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pxelskies
4 years ago
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Will this PC run TS4 & TS3?

Hi! I'm looking into buying a new PC and some help would be very much appreciated. I play TS4 with almost all packs (minus the kits and a gp or 2) and quite a few mods/CC and I'd love to play TS3 aga...
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    puzzlezaddict
    4 years ago

    @pxelskies  For long-term prospects, it's generally best to get the fastest processor you can, since you might want it to drive a faster graphics card down the road, and it's much cheaper to upgrade the graphics card than to buy a whole new PC.  A 5800X is much faster than an i5-10400H or 11400H, so that's easy.  The Legion has good build quality, and last I checked, it does use standard components, so I'm not saying about it what I said about the HP.  I personally would prefer a custom build, but that's mostly because I'm picky about the individual components that don't get listed, for example the motherboard and power supply.

    What I was saying about bol.com is that it also sells prebuilt computers from other shops, for example the one I linked is sold by LalaShops.nl.  So if you contacted one of the shops directly, you might get the option to upgrade one component in a given build.

    If those shops' offerings are overwhelming, I could take a look for you.  The language isn't a problem—all the important info is easily identifiable, and if I need some clarification, there's always Google Translate.  Or, as I mentioned, you could call a shop and ask if they have a 3060 with a 5600X or 5600G and go from there.  But the Legion is also a very good option, and the HP is good enough and an excellent price.  So if you'd rather not get into the whole custom build concept, you'll still be fine.

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pxelskies
4 years ago

Thank you for all the information @puzzlezaddict! You've given me a lot to think about. 

I was definitely leaning, but I had no idea that HP Pavilions don't have the best quality.  I've looked at some prebuilt options from a custom-build shops but I got a little overwhelmed by all of the choices, to be honest, which is why I'm tempted to just buy the HP. I was only able to find one cheaper Lenovo Legion option on a different site, but that site gets mixed reviews so I'm a little wary of it to be honest. Bol.com is definitely a reliable site, but they sell all kinds of things and not just pcs and laptops, kind of like amazon. So I'm not sure if it'd be possible to ask them to swap out any of the components. 

I think RAM and storage would be the only things I'd consider updating, to be honest, so if that would be the main concern and my games would still run significantly better than on one of the cheaper options, the HP would still be an option for me. But after your comment, it sounds like the extra €150 that the Lenovo and the other one with a decent processor (the i5 + 3060 RGB one) would definitely be worth it.

So between the Lenovo and the other one, I think that the Lenovo would be the best deal? It seems like I'd be choosing between a better processor (unless I'm mistaken and the Ryzen 7 isn't better than the i5) or more storage, and it would be much easier to just upgrade my storage at some point if needed.

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puzzlezaddict
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4 years ago

@pxelskies  For long-term prospects, it's generally best to get the fastest processor you can, since you might want it to drive a faster graphics card down the road, and it's much cheaper to upgrade the graphics card than to buy a whole new PC.  A 5800X is much faster than an i5-10400H or 11400H, so that's easy.  The Legion has good build quality, and last I checked, it does use standard components, so I'm not saying about it what I said about the HP.  I personally would prefer a custom build, but that's mostly because I'm picky about the individual components that don't get listed, for example the motherboard and power supply.

What I was saying about bol.com is that it also sells prebuilt computers from other shops, for example the one I linked is sold by LalaShops.nl.  So if you contacted one of the shops directly, you might get the option to upgrade one component in a given build.

If those shops' offerings are overwhelming, I could take a look for you.  The language isn't a problem—all the important info is easily identifiable, and if I need some clarification, there's always Google Translate.  Or, as I mentioned, you could call a shop and ask if they have a 3060 with a 5600X or 5600G and go from there.  But the Legion is also a very good option, and the HP is good enough and an excellent price.  So if you'd rather not get into the whole custom build concept, you'll still be fine.

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    pxelskies
    4 years ago

    @puzzlezaddict Ah, sorry, I misunderstood what you meant about bol.com. But that makes sense! I'll see if upgrading components is an option if I contact one of those shops directly. Thanks for the tip! 

    I think I prefer a prebuild simply because my knowledge of computers is very limited haha, but I can definitely see why you'd prefer a custom build. I think I'm going to call one or two of the shops and if that doesn't work out, I'm probably going for the Legion. Thank you so much for the offer to look at the shops' offerings for me, though, and for your help and advice in general. You helped me a lot and I really appreciate it! 🙂 

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