6 years ago
Best pcs for sims 4?
Hi, I have been playing sims for years on my desktop (a HP Pavillion 23) and has worked very well without glitches, however the computer is well over 10 years old and the internet no longer works on ...
I think that I’ve decided I’ll go more down the route of a desktop. I’m not looking for a dedicated gaming PC or anything like that just one similar to the one I’ve got that’ll play the Sims well. I don’t really use my desktop for anything else but the sims so storage shouldn’t be a massive issue. Can you recommend any desktop PCs that are fairly normal price / not a gaming one, that will run the Sims smoothly?
@juliettedenham Sorry for the delay. I understand you're not looking for a real gaming system, but Sims 4 will run better on at least entry-level gaming hardware, and that hardware is well within your budget. Even keeping the price around £700-800, you could get a computer that would run all Sims 4 packs together on ultra settings.
I looked at various custom build sites, and the cheapest good options are in the £700-750 range. For that price, you'd get an Nvidia 1650, capable of running the entire game on ultra with some room to spare; a good processor and 16 GB memory; and quality components, e.g. motherboard and power supply, that are less likely to cause problems down the road. You could of course upgrade any single component if you wanted, for example, an Nvidia 1660 would cost around £90 more, depending on which site you used. And I'd be happy to go over the parts with you: what they mean, what's worth the price, that kind of thing.
If you'd rather stick with a prebuilt system, you have a number of options. This Cyberpower is the cheapest good one I saw. Its hardware is more than strong enough for Sims 4 and should be for a long time, plus it has 16 GB memory, which is nice to have if not strictly necessary. The £603 version doesn't have a solid state drive, so everything from Windows to Sims 4 would load more slowly from the mechanical drive; the £659 version has a much faster solid state drive in addition to the HDD.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/CyberpowerPC-Wyvern-580-Gaming-PC/dp/B079YZRZP9/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/CyberpowerPC-Wyvern-580-Gaming-PC/dp/B074JCL7TQ/
You could get essentially the same computer except with an Nvidia 1660, a significantly faster graphics card, for £662. This model does only have 8 GB memory, but you could add another 8 GB for probably around £40.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/CyberpowerPC-Regiment-1050-Gaming-PC/dp/B01M6XZV89/
The Nvidia 1660 Super is a bit faster than a regular 1660; these two are £701 and £756, in otherwise the same configurations as the first two, i.e. without and with an SSD.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/CyberpowerPC-Wyvern-580-Gaming-PC/dp/B079YYK419/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/CyberpowerPC-Wyvern-580-Gaming-PC/dp/B07JZK5LHN/
There are also equivalents to the ones above except with Intel processors, but price-wise, the ones with AMD processors are the better choices, at least on Amazon. If you do want an Intel CPU, this one is cheaper than the other options, at £700. It has an Nvidia 1660 and a combination SSD/HDD. It does only have 8 GB memory, but again, that's cheap and easy to add on your own.
https://www.box.co.uk/HP-Pavilion-690-0040na-7EC02EA-Gaming-_2580723.html
If you have more questions, or would rather see the custom build options, let me know.
@Kabouki1965 The ones you found are fine, but the prices could be better. With the Intel version especially, I'd want a better CPU if I were buying, and that puts the price about £150 over the cheapest equivalent options I saw on other sites. Also, bloatware can be uninstalled, or wiped if you want to go the slash and burn route, always a fun option.