Re: Best pc for the sims 4 with the highest settings A LOT OF MODS & expansi

@Maisha7197  Sorry, I got the motherboard specs a bit wrong there.  (I was going by memory from when I first looked them up.)  The actual specs are as follows.

The Asus is the one with fewer SATA ports, 4 instead of 6.  That's still plenty though.  It also doesn't have a USB-C port on the back.  Spec sheet:

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/PRIME-Z390-P/specifications/

The first MSI has six SATA ports but only one M.2 socket, which will be used by your SSD.  Again, this is only an issue if you think you might want to add more parts later.  Spec sheet:

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z390-A-PRO/Specification

Your current motherboard has four SATA ports and zero M.2 slots.  It also uses USB 2.0, which is somehow (because naming conventions are silly) three generations behind the USB 3.1 gen 2 ports that the other boards have.  Here's the full spec sheet for your board:

https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c01925534

In case you're looking for it, here's the next MSI board up:

https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/MPG-Z390-GAMING-PLUS/Specification

By the way, I can see why your computer struggled so much with Cats & Dogs: not enough RAM, plus an integrated graphics card that would already have been struggling with Seasons.  This one should be a world apart.

Edit:  Sorry, I forgot to add that the basic DVD player is £10 extra.  But some cases wouldn't support adding one, so the actual price might be a few pounds higher when you account for getting a case with enough room.  (A few as in less than £10, but I'd have to check each one manually.)