Sims 4 laptop

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Joeyoung1990

Member
My girlfriend is going to be on maternity leave soon and will want something to do when the baby is sleeping. She wants to play sims 4 but I'm not too sure what laptop to get.
I would like it to have 8gb ram and a dedicated graphics card. I guess you guys know much more than me. Would anyone be able to suggest something to me for around £500.
Thankyou in advance :)
 
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AAHALL

Enthusiast
following suggestion

Case
PCS DOMINATOR 6806B BLACK CASE

Processor (CPU)
AMD FX-4300 Quad Core CPU (3.80GHz/4MB CACHE/AM3+)

Motherboard
ASUS® M5A97 LE R2.0 (DDR3, USB3.0, 6Gb/s)

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ R7 265 - DVI, HDMI, DP- DX® 11, Eyefinity 2.0 Capable

1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY

Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)

USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS

Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity 1


Price £510.00 including VAT and delivery
 
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cwhittaker

Member
ur not going to get what u want for 500 with a dedicated graphics card, for sims you needing a basic i5 so this is what i have come up with, price 696
Chassis & Display
Cosmos Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Dual Core Mobile Processor i5-4210M (2.60GHz) 3MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X IMPACT 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 850M - 2.0GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk
500GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD5000BPKX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® N-7260 (300Mbps, 802.11BGN) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Battery
Cosmos Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (48.84WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 120W AC Adaptor
Keyboard Language
COSMOS SERIES UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £696.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/cosmosII/Z0XBdrQJ4r/
 
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Joeyoung1990

Member
Ok no worries :) I have a desktop I built on dinopc and it has just got ruined from a virus but we have also moved house so there is no room to have a desktop anyway. But any laptop suggestions would be useful :)
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
I don't think you would need an i5 for The Sims. It is not a demanding game at all and you can save some money by going with the lowest i3. The GT 840M would also be ok for The Sims, as I said, its not all that demanding and doesn't require a high end PC. Scroll down to the game benchmarks of this page and you will see how it performs: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-840M.105681.0.html

Sadly there is nothing lower at the moment and integrated graphics would not be able to run the game very well at all.
 
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Joeyoung1990

Member
Getting the gt 840m will save me quite a bit of money.
Would she be able to play it on high setting with that or does the graphics card not have anything to do with those settings? Sorry I'm a bit of an idiot when it comes to this
 
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vanthus

Member Resting in Peace
Joeyoung1990 said:
Getting the gt 840m will save me quite a bit of money.
Would she be able to play it on high setting with that or does the graphics card not have anything to do with those settings? Sorry I'm a bit of an idiot when it comes to this
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As Wozza said The Sims 4 Is not a demanding game at all,my daughters laptop has a GT 540M and can run the game on high settings no problem.
 
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cwhittaker

Member
just looking at recommended settings
PU: Intel Core i5-750 or AMD Athlon X4
CPU Speed: Info
RAM: 4 GB
OS: 64 Bit Windows 7,8, or 8.1
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 or better
Sound Card: Yes
Free Disk Space: 10 GB
 
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lbsf1

Active member
The gt840m will be sufficient for now, the gtx850m will be better and more more futureproof, I would be worried about the 840m's ability in 18 months time (however I tend to worry about things for no reason often ;) ).

The 840m and 850m are the same price on the configurator, the difference is that you need to configure a 1080p screen for the 850, thus for the extra price you are getting a nicer screen aswell as the graphics card. I have just bought the Cosmos ii with an i7-4710 and gtx850m so in my opinion it was worth the extra to get the futureproofing.
 
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