Re: Best budget laptop to play Sims 4 (UK)

@hannahnolloth  I think the best budget gaming laptop, at least of the ones available from Currys or Argos, is the Acer with the RTX 4050.  If you don't need a gaming laptop at all and don't mind playing Sims 4 on medium-high graphics settings, you could go for this £500 model instead:

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/acer-swift-3-14-laptop-amd-ryzen-5-512-gb-ssd-silver-10254285.html

There are cheaper options with the same processor and graphics chip, but only 8 GB RAM, if you feel up to installing more yourself.  (Let me know, and I'll list some.)  However, with only integrated graphics, 8 GB is workable but not ideal.  The iGPU borrows from main memory to do its processing, meaning that 8 GB installed might only be 6.5 GB available once the graphics chip has started rendering the game.

Since your budget can accommodate it, I would highly recommend either buying a system with 16 GB already installed or getting a cheaper 8 GB system and upgrading it.