Buy one of these gaming PCs to play Microsoft Flight Simulator

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is a big hit for simulator games. The title uses real-world data streamed from the cloud to create one of the most realistic world environments available in gaming. While you don't need a beefy RTX 2080 Ti GPU to play it, having quite the capable gaming rig will make this game more immersive, which is where these pre-built desktop PCs come into play. Here are our top choices for the best pre-built computer for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Budget gaming PC

Staff pick

CyberPowerPC Gamer Master

This gaming rig from CyberPowerPC comes rocking an AMD Ryzen 3 3100 processor, AMD Radeon RX 570 GPU, 8GB RAM, 240GB SSD, and a 1TB hard-disk drive (HDD). The best part: This is a standard case that you'll find from other vendors, allowing you to upgrade to your heart's content. It also meets the minimum specifications for Flight Simulator 2020.

From $650 at Best Buy

Gaming laptop

Razer Blade 15 Base Edition

A laptop? Why yes! It's pre-built, ready to go, and can be taken anywhere you wish. The Razer Blade 15 is slim, packed with powerful gaming hardware, and has excellent display options. This model we selected here comes with an 11th Gen Intel Core i7 CPU, NVIDIA RTX 3070 GPU, and 16GB of RAM. But you can improve the specifications if you have more funds to spare.

From $1,300 at Best Buy

From $1,700 at Razer

High-end gaming PC

HP OMEN 30L gaming PC

The OMEN 30L is a serious gaming machine, as one can tell from the name. HP went all out with this PC, and the most affordable model comes with an AMD Ryzen 5 CPU, AMD RX 5500 GPU, and 8GB of RAM. You can configure it up to an Intel Core i7, NVIDIA RTX 3080, and 32GB of RAM, depending on how well you want the game to run. It's one of the best gaming desktop PC choices available today.

From $950 at Best Buy

From $1,080 at HP

Build it your way

NZXT Starter Series PC

NZXT makes some excellent cases and cooling solutions, but the company also runs its own custom PC build service, allowing you to pick and choose parts and receive a complete NZXT PC ready on which to play games. The prices are pretty good, too, allowing you to save on a neat-looking gaming rig.

From $1,049 at NZXT

Reach the skies

Skytech Shiva gaming PC

This Shiva gaming PC from Skytech has it all for a good value build. Inside, you'll find an AMD Ryzen 5 5600 processor, which is still more than current, NVIDIA RTX 3070 GPU, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, and a 1TB SSD. These specs are great for Microsoft Flight Simulator and other PC games.

$2,000 at Amazon

If we're to choose a PC for flying high

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is an ambitious game. Still, it doesn't have seriously high system requirements for playing on anything but the best gaming desktop PC. All you need is an AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or Intel i5-4460 CPU, Radeon RX 570 or NVIDIA GTX 700 GPU, and 8GB of RAM. All of our recommended PCs in this collection meet these requirements.

If we were to offer a single recommendation, we'd go with the HP OMEN 30L. Not only does the OMEN 30L look sleek, but it's also got everything packed inside that you'll need, including an RTX 2060 SUPER GPU and Intel Core i7 processor at an affordable price. It's possible to even upgrade the PC at a later date with a more capable Ryzen CPU and NVIDIA GPU if you want to play some more demanding games.

Should you have the available budget and wish to go all out from the get-go, the CyberPowerPC Gamer Master has enough to handle the game without destroying your bank balance. It's also completely made from standard parts, allowing yo uto swap out, sell, and upgrade parts as you desire.