Gaming Rig For As Cheap As Possible

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IshTing

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I am wanting to build a gaming PC for as cheap as possible for my wife. She plays the Sims 3 on my laptop but it slows down from time to time. The Sims 4 is out soon and she will be wanting to play it but I'm pretty sure the laptop won't handle it.

So can somebody put together a PC to run The Sims 4 on High or Max settings for as cheap as possible. Monitor, mouse, keyboard and OS are not needed.

Thanks.
 
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EricMalcolm
Hello IshTing, regardless if you want to build with Intel or AMD, your best bet is to go with a value chipset (such as B85 for Intel). You will be limited to processor and RAM, but it's sounds like you will not need much.

If you are leaning Intel, select a B85 budget board with an i3 or i5 processor. You will not need much RAM (no more than 4GB I would think) or storage (500 GB or less), and you can use a lower-end GPU and be perfectly fine, such as the ASUS 5450 card.

Let me know if you would like any other advice! :D
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Hello IshTing, regardless if you want to build with Intel or AMD, your best bet is to go with a value chipset (such as B85 for Intel). You will be limited to processor and RAM, but it's sounds like you will not need much.

If you are leaning Intel, select a B85 budget board with an i3 or i5 processor. You will not need much RAM (no more than 4GB I would think) or storage (500 GB or less), and you can use a lower-end GPU and be perfectly fine, such as the ASUS 5450 card.

Let me know if you would like any other advice! :D
 
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The SIMS 4 are coming out on September and EA hasn't announced the system requirements yet so we can't know for sure. I'm guessing that a 400$-500$ Pc would be good enough to max out the game. I'm not gonna post any specs though since it would be better to wait for the official announcement.
 
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