Laptop Recommendations?
Hello everyone, so I know this question has been asked time and time again I’m sure, but I keep finding really specific answers when that’s not necessarily what I’m looking for. I’m looking to buy a new laptop as my current one is 10 years old and starting to die a slow overheating death.
I play all the sims games from 2 - 4 so ideally it’ll need to run even the intense eps like 3 pets and seasons. I’m not delusional I know a desktop would be better however I don’t have a gaming setup and where I spend hours sometimes playing I want to be comfortable (currently my Mac is on the dining table and the chairs just aren’t fun to sit on for too long) that being said I’m not looking to travel a lot with it so I don’t mind size or weight, it’ll be used at home 99% of the time.
I know what the minimum and recommended requirements are so please don’t just quote those back at me as I’ve run sims 4 with below requirement specs and it’s run beautifully and I’ve also run sims 3 with above requirement specs and it run average at best.
so please if you know or own any laptops that can run the sims games smoothly and don’t overheat and have longevity, recommend them to me?
Price is not an issue as I’m happy to pay more to get more as long as the add ons are worth it and not overkill, that being said I do prefer cheaper options.
@Coco2loco56 You can fit all your Sims games on a 256 GB drive if you don't download a massive amount of custom content, so 512 GB would be fine as long as you're not downloading several other large games too. I believe all these laptops would take a second hard drive, so you're not locked into that choice either.
The graphics card will be the limiting factor in determining how well Sims games run on all these laptops. Since you have the budget to do a lot better, I'd cross off the options with a 1650. The MSI GFxx laptops run somewhat loud and hot, nothing alarming but also not ideal, and there again you can afford better. Between the Legion and the Predator, the reviews are quite similar, but the Legion should win just because it's so much cheaper. Its processor also uses less power, which means it both runs cooler and doesn't use as much battery.
I understand the temptation to get a high-end model because you can afford it. But since you don't need anything faster than a 3060, the higher price isn't justified until you get into the premium tier: Razer, the better Gigabyte models (not the K5), the high-end Asus Zephyrus line, a few custom builders, that sort of thing. And even then, you'd likely only see a few percentage points of performance increase, which you wouldn't need with a 3060 anyway.
Plus, that's $500 you'll have saved for the next computer you want, whenever you want it. And that $500 won't put off that next upgrade either, at least not if you're looking at a 3060 either way. Besides, graphics cards are improving so quickly these days, there's not much point in trying to futureproof beyond three or four years.
