CPU still needed, still get a hard drive?

Hi jasonna23​ ,

The message recommending the 32-bit version is outdated. The current version of The Sims 4 requires a 64-bit version of Windows, so you should remain on the 64-bit version.

Your AMD Athlon Silver 7120U is an entry-level laptop processor with two cores and two threads. The current minimum CPU requirement lists either an Intel Core i3-3220 with two cores and four threads or an AMD Ryzen 3 1200 with four cores. Based on that comparison, your processor does not fully meet the listed minimum requirements.

An external drive would only provide additional storage. It would not improve CPU or graphics performance, and adding a large amount of Custom Content or script Mods could place additional load on an already limited system. The game also normally reads Mods from:

Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods

Simply storing them on an external drive will therefore not automatically make them available to the game.

Before buying anything, I would recommend testing the game without Mods or Custom Content. Enable Laptop Mode, use low graphics settings, and see whether a new save runs acceptably. If the unmodified game already freezes, crashes, or runs very slowly, an external drive will not resolve that.

Could you also attach a DxDiag? That will let us check the computer’s RAM, graphics hardware, available storage, and Windows version before making a more definite recommendation.