Will the celeron 3050 + intel graphics run the sims?

[ExoMale]

in a psu topic I was thinking of getting a small case with a pico to house my am1 so I can take it with me if I go away for a weekend or whatever, mainly to watch movies and use offline and the odd games should they run. I tested out 2 point hospital on it yesterday and is sluggish as expected even on very low settings, I couldn’t imagine intel graphics doing any better, so it got me thinking about the sims as I used to love that game, only got 3 and 4, but not installed them, but want them all.

Anyways to achieve this I would be looking at 90-100 quid for the case and power stuff and you can get a Nuc or brix for not much more which all I would need to buy is the ram, so I am now thinking of leaving my AM1 setup how it is currently and just buy a mini pc....

I’m just curious if the celeron based units will be a waste of money for older gamer such as the sims series as those the sort of games I’d play away from home?

 

[SiDeards73]

in a psu topic I was thinking of getting a small case with a pico to house my am1 so I can take it with me if I go away for a weekend or whatever, mainly to watch movies and use offline and the odd games should they run. I tested out 2 point hospital on it yesterday and is sluggish as expected even on very low settings, I couldn’t imagine intel graphics doing any better, so it got me thinking about the sims as I used to love that game, only got 3 and 4, but not installed them, but want them all.

Anyways to achieve this I would be looking at 90-100 quid for the case and power stuff and you can get a Nuc or brix for not much more which all I would need to buy is the ram, so I am now thinking of leaving my AM1 setup how it is currently and just buy a mini pc....

I’m just curious if the celeron based units will be a waste of money for older gamer such as the sims series as those the sort of games I’d play away from home?

Why post a life story? Simply ask is Intel's IGPU capable of playing the Sims at a respectable FPS? Short answer is no, probably not.

Buy an AMD APU, cheap and it will handily play the Sims

 

[Svack]

Just to note, from my experience, anything fanless probably wont cope,
Anything 3D chugs on the Celeron N4100 based mini PC I have, temperatures go to around 90c the moment you try

 

[DragonQ]

The only two solutions you should probably look at for a tiny gaming rig are the Athlon 200GE or the R3 2200G. For gaming without a separate GPU, the Athlon will outperform any Intel chip at ~£50 (except in heavily CPU bound games) and the R3 will be roughly double the performance of the Athlon at ~£100.

 

[ExoMale]

thanks for replies.

life story? bit rude of a reply dont you think!, i was giving a background behind my question as if its not better suited than my AM1 then no point buying a mini pc with said hardware, its also for anyone who looks in other sections and might think why am i asking.

i dont know what fps i would get in the sims to worry about it, even on low settings i would like smoother gameplay unlike 2 point hospital though, its not like i would be playing games on it all the time, just smaller than carrying a laptop.


i did think of a 2200g, but wasnt sure if a pico would work with one and what be the smallest case that can house one? not worried about fanless or not just want small and portable.