Gaming PC recommendation

[Storm_Prince]

Budget (including currency): £800

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Sims 3, Sims 4 (and all of the expansion packs)

I believe they might get into other games like sims, that are maybe more demanding once they get used to having a good computer.

Definititly not any first person shooters but story driven games maybe.

Other details :

This build is for my mother, she has only ever had terrible computers and played sims. Game recommendations based on someone who likes sims and the villagers would be welcome.

She's worried it may break so components that offer a 3 year warranty are massively preferred.

She's also worried about the energy consumption, which is why I included a gold ATX power supply, but in all honesty I don't know if it's much better than  bronze, or if it be worth getting a better one.

She's playing on a 60hz TV (I know...)

Sound bar recommendations, she's currently looking to spend £60 but I could convince her to spend around £120 if it's worth it, any recommendations would be appreciated.

This is what I'm currently thinking:

+ a tb ssd or smtg similar

 

 

[PDifolco]

23 minutes ago, Storm_Prince said:

Budget (including currency): £800

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Sims 3, Sims 4 (and all of the expansion packs)

I believe they might get into other games like sims, that are maybe more demanding once they get used to having a good computer.

Definititly not any first person shooters but story driven games maybe.

Other details :

This build is for my mother, she has only ever had terrible computers and played sims. Game recommendations based on someone who likes sims and the villagers would be welcome.

She's worried it may break so components that offer a 3 year warranty are massively preferred.

She's also worried about the energy consumption, which is why I included a gold ATX power supply, but in all honesty I don't know if it's much better than  bronze, or if it be worth getting a better one.

She's playing on a 60hz TV (I know...)

Sound bar recommendations, she's currently looking to spend £60 but I could convince her to spend around £120 if it's worth it, any recommendations would be appreciated.

This is what I'm currently thinking:

+ a tb ssd or smtg similar

 

 

Mmm, she deserves better ! 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£156.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£39.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£89.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£39.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£96.91 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB Video Card  (£229.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£45.52 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM750e (2023) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£85.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £781.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-12-14 21:17 GMT+0000

 

[filpo]

1 hour ago, Storm_Prince said:

Budget (including currency): £800

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Sims 3, Sims 4 (and all of the expansion packs)

I believe they might get into other games like sims, that are maybe more demanding once they get used to having a good computer.

Definititly not any first person shooters but story driven games maybe.

Other details :

This build is for my mother, she has only ever had terrible computers and played sims. Game recommendations based on someone who likes sims and the villagers would be welcome.

She's worried it may break so components that offer a 3 year warranty are massively preferred.

She's also worried about the energy consumption, which is why I included a gold ATX power supply, but in all honesty I don't know if it's much better than  bronze, or if it be worth getting a better one.

She's playing on a 60hz TV (I know...)

Sound bar recommendations, she's currently looking to spend £60 but I could convince her to spend around £120 if it's worth it, any recommendations would be appreciated.

This is what I'm currently thinking:

+ a tb ssd or smtg similar

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£194.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£39.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2 Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£107.18 @ NeoComputers) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  (£105.79 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: KIOXIA EXCERIA G2 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£41.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Video Card: PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB Video Card  (£229.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Case: Montech X3 Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: Gigabyte P-B 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Total: £825.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-12-14 22:06 GMT+0000

[SorryBella]

7 hours ago, Storm_Prince said:

Sims 3, Sims 4 (and all of the expansion packs)

I believe they might get into other games like sims

Then wait until they cross that rubicon. Once they show interest in other games that are going to be more intensive, build them a new PC or upgrade from here, Zen 3 is still pretty feasible right now.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£120.49 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£69.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£54.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£61.20 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6600 8 GB Video Card  (£194.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Case: Deepcool CC360 ARGB MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£49.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM750e (2023) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£85.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £634.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-12-15 04:19 GMT+0000