Need help for laptop specs
Im thinking about buying a laptop only for playing Sims 4. My MacBook runs it okay with low settings, but I wanna be able to put the graphics high, and still be able to have packs and cc without lag....
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Thank you so much for your help! I’m gonna buy the last one then, but gonna let the thread be open in case its gonna be sold to another.
In case I wanna have better loading time, would it then make sense to upgrade the hard drive to ssd?
@amessysimmer Swapping out the mechanical drive for an SSD would improve loading times for sure, and it would also make Windows run faster. But you'd have to reinstall Windows on the new drive to get that benefit, although Sims 4 would still load faster if you moved it and nothing else to the new SSD. Reinstalling Windows isn't complicated, I'm just mentioning it in case you notice less of an improvement than you'd expect.
I can't know for sure without the laptop's model number, but it's possible this one has an empty slot for an M.2 SSD; many laptops with this hardware do. So you could add the SSD without having to remove the HDD. If there isn't an SSD slot though, you'd be stuck reinstalling everything from scratch, which might be more trouble than it's worth.
If and when you get this laptop, or another one, and want to add another drive, let me know the model number and how much you'd like to spend on a new hard drive.
The HP laptop model number is 15-bc402no
As the seller haven’t replied in some time, I’ve looked for another just in case .. I found one. It’s more expensive though, and I would only buy that one it if it would make a big difference for my gameplay, but it doesn’t look like these specs is much better when i search... Would this one be worth the extra money?
Lenovo Y520 15.6”
I5-7300HQ 2.5GHz
NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB DDR5
16GB RAM
256GB SSD + 1000GB HDD
Windows 10
@amessysimmer The processor in the newer model is slower, but the graphics card is significantly faster, somewhere in the range of 60-75% for gaming, although it does vary to a large extent by game. The gap is closer to 60% in Sims 4, at least the base game (that's the only benchmark I saw), but that's still quite a difference, and can mean playing with ultra settings rather than high.
The fact that the laptop is more expensive may be offset by its 256 GB SSD. While it's small, it's enough space for Windows, Sims 4, and all your user data, and you'd have the secondary HDD for overflow storage. Whether the price is worth it depends on your preferences and also on how much more expensive it is. The game should definitely run much faster though, again provided the laptop is in good shape overall.
The Lenovo laptop is 2 years old, and is 445$
the HP is 1 year old, and is 318$
would it make sense to pay that extra for the specs and ssd?
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