best gaming desktop for sims 3 and 4
Hello! I'm looking for a gaming desktop to run the sims 3 and 4. I have the majority of the sims 4 packs and plan on getting all of the sims 3 packs as well as the rest of the sims 4 packs I need. Al...
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@booklover240 The systems I linked would run both games smoothly with any custom content you wanted to use. The only limiting factor would be the way TS3 is built, but some players report using 10 GB or more. (I have no idea how much cc TS4 players use, but again, an Nvidia 1050 ti or an Nvidia 1060 6 GB would keep up just fine.)
Still, if you want to go custom, I'd like more details. This is, after all, supposed to be built to your exact preferences. Do you want to go from 8 GB RAM to 16 GB for $97? (There's a deal for a free upgrade from 2400 MHz to 3000 MHz, which just means your RAM will be even faster.) Do you want a single 500 GB basic SSD, or would you prefer to spend another $52 to get a PCle SSD that's three times faster? Do you want a larger SSD, or maybe a secondary HDD (mechanical drive)? Do you want to be able to upgrade this computer with stronger components in a few years, or are you going to keep this system as is?
If you're not sure about these details, feel free to ask. Or, if you just want a good system, let me know how much you'd prefer to pay—I know your budget is $1300, but you said you'd like to spend a bit less, if possible—and I'll keep adding features until I get to that number. I'd still like to know about drive space though; that's a pretty critical detail.
I would like to growth the 16GB, The PCle SSD and I would like to be able to upgrade. About the larger SSD or a secondary HDD I'm not really sure what would you recommend?
@booklover240 PCIe SSDs are much faster than M.2 SATA SSDs, and since you're already used to the PCIe in your macbook air, I understand why you'd want to stick with that. PCIe models are also more expensive than the alternatives, of course, but if the speed makes a difference to you, then it's probably worth it. (If you'd like some idea of how your current SSD compares to the models available for your new computer, click About This Mac > System Report > Storage, and list the device name of the drive. I couldn't find it myself in ten minutes of googling.)
If you want to run TS3 off an SSD, which would be much faster than using an HDD, you'll want one that's at least 512 GB. Between the program files and the game folder that you'd like to fill with custom content (as well as saves and everything else), you'll run out of space quickly on a 256 GB drive. And you can certainly install TS4 on an HDD without seeing any drop in performance, but its game folder will land in Documents as well, which you'll want on the SSD for when you're playing TS3.
If this computer is only for Sims, you don't need a second drive besides the larger SSD. But you might prefer to have the HDD as convenient internal storage for other data. It's not a big deal to get an external storage device later, either. For reference, I bought a 4 TB external for $110, which is the same as it costs to add a 4 TB 7200 RPM HDD on the site I was browsing. (You can get a 1 TB drive for $37 or two of them for $52, or you can pay a bit more for a higher quality drive.)
The other point to consider is that these computers can be upgraded later, if and when you decide to do so.
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