[SOLVED] New Flight Sim Build

[aviationfan12]

Budget (including currency): Around ~1200 USD
Country: Seattle, WA
Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: X-Plane 11
Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):

I am looking at building a brand new Flight sim rig. Trying to figure out if the config I have will work...

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$159.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$209.99 @ B&H
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$110.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$89.95 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card	$229.99 @ B&H
Case	Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case	$59.99 @ B&H
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$124.99 @ Corsair
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit	$139.88 @ Other World Computing
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1180.76
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-01 17:25 EDT-0400

 

[Hellfire13]

Here's how to get Windows cheap...
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/get-windows-10-free-or-cheap,5717.html
You can even activate it later on without any effect on performance. So don't waste money on it...
https://www.howtogeek.com/244678/you-dont-need-a-product-key-to-install-and-use-windows-10/

This should be better...

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor | $279.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard | ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4/ac ATX AM4 Motherboard | $145.61 @ Amazon
Memory | G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory | $144.99 @ Newegg
Storage | Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive | $59.99 @ Western Digital
Video Card | Asus GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB DUAL EVO OC V2 Video Card | $409.99 @ B&H
Case | Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case | $59.99 @ B&H
Power Supply | SeaSonic FOCUS Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply | $109.99 @ Best Buy
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total | $1210.55
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-02 06:52 EDT-0400 |

You can add more storage down the line.