Best laptops for SIms

I brought the Acer Nitro gaming laptop today and so far everything is working great.

As someone who used to play on a laptop a lot: Not only make sure that the specs are right but also check if you can access the fan and clean it. When you play a lot and the fan is constantly spinning at maximum speed it will collect quite some dust - Just like any laptop/PC would. Plus when you are playing the laptop heats up because you are doing more than just office stuff. Eventually this can lead to problems. When you have the option to clean the fan you won't run into problems. Some laptops allow you to unscrew a hatch or simply open it just like that.

I like Asus gaming laptops too. I have one that is probably currently better than what I need, but it has a 1070 graphics card, and the graphics are fantastic, I also like that it has side vents. It is a 17.3 screen I believe, a bigger screen than my 15.6 Hp ( which wasn’t a gaming laptop, but did nicely the first year and a half). So far I don’t hear the fan much. I have most of the packs, but no cc. I believe this is the model number is G703GS.

I have an HP Omen gaming laptop. I can play Sims 4 on high graphics settings and WoW on ultra. Intel Core i7 7th Gen processor, NVIDIA graphics card. It runs about $1000USD. (Sorry I can't find the specific info but you can Google HP Omen laptop and out that way.)

"BoredinTX;d-947022" wrote:
Hello there, don't know if this is the correct section and I couldn't decide where it goes.
I have a Mac. I LOVE it, but as seeing that I mainly use it for Sims it isn't ideal. I am trying to get into other types of games (Life is Strange, Unravel, Assassins Creed maybe) but I have come to find that game developers generally avoid converting to iOS (except the Sims 4). I want to find a computer, PC specifically, that plays ts4 well at minimum. If I could play ts3, it would be great, but I don't even need that. A "reasonable" price range . Also, I'm a big CC person.

Do y'all have any suggestions? What computers do you use?

I love my Mac for designing and have a high-end CUDA graphics card for it. I use it for doing animation, 3d modelling and graphics projects in general. It's not used for gaming or anything but work and fun side projects I love doing.

I play games and everything else on my PC. Go get a gaming computer. Micocenter and Best Buy have these at a decent price for students this time of year and around the winter holidays season. If you can wait until Best Buy has their Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals and get the best deals then. I think my hubby got my computer last year from Best Buy it's an Acer with a lot of memory decent RAM good graphics card on Black Friday for less than 300 bucks cash saving a lot of money on it.

Mac users aren't the majority of users out there. Your average person isn't going to spend around a thousand bucks on a Mac when they can spend that for 3 PCs that can do the same things just as well. My hubby hates Apple and loves the Dell he has. I don't know if you have discount computer stores in your area. If so check them out too tell them you are looking for a gaming computer that runs Windows 10.

Last year I brought a 17 inch Predator, thinking its a super laptop for gaming, but not even a week later I returned it. It kept heating up especially the keys, even with fan assistance. I kept playing on my desktop until recently. Now I have a small little 15 inch Alienware and is the happiest person ever. I can play all day and night if I want too and it stays cool :) My sims game looks incredible and I am sure it will cope with many more expansions, game packs and stuff packs ;)

Hi all,

I am going to close this thread as hardware and technical discussions don't really belong in the General Discussions section.

Please don't hesitate to start a new discussion regarding this over on Answers HQ.

Thanks!