Sims 3 Spec

pdhenin · 20 Oct 2012 at 13:57

Can anyone spec me a machine that will run sims 3 on a decent setting for as cheap as possible. (I have already have an OEM of vista that I never used)

Orcvader · 20 Oct 2012 at 14:35

All the cheaper FM2 boards aren't in stock

Based on how Sims 3 performs on my sister's PC, this one should play the game with no problems. I included Win 7 as I'm unsure if you can reactivate the OEM copy of Vista.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4 AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £97.99
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £91.19
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £69.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £26.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £419.62 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Fire_fly · 20 Oct 2012 at 15:00

It might be worth looking into see if you can use the vista key to get an upgrade to windows 8. I think MS are offering it for around £25 at the moment.

Fire_fly · 20 Oct 2012 at 15:15

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A6-5400K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD540KOKHJBOX) £50.39
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £40
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB2133C11DC) £35.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black ** OcUK Exclusive ** £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £251.33 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Cheaper trinity build. The main problem with going for Trinity ATM is the poor levels of stock that are available on the Motherboards, OCUK only have 2 different models in stock.

If you decided to go with Orcvader's spec replace the RAM with the stuff I have used as the integrated graphics in trinity benefit from higher speed RAM.

Fire_fly · 20 Oct 2012 at 15:37

Intel build, more expensive than trinity but has the advantage that you are not waiting around for things to come into stock.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Pentium G850 2.90GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £50.39
1 x Sapphire HD 6570 1024MB GDDR3 PC-Express Graphics Card £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £40
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £39.98
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black ** OcUK Exclusive ** £24.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £288.91 (includes shipping : £10.50).