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emilygrce's avatar
2 years ago

Best non-gaming laptop for sims 4

Hello, I am looking for a new laptop to play the sims 4 the hinges on my last one broke after 3 years so I would like something that lasts longer. I am also a university student so would like it to be reasonably light. I have a budget of £800 and am from the UK.

I have been looking at this one:

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/acer-aspire-5-15.6-laptop-intel-core-i7-512-gb-ssd-grey-10238894.html?searchTerm=acer%20aspire%205

I was wondering if this would be a good laptop for playing sims 4.

My only issue is that this is a 15.6" laptop and I'm not sure if it will be too heavy and big to walk to university with as my last laptop was a 14".

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

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  • @emilygrce  This is certainly a good laptop for Sims 4, and as good as you're going to see in a laptop without gaming hardware.  There a few non-gaming laptops with faster graphics cards, but they tend to be somewhat more expensive, usually over £1,000 and sometimes much higher.  So this is about the best choice you could make, from a performance standpoint, in this category.  I'd expect the laptop to handle high graphics settings at least, and probably a mix of high and ultra.

    As for the size and weight, the 15" screen probably won't matter.  It's really not much different to carry around than a 14" screen.  The weight might matter, but 1.8 kg isn't a lot inside a bag.  Check the weight of your current laptop for comparison.  If it's not in the spec sheet you received, you can google the exact model and find the data online; just make sure it's for the same configuration, for example a mechanical drive weighs enough that it makes a material difference.

    I can search for other options for you, but I doubt I'd find anything better, especially if you're looking for a more lightweight model.  Still, let me know if you'd like me to look around.

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