sims 4 computer
Hello, I am looking into buying a new computer so that I can play the sims 4 on the high settings without a problem, but also something where I can also do casual bookkeeping throughout the day. I h...
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I have another question. Would it be worth me spending more money on a monitor like this in the long run? Monitor here This is one that I currently pulled up. I am just curious if forking out around $1,500 would be better for me and my gaming experience versus trying to stay under 1k.
I do want something that will be able to run the sims 5 if that comes out within the next two years and isn't just a rumor in the air.
I really do appreciate all the help you have given me this far.
@LittleMissAly Personally, I think the best investment you can make is in upgradability, not in current components. As an example, the 2070 Super in this build is a little slower than the newer 3060 ti, a card that's supposed to be $400 standalone when the market isn't insane. (The market is extremely insane right now.) That means in about 18 months, the 2070 Super was surpassed by a lower-tier card from Nvidia's next generation. Two or three years from now, whatever card is priced at $400 will undoubtedly be faster than the 3060 ti and might be faster than the current 3070.
Sims 5 won't be here for at least a year or two, maybe more, and the base game alone probably won't even be as demanding is Sims 4 is now if we judge by the gap between the final version of Sims 3 and the original Sims 4 base game. Or you might decide in the future you want to play a different game that happens to be more demanding than Sims 4 or 5, and it's a lot cheaper to buy a new graphics card than an entire new computer. The 2070S might be fast enough for anything you'd ever do in the lifespan of this system, but it's impossible to know for sure.
On the other hand, maybe you don't want to deal with all that. If you'd just rather get a computer that is probably going to handle everything you want it to do for a number of years, that's a perfectly valid approach. In that case however, I'd suggest something with a higher build quality, for example one of these:
https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali564/p/N82E16883360194
https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali519/p/N82E16883360119
The 3060 is a little slower than the 2070 Super but still massive overkill for Sims 4. The only meaningful difference between the two is the processor, but the cheaper one is still more than fine for Sims games, and since the two systems' motherboards use the same socket, they have the same processor upgrades available. ABS is Newegg's in-house brand, basically its system integrator arm, and the build quality is surprisingly good according to reviews.
In terms of cheaper but upgradable options, I can get this one down to $1142 in price with a few different choices, including a 1650 (good enough to run Sims 4 on ultra settings) and the other components to support a future upgrade.
https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Syber-M-Core-100
There might be a slightly cheaper configuration available; let me know if you'd like me to check.
@puzzlezaddict Thank you so much for your help! Is it really that easy to upgrade things within the tower? I have never taken apart a computer tower in my life lol.
@LittleMissAly When you have a full tower, not some mini or small form factor PC but a properly sized computer, yes, it's quite easy to swap out many of the components. RAM is the simplest: you click the modules into the appropriate slots and you're done. A graphics card is a bit more complicated, but not much: you unplug the power cables, take out a couple of screws, and click a release to remove the old one, then put the new one in the slot, screw the mounting bracket back into place, and reattach the cables.
The processor is more complicated in that you need to take off the cooler and put it back properly, and you really do need to be careful with the processor itself. But it's something most people get right on their first try just by paying attention and reading the manual.
If you're curious, there are plenty of YouTube videos that show how to add or upgrade a particular component, not to mention the hundreds of build guides that cover everything at once. And you can always ask a friend who's built before—it's pretty common for people who play PC games to build their own system at least once.
