Hello all!
While new to these forums, I have been a PC Specialist customer for many years and have always been pleased with my purchases.
My life seems to be locked into a cycle: Every time a new flight simulator is released, I find myself on the hunt for a rig to run it smoothly and at high resolution. I confess to being hopeless at building and spec'ing up PC's. The only thing I can do is turn them on and off.
After a fair bit of research, I have arrived at the specs below. BUT, I do have some questions that I'm hoping you fine people will be able to help me with.
Case
CORSAIR 3000D AIRFLOW MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 24-Core Processor 285 (Up to 5.6GHz) 36MB Cache (Pre-Order Only)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX Z890-F GAMING WIFI (LGA1851, DDR5, M.2 PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 7)
Get SW: Outlaws™ Gold Edition with qualifying Intel® Z890 & B860 Chipset Motherboards!
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 5200MHz CL40 (2 x 32GB)
Graphics Card
16GB ASUS PRIME GEFORCE RTX 5080 OC - HDMI, 3 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
4TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ ATX 3.1, MODULAR, CYBENETICS GOLD
Get a discount code for 20% off select peripherals at Corsair.com
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 200 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NONE OR ONBOARD Wi-Fi (MOTHERBOARD DEPENDENT)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Will an Intel Processor be suitable for my needs, or would an AMD Equivalent suffice?
I have opted for a 4TB SSD. Would an additional 1TB SSD be needed for the operating system?
The MSI GEFORCE RTX 5080 SHADOW 3X OC is shown as being out of stock until the beginning of June. Would any of the other RTX 5080 cards suffice?
While new to these forums, I have been a PC Specialist customer for many years and have always been pleased with my purchases.
My life seems to be locked into a cycle: Every time a new flight simulator is released, I find myself on the hunt for a rig to run it smoothly and at high resolution. I confess to being hopeless at building and spec'ing up PC's. The only thing I can do is turn them on and off.
After a fair bit of research, I have arrived at the specs below. BUT, I do have some questions that I'm hoping you fine people will be able to help me with.
Case
CORSAIR 3000D AIRFLOW MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 24-Core Processor 285 (Up to 5.6GHz) 36MB Cache (Pre-Order Only)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX Z890-F GAMING WIFI (LGA1851, DDR5, M.2 PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 7)
Get SW: Outlaws™ Gold Edition with qualifying Intel® Z890 & B860 Chipset Motherboards!
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 5200MHz CL40 (2 x 32GB)
Graphics Card
16GB ASUS PRIME GEFORCE RTX 5080 OC - HDMI, 3 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
4TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ ATX 3.1, MODULAR, CYBENETICS GOLD
Get a discount code for 20% off select peripherals at Corsair.com
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 200 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NONE OR ONBOARD Wi-Fi (MOTHERBOARD DEPENDENT)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Will an Intel Processor be suitable for my needs, or would an AMD Equivalent suffice?
I have opted for a 4TB SSD. Would an additional 1TB SSD be needed for the operating system?
The MSI GEFORCE RTX 5080 SHADOW 3X OC is shown as being out of stock until the beginning of June. Would any of the other RTX 5080 cards suffice?
