Best Gaming Laptop for Sims 4- June 2024

@XxPxgsxX  Solid-state drives generate very little heat relative to the other components of a gaming laptop, so much so that absent a hardware defect, you can basically disregard the drives as a source of heat.  Also, the system would usually only be pulling significant data from one drive at a time, with the second drive mostly if not entirely idle.  As for smoothness, there's no difference between having one drive and two if the two drives are the same speed.

It's not that a laptop is specially built for this kind of thing or not; it's just a matter of whether the space and connectors are available for a secondary drive.  Really any core components at all can handle multiple drives when necessary.

In general, aside from manufacturing defects, the first reason a laptop would start to fail is chronic overheating.  After that, it's about physical damage, for example some small component might crack or dislodge when the laptop is hit with any force (dropped or smacked or whatever).  After that, it's natural aging of components, which is more of a lottery—the chances of something breaking go up with time, but there's never any guarantee either way.

I couldn't tell you with any accuracy how long this laptop would last.  Most gaming laptops are fine for at least 5 years, i.e. long enough that people upgrade for the better hardware rather than needing to replace a broken machine.  A decent percentage hold together for a few more years than that.  And of the laptops that don't last as long, most fail in the first year, likely sooner, long before the warranty runs out.  But that's not every laptop, and I can't promise you that you will absolutely get a system that runs great for a minimum of X number of years.

I can only say it's likely that you will be able to use this system for around five years, with a good chance of it lasting longer than that.  I can also say that buying a Legion or Victus instead of, say, an entry-level Acer or MSI laptop gives you a better chance.  And if you want, I can show you how to monitor temperatures once you have the laptop in front of you.