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

@abigailevelynn__  Sorry for the late reply.  I got caught up in something last night and didn't have time to do a thorough search.

Anyway, I did search tonight, and the high-end custom builds are, as I expected, a bit out of your preferred price range.  The reason is likely the shortage of graphics cards: the newest ones are almost impossible to find, the last generation models are going for twice their usual price, and everyone's desperate.  That's also the reason that building yourself might not work out well—paying $600 for a normally $250 GPU is annoying even when price isn't an issue.

For context, an Nvidia 1650 should run Sims 4 smoothly on ultra settings, and a 1660 or faster (or an AMD 5500XT or faster) would be overkill.  In practice, the game has its own slowdowns no matter how fast the hardware, and although more powerful components can buffer the effects to some degree, the issues with the game engine itself will still limit performance.  So you may think it's worth the extra price to get a 1660, or even a 2060, but maybe not; it's about your preference.

There are two main options that would work here.  One is to get a prebuilt system, and the other is to configure a computer from Dell or HP.  For the prebuilt systems, there are lots of options with a 1660 of some kind, and very few with the somewhat faster (~20% in gaming, but it varies a lot by game) 2060.  Both Dell and HP have models that can be upgraded to include a 2060; the price would be a bit over $1,100 with a 2060 and more like $850-950 with a 1660, depending on the other components you wanted.  You could spend some of that money on a stronger processor, planning to get a faster graphics card to go with it in a few years, but that's not necessary for Sims 4 and never will be.

As for the prebuilt options, this is not an exclusive list, just a few good options for you to look at.  I can write more about any of these, or the differences among them, if you'd like, but first please let me know what direction you're thinking of going.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/6424476.p?skuId=6424476

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1560344-REG/msi_codex_r_10si_003us_gaming.html

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1597600-REG/asus_ga15dh_bs562_bs562_ryzen_5_3600x.html

https://www.amazon.com/iBUYPOWER-Computer-Revolt-9330-i5-10600K/dp/B08FPT92JD

https://www.amazon.com/Desktop-GeForce-i5-10400F-Lighting-GT12-0020/dp/B088HJSMYR

https://www.amazon.com/GL10DH-Desktop-GeForce-Windows-GL10DH-AH762/dp/B07X1TZT85

And if you don't see what you want, you could also wait a few weeks for more options to come back into stock.  The desktop market has a lot of turnover in a short amount of time, especially now with the scarcity of graphics cards.