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baxter_milo
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I’m looking at a new computer. I want to run sims 3 with no cc, just nraas mods, and all store content, as well as sims 4 with cc, and mods. Will these specs work for it?
9th generation Intel® Core™ i5 9400 Processor
8 GB DDR4-2666 SDRAM (2 X 4 GB)
1 TB HDD storage
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 (4 GB GDDR5 dedicated
9th generation Intel® Core™ i5 9400 Processor
8 GB DDR4-2666 SDRAM (2 X 4 GB)
1 TB HDD storage
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 (4 GB GDDR5 dedicated
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Sims 4 isn't nearly as affected by the speed of the hard drive. An Nvidia 1650 will run all packs on ultra settings right now, and quite possibly for the entire development of the game (it's difficult to say for sure given that we don't know what future packs will look like). However, if you like using a lot of "high poly," as in high-resolution, custom content, you might benefit from a slightly stronger card either now or in the future
If you're interested in seeing other options, feel free to ask; just list your budget and country, as well as any other details that matter to you, like having a lot of storage or running other apps besides the games.
You could, but you'd probably want to install Windows on the SSD as well, to get the full benefit of the faster drive. You probably wouldn't need to take the computer to a store to get the drive installed though—it's pretty simple to add one. This is what installing a SATA drive (SSD or HDD) entails:
Reinstalling Windows takes some time, but it's not complicated either.
An NVMe or mSATA drive is even simpler: make sure the standoff on the motherboard in the correct position, insert the drive in the slot, and insert the screw to hold it in place. I helped my brother install one a month ago, and it literally took two minutes.
By the way, I saw the HP models you listed before you edited your post. The second one, with the 1060 6 GB and the i5-8400, is better, but either one should be more than fine for TS3 and good enough for TS4, both on ultra settings.
HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop Computer, AMD Ryzen 5 2400G, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, 16GB RAM, 1TB hard drive, 128GB SSD, Windows 10
I edited it because I couldn’t make up my mind which I liked better, and if I wanted to get them from amazon or Newegg.
That would work just fine. While you were looking, so was I, and I found this:
https://www.amazon.com/HP-Pavilion-Desktop-graphics-690-0020/dp/B07BHXV3TJ/
plus this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PGC3JKQ?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1
which would put you at $655 before tax. (Adding another 8 GB RAM might cost $40 if you do it yourself.)
But if you're willing to branch out from HP, I could find other similar options as well.
It's understandable why you'd be indecisive—after all, this is a significant purchase, and it's not like you can test-drive the computers before buying them. Maybe it will help to see a progression of increasingly more powerful, and more expensive, systems from one company. The processors and graphics cards get better, but the memory and hard drives are the same. (The last one has a better motherboard too.)
https://skytechgaming.com/product/blaze-ii-amd-ryzen-5-1600-nvidia-geforce-gtx-3gb-gddr5-500gb-ssd-8gb-ram/
https://skytechgaming.com/product/archangel-amd-ryzen-5-2600-amd-radeon-rx-580-4gb-gddr5-1tb-7200-rpm-hdd-8gb-ram/
https://skytechgaming.com/product/archangel-3-0-amd-ryzen-5-3600-nvidia-gtx-6gb-gddr5-500gb-ssd-8gb-ram/
I found the first and second ones on Amazon too, although the first is much cheaper on Skytech's site.
As for Cyberpower, this one has the same processor as the first Skytech and the same graphics card as the second:
https://www.amazon.com/CYBERPOWERPC-Master-Gaming-3-2GHz-GMA8980CPG/dp/B07W62CJCQ/
This Cyberpower has a processor that's equivalent to the first Skytech and the same graphics card as the third one; it also has more storage, if you think you'll want it and would prefer not to install a second drive yourself:
https://www.amazon.com/CYBERPOWERPC-Xtreme-i5-9400F-GeForce-GXiVR8060A8/dp/B07VGJDKZ4/
The other brands I saw on the various sites I checked all offer variations on the same configurations, some systems with larger HDDs, a couple with 16 GB RAM. But of all the factors to take into account, memory is probably the least important, since it's the easiest and cheapest component to add later. Processors can be replaced but only with difficulty, and you can't switch between Intel and AMD without getting a new motherboard and basically rebuilding your computer. Graphics cards can be swapped easily enough, but the GPU is usually the single most expensive component. As mentioned earlier, hard drives are easy to add after the fact. So in your position, I'd get the best CPU and GPU I could reasonably afford and count on being able to upgrade the other components later if necessary. But this is about what you want, and what's worth the money to you.