Re: How would the HP spectre x360 work for the Sims 4?

Hi there

Thanks for your help.

What about this one? https://h20386.www2.hp.com/AustraliaStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=9PH05PA&opt=&sel=NTB

I initially bought the laptop for study and work. I have The Sims 4 on my gaming PC but the portability gives it out and I'd like to try downloading the game on my laptop.

I only bought it recently and did not want the game to ruin its hardware, cause my previous gaming laptop hard drive was stuffed, which might be because running too heavy games at that time. 

@DonScarletto  That laptop should run Sims 4 on medium-high settings, or maybe high if you don't have all the demanding expansions installed.  The hardware can certainly handle running the game, so the workload itself isn't a concern.

The one thing to look out for though is excess heat.  A Spectre doesn't have great cooling, at least not by the standards of gaming, and Sims 4 will heat up the components.  But it's easy enough to monitor temps while you play, and either arrange for better cooling (elevate the laptop or buy a cooling pad) or back off if you're not comfortable with what you see.

There are plenty of free, easy to use monitoring apps you could install.  GPU-Z is the standard for graphics card use, and CPU-Z is great for processors.  Hwinfo monitors everything, as in, all the sensors that a motherboard has, so there's a bit of a learning curve to reading one.  The temps are pretty easy to find though, and you can skip the more advanced data if you're not interested in combing through it.  It's easy to alt-tab to any of these apps to check temps, then go back to your game when satisfied you have nothing to worry about.