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plantsim333
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11 months ago
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What Laptop or PC can run both the Sims 4 and OBS smoothly at the same time?

Hello! I tried to run OBS recording and Sims 4 at the same time on my Lenovo laptop that is probably 10 years old. All the footage came out extremely laggy and virtually none of it was usable. I’ve t...
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    puzzlezaddict
    11 months ago

    @plantsim333  There's a significant difference between the kind of computers you can get for £1,000 and £1,500.  Plus desktops can be custom-ordered to get pretty much whatever you want, typically with only a small delay over a prebuilt system.  And it might not be much more expensive than an equivalent pre-built system.  As an example, upgrading this system to a Ryzen 5 5600 and an RTX 4060 ti (the one that's available now, not pre-order) puts the cost at £935:

    https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-gaming-kalis-amd-ryzen-5-5500-geforce-rtx-4060-gaming-pc-fs-1ft-og.html

    This one's processor is a bit faster than the R5 5600, but not in an entirely different category, and it otherwise has equivalent specs, for £100 more:

    https://www.currys.co.uk/products/hp-omen-25l-gaming-pc-intel-core-i5-rtx-4060-ti-1-tb-ssd-10258313.html

    Getting closer to £1,500, there are too many options to list, especially when accounting for custom configurations.  So it would be helpful to know whether you'd prefer the best option in the £1,000 range, the best option under £1,500, or something in between.  This is the difference between reasonably-good options and better ones, not between being able to run OBS well and not.