive)
Any insights from those who know more than me would be really useful!
Many thanks in advance for you help!
Custom build:
Case
PCS P209 RGB MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 Six Core Processor i5-9600K (3.7 GHz) 9 MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF Z390-PLUS GAMING: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (1 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
256GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (500MB/R, 400MB/W)
2nd Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 80 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
We’re looking at the PC below... or the premade Vortex XTS from this site...
We enjoy games like Cities Skylines, Planet Coaster, Sims 4 and my partner wants to play Flight Simulator X but looking at FS 2020 when it comes out. I will use Photoshop on it very lightly and only occasionally. We’re not hardened gamers, but not beginners either so we want a PC that can handle these games well at decent graphics settings, but we’re not fussed by being able to run them at absolute max quality. We are not interested in online FPS games either. We will be using a 1080p monitor. I’ve checked the recommended specs for the games we will be playing, so these two both seem like they will work, but I’d like to know which will suit our needs better.
The main differences between the build below and the prebuilt is an I5 vs I7 processor, bronze vs gold PSU and the difference in HDD space (as well a difference in cost and how quickly it’ll arrive)
Any insights from those who know more than me would be really useful!
Many thanks in advance for you help!
Custom build:
Case
PCS P209 RGB MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 Six Core Processor i5-9600K (3.7 GHz) 9 MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF Z390-PLUS GAMING: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (1 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
256GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (500MB/R, 400MB/W)
2nd Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 80 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS