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Re: Help with buying a new gaming pc to play all The Sims 4 and Packs

Hello @puzzlezaddict 

my new pc arrived.

I just checked my stats...



my OS (c🙂 is 476 GB

my installed ram says 16.0 GB (15.8 GB useable) 

is this going to be enough for the sims 4 and all the packs?

i read somewhere and people are saying it needs 24GB to run all games. Im worried i mite not have enough? 

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    puzzlezaddict
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    6 years ago

    @Simsfan8989  Your specs are way over the top for Sims 4.  The minimum requirement for memory is 4 GB RAM, and 8 GB is enough.  The minimum requirement for storage is 15 GB for the base game, or about 40 GB for the base game plus all packs, and you'd want some extra space on your C drive to make sure Windows has enough room to maneuver.  20 GB free at all times is sufficient.

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    puzzlezaddict
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    6 years ago

    @Simsfan8989  Your storage will be more than fine for anything Sims 4 releases, and in all likelihood Sims 5 as well.  (We can't know for sure, of course, but we can guess.)  New Sims 4 expansions are around 1.5 GB each, game packs are under 1 GB, and stuff packs are even smaller.  So even with a pile of new packs coming out in the future, the entire game would probably only end up requiring 50-60 GB.  Sims 5 will likely end up requiring more—Sims 3 is about 30 GB total—but even if the size doubles again, you'll still be fine.