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$600 CAD Sims 4 Build

Notree
By Notree
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Hey guys. My girlfriends daughter wants a computer for her birthday to play sims 4. Willing to spend 700$ max inc tax. Interested in what you guys can come up with. 

 

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A Raspberry Pi 3?

 

I'm kidding, but you really don't need much of a system for Sims, you can easily get away with spending less than $400 (even less if you just buy a used system on CL and upgrade the GPU if needed).

 

Do you need monitor/keyboard/mouse/speakers too?

Primary PC-

CPU: Intel i7-6800k @ 4.2-4.4Ghz   CPU COOLER: Bequiet Dark Rock Pro 4   MOBO: MSI X99A SLI Plus   RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX quad-channel DDR4-2800  GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 SC2 iCX   PSU: Corsair RM1000i   CASE: Corsair 750D Obsidian   SSDs: 500GB Samsung 960 Evo + 256GB Samsung 850 Pro   HDDs: Toshiba 3TB + Seagate 1TB   Monitors: Acer Predator XB271HUC 27" 2560x1440 (165Hz G-Sync)  +  LG 29UM57 29" 2560x1080   OS: Windows 10 Pro

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Other Systems:

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Home HTPC/NAS-

CPU: AMD FX-8320 @ 4.4Ghz  MOBO: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3   RAM: 16GB dual-channel DDR3-1600  GPU: Gigabyte GTX 760 OC   PSU: Rosewill 750W   CASE: Antec Gaming One   SSD: 120GB PNY CS1311   HDDs: WD Red 3TB + WD 320GB   Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2693HM 26" 1920x1200 -or- Steam Link to Vizio M43C1 43" 4K TV  OS: Windows 10 Pro

 

Offsite NAS/VM Server-

CPU: 2x Xeon E5645 (12-core)  Model: Dell PowerEdge T610  RAM: 16GB DDR3-1333  PSUs: 2x 570W  SSDs: 8GB Kingston Boot FD + 32GB Sandisk Cache SSD   HDDs: WD Red 4TB + Seagate 2TB + Seagate 320GB   OS: FreeNAS 11+

 

Laptop-

CPU: Intel i7-3520M   Model: Dell Latitude E6530   RAM: 8GB dual-channel DDR3-1600  GPU: Nvidia NVS 5200M   SSD: 240GB TeamGroup L5   HDD: WD Black 320GB   Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2693HM 26" 1920x1200   OS: Windows 10 Pro

Having issues with a Corsair AIO? Possible fix here:

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Are you getting weird fan behavior, speed fluctuations, and/or other issues with Link?

Are you running AIDA64, HWinfo, CAM, or HWmonitor? (ASUS suite & other monitoring software often have the same issue.)

Corsair Link has problems with some monitoring software so you may have to change some settings to get them to work smoothly.

-For AIDA64: First make sure you have the newest update installed, then, go to Preferences>Stability and make sure the "Corsair Link sensor support" box is checked and make sure the "Asetek LC sensor support" box is UNchecked.

-For HWinfo: manually disable all monitoring of the AIO sensors/components.

-For others: Disable any monitoring of Corsair AIO sensors.

That should fix the fan issue for some Corsair AIOs (H80i GT/v2, H110i GTX/H115i, H100i GTX and others made by Asetek). The problem is bad coding in Link that fights for AIO control with other programs. You can test if this worked by setting the fan speed in Link to 100%, if it doesn't fluctuate you are set and can change the curve to whatever. If that doesn't work or you're still having other issues then you probably still have a monitoring software interfering with the AIO/Link communications, find what it is and disable it.

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2 hours ago, DEcobra11 said:

Overkill but you said 600 xD

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($153.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($74.00 @ Amazon Canada)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($40.01 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($105.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($154.54 @ Amazon Canada)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Canada Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Canada Computers)
Total: $623.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-13 12:42 EDT-0400

That's an actual decent build that could probably play anything in this mid-range, I hear Sims 3 is more demanding than 4. I don't know the reason maybe it just runs slower because huge files so I do think this is OP for the job but like he said

2 hours ago, Notree said:

Hey guys. My girlfriends daughter wants a computer for her birthday to play sims 4. Willing to spend 700$ max inc tax. Interested in what you guys can come up with. 

 

 

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