@SophieBxnks There are a number of cards stronger than an Nvidia 2060, up to and including an Nvidia 2080 ti, which costs around £1,200 all by itself. The reason I haven’t recommended a stronger card than the 2060 is that it won’t make even the tiniest difference to Sims 4, now or ever. But if you’d prefer a 2060 Super, just because you can, it’s an extra £61 before VAT.
I would stay away from the next card up after the 2060 Super—the 2070—just because the only option offered is by a lower-end brand. The next card after that is a 2070 Super, but again, by the time your son has any use for all that extra power in a few years, it will be time for a completely new card anyway.
CyberpowerPC will install Windows onto the fastest hard drive and designate it the C drive. The way Windows and applications like Origin are set up, programs will automatically be installed to C as well, unless you decide to install elsewhere. So as long as C is a solid state drive (which it will be), those applications, and Windows, will get the benefits of a super fast drive.
I already included liquid cooling for the processor, which is the component that generates the most heat by itself. The graphics cards you’re considering are high quality and come with their own dual-fan setup. These cards are generally very good at cooling themselves. After that, it’s a matter of moving air into and out of the case quickly enough. The processor cooler has two fans over its radiator, and the case comes with three more; five fans should be more than enough. But I can add higher quality fans (vs. the default case fans) for £9 extra, if you want.
For the case, the site shows pictures of all your options, along with technical details. (You can ask me about those if you want, but the cases are all fine.) Click on the link for the build I showed you earlier, look at the list of components on the left side of the screen, and click on Case (the second one from the top). Then you can scroll through the options and pick one you think your son will like. Keep in mind that most of the pictures show what the case will look like with RGB lighting from the internal components. Many of the cases themselves don’t have their own lighting by default; the RGB comes from the hardware inside, and maybe from the case fans if you get ones with LED.
So, there are a couple of choices you should make, and then I’ll send you the link.
- Do you want upgraded case fans, and do you want them plain, red LED, or blue LED?
- Or do you want RGB fans? You can see the options by clicking “Case Upgrades (Fans and Lighting) from the menu on the left of the screen.
- Do you want an Nvidia 2060, or the slightly better and somewhat more expensive 2060 Super?
Let me know, and I'll send you a new link with everything picked out. And by the way, the next processor up from the 3700X is the 3800X, at only £28 more before VAT, so I figured you might want that too.
