Hi, I'm looking to buy a gaming PC for the sims (2,3,4,and medieval) and minecraft.
I have all the expansion packs, stuff packs, and kits for the sims 4.
My budget is around 1-2k.
I want to be able to run the sims at ultra graphics. I really don't want to build my own PC
I am located in the U.S.
@HAYZEBLAZE8432 That's quite a flexible budget, but you don't need to spend anywhere near $2,000 to get a computer that will run all your games as well as possible. Even $1,000 can get you a computer that's significant overkill for all Sims games and also far over the minimum requirement for Minecraft with Raytracing. You could of course spend more and get an even more powerful computer, and let me know if you're interested, but it's not necessary for any of these games.
What do you think of these three?
They have the same graphics card, memory, and storage, which is more than enough for all the games listed plus giant piles of custom content and backup saves. Their processors are about the same in gaming. Skytech and iBuyPower are both system integrators that offer custom PC builds and also assemble pre-built computers that are a bit cheaper. So they use the same standard components you'd find if you were building your own computer, which makes them repairable and upgradable.
This is an equivalent system currently on sale for $900, but only for the next 24 hours or so; ABS is Newegg's in-house system integrator service.
https://www.newegg.com/abs-fr56004060-flux-ruby/p/N82E16883360487
One important note is that Sims 3 and Medieval won't work out of the box on the Intel processors. Sims 3 has a few workarounds, including a one-time patch; the other workarounds can be applied to Medieval as well but need to be used each time. In practical terms, it's just a couple of clicks, but if this isn't something you want to deal with, avoid any 12th-gen or newer Intel CPUs.
This is an alternative with a comparable processor to the ones above, but 11th-generation Intel and therefore unaffected by the Sims 3 issue. The 3060 ti is slightly faster than the 4060 in gaming, althoug not enough to notice.
If you want even more of an upgrade, which again is not necessary but is cheap relative to the improvement, this option has a slightly slower AMD processor which is still far more than these games will ever need, and an even faster graphics card.
At the moment, there are a lot of very similar options out there for close to the same price, so if none of these are exactly what you want, let me know why and I'll keep looking. And if you have more questions in general, please feel free to ask.
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