best desktops for the sims 3
hi, i need help finding a good (yet cheap) desktop computer that can run the sims 3 on high qualities. ive been doing a lot of research but since im not computer smart and dont know what half of the ...
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hi! so recently with the virus going down my price range has gotten lower.. so I was wondering if itd be easier to maybe build a computer instead of buying one? get back as soon as you'd like to no rush! and thank you for your help!
@BellyacheSimmer In this price range, it's usually cheaper to get a prebuilt computer, rather than building it yourself. I mean, you could spend two months looking for deals on Ebay and hope you find all the components you need, and maybe save a bit... but there's no guarantee, and of course you'd be taking a risk by shopping from Ebay. You might get lucky with older surplus components if you know where to look for them, but again, there's no guarantee you'd find what you want.
The prebuilt systems in this category are offered by companies that get bulk discounts from their suppliers. The quality isn't as high as what you'd buy separately, but that's the other part of how they keep costs down. And for your purposes, the computers would still work fine.
Let me know how much you're willing to spend, and I'll have another look around. If you'd rather wait a bit to get the new desktop, that's fine too—I'll be around whenever you're ready to shop.
hello! hope your having a good day, my price range is now in the $600 range. i know this maybe difficult to find a computer to play the sims 3 with ultra high settings but if I need to push it a $100 so i can. thank you for your help, have a great day!
@BellyacheSimmer There aren't nearly as many choices for $600 and under, or at least not as many good ones. But you can still get a computer that would run Sims 3 on ultra graphics settings.
This is the lowest I'd go, at $550. The processor and graphics card are more than good enough for the entire game plus whatever custom content you'd want to install. The drawback is that it has only a mechanical drive, meaning loading—everything from the initial screens to traveling to opening Build/Buy and CAS—would take longer. The game would run the same once it was loaded though. You could also buy a solid state drive and install it later; it's not difficult to add one.
This one is $600, and its processor and graphics card are both weaker than the Acer above, though still more than good enough for Sims 3. But it does have a solid state drive, and while it's not large, 256 GB is enough for Windows, Sims 3, plus your saves and other user data. You could store backups and any other data on the 1 TB HDD as needed.
This one is $620 and has the same graphics card as the Acer, a somewhate stronger processor, and a 480 GB solid state drive, which is enough storage for most people. Again, you could add a second hard drive (any SATA drive you wanted) later, if you decided you needed more storage.
Even going up to $700, I didn't see any options that were better than these. It seems like at the moment, there are fewer options in this range than usual, but these would be fine and are about what you'd expect for your budget in normal times.
If you have more questions, please feel free to ask.
