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7 years ago
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Is this computer good enough for ts4?

I have to get a comp and I'm looking for one that will run the sims and it's expansion packs well. I don't think I can afford a laptop but I want to play on high at least or higher.

I have an $800 budget.

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    7 years ago

    @Winchestercester  I wouldn't want to put you over budget or make you get financing; the reason I asked is because if I were going to customize a system for you, I would want to know where the limit was.  As it turns out though, the best deals right now are in prebuilt models.

    The most economical approach would be to get this model, at $650, and add a second internal hard drive yourself.  This one has an excellent processor, much better than the one I linked before, and also a better graphics card.  Its 500 GB SSD is not so small that it would get filled right away, but you could keep an eye on storage and add the second drive later, when you wanted.  Its 8 GB RAM is more than enough for TS4, but again, you could add more when you wanted.  (You'd need to make sure the model numbers matched, but you could definitely find what you needed on Amazon.)

    https://www.newegg.com/p/1VK-005B-000E1?Item=1VK-005B-000E1

    By the way, here's the same 1 TB HDD as before, but slightly cheaper:

    https://www.outletpc.com/dx5854-western-digital-caviar-blue-1tb.html

    If you really don't want to have to upgrade later, this has the same processor and graphics card as the one above, but it has a 240 GB SSD/1TB HDD combination.  The SSD is too small to install a whole lot; it would be better to put TS4 on the HDD.  The game will run the same either way, although other programs do benefit greatly from being installed on a solid state drive.  This one also has only 8 GB RAM, but it would be just as easy to add more later.

    https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-master-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-5-series-8gb-memory-amd-radeon-rx-580-2tb-hard-drive-240gb-solid-state-drive-black/6290721.p?skuId=6290721

    If these aren't quite what you want, please let me know what you're looking for, and I'll try to find it.  There aren't a whole lot of good options in this price range, but I can keep looking.

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    puzzlezaddict
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    7 years ago

    @Winchestercester  Please make sure it has some airflow around it while you're playing or doing 3D rendering.  TS4 doesn't generate a lot of heat compared to some games, but it's still more than enough to require some cooling support.  The processor and graphics card each have a fan to dispel excess heat, and the case has fans for intake and outtake, so a closed closet would be a real problem.  An open one would probably be fine though.

  • The closet is fairly large, it has a dresser in it which I planned to put my computer on but I guess I could leave it open. The laptop I use now gets up to 70c something when rendering but I don't think the fans are working all that well.

    Idk if you could answer this question, but do you know if a higher powered PC has the potential to trip a breaker? Some of the breakers are faulty in this house so I'm trying to figure out if I'd be able to actually do any real gaming/rendering.

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    7 years ago

    @Winchestercester  You can close the closet when you're not using the computer for anything taxing; just open it when you're playing or rendering.

    As for the breakers... I don't really know.  The SkyTech computer has a 500W power supply, so it won't draw more than that at any time, and less if its current tasks don't require as much.  (I don't know what the Cyberpower model has, but from the company's other products, I'd guess 600W.)  Whether that's a problem will depend on how sensitive the breakers really are.  This is definitely beyond my level of expertise, but I would guess that the issue wouldn't be the computer itself but how much else was running in the house at the same time when it started demanding power, i.e. when you turned it on or started to play.

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