Gaming PC Help

princess0384

Right now I have a gaming desktop in need of an upgrade. Currently, I have all TS2, TS3, and TS4 games with CC. I would love to able to live stream with no lag as well. I was looking into how much it would cost to upgrade and have someone install the parts. It's cheaper to buy a budget gaming PC. My question is does anyone have this pc or something similar that plays the Sims and can give me their input. CYBERPOWERPC Gamer Ultra GUA4600W Gaming Desktop PC

DeKay

@chesterbigbird Tagging her cuz she knows this stuff.

james64468

@princess0384 I can't recommend using FX CPU. Chesterbigbird would agree with me. I would try to get a AMD Ryzen system myself. I recommend spending about 800.00 or more for a computer to do live stream and playing computer games at the same time.

chesterbigbird

princess0384 wrote: »

Right now I have a gaming desktop in need of an upgrade. Currently, I have all TS2, TS3, and TS4 games with CC. I would love to able to live stream with no lag as well. I was looking into how much it would cost to upgrade and have someone install the parts. It's cheaper to buy a budget gaming PC. My question is does anyone have this pc or something similar that plays the Sims and can give me their input. CYBERPOWERPC Gamer Ultra GUA4600W Gaming Desktop PC

What desktop do you have currently? It's not always cheaper to buy new.
The desktop you mentioned above is not going to cut it. The graphics card is trash for gaming and the cpu is below what you ideally need.
there are basically allot of upgrades that you could do depending on what you already have.. and when you factor in the cost you have to consider the hardware you are getting.
If you can tell me the make and model of what you have now i can assist you further.

princess0384

ibuypower gaming PC. I don't know the model number or anything but it was brought in 2007 the graphics card is Geforce GTX 750ti
This is the other info:
OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.14393 Build 14393
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DESKTOP-UHJP2FK
System Manufacturer To Be Filled By O.E.M.
System Model To Be Filled By O.E.M.
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3300 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. P1.10, 9/6/2012
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer ASRock
BaseBoard Model Not Available
BaseBoard Name Base Board
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.14393.1378"
User Name DESKTOP-UHJP2FK\allyc
Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 7.94 GB
Available Physical Memory 2.86 GB
Total Virtual Memory 9.57 GB
Available Virtual Memory 2.31 GB
Page File Space 1.63 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

chesterbigbird

princess0384 wrote: »

ibuypower gaming PC. I don't know the model number or anything but it was brought in 2007 the graphics card is Geforce GTX 750ti
This is the other info:
OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.14393 Build 14393
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DESKTOP-UHJP2FK
System Manufacturer To Be Filled By O.E.M.
System Model To Be Filled By O.E.M.
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3300 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. P1.10, 9/6/2012
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer ASRock
BaseBoard Model Not Available
BaseBoard Name Base Board
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.14393.1378"
User Name DESKTOP-UHJP2FK\allyc
Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 7.94 GB
Available Physical Memory 2.86 GB
Total Virtual Memory 9.57 GB
Available Virtual Memory 2.31 GB
Page File Space 1.63 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

Can you take a picture of the tower (the case) SO i know what type of case you have?
Depending on the size of your case then i would suggest upgrading to something like this
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mKH2vV
It will give you allot better system then the one you were looking at. You can carry over your old hard drive and just replace everything else (maybe not the case.)
Buying a cheap budget pc would be a wrong move.. the hardware will not be certified and will be generic.. where as upgrading can get you much better quality. And also note the desktop you were looking at has a VERY weak and old graphics card and the older AMD processors.. where as if you upgraded you can get current generation.
If you want to upgrade the case also then they can cost less then $50 for something decent.

princess0384

It's ibuypower i-series 503