Speccing a build for Sims 3

[mrapoc]

Basically the user needs I have to meet are:

all i really care about is it has 1tb, about 8gb, its very quick, sims works brill and the case is nice

budget is about £450

preferably with a windows 7 upgrade from a vista oem.

and the only game i know she loves is sims 3

as for case she likes shiny black and smallish so probably mid tower at the largest

TY!

 

[I Hunta x]

btw ive used that mobo for 9 months (till around 2 months ago) and never had a problem with it

EDIT: i forgot a OS but 64 bit vista home basic is around £65 premium £75

 

[mrapoc]

how many slots in the mobo? will it play with 8gb of ram? or shall I tell her 8gb isnt really necessay (which is my opinion)

 

[I Hunta x]

mobo has 2 ram slots, 1 pci-e 16x (its this mobo here http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii55/Hunta_666/IMAG0751.jpg the only bad thing about it i can find is the battery placement but not much probs that), 8 gb is realy not going to be used... the cpu would be a bottle neck for anything that would need 8 gb ram more than likely, for a system that would remotely need 8 gb ram id be thinking i5/qx tbh

 

[Brooksie]

8GB isn't needed at all unless she does alot of 3D work. 4GB will work fine for Sims 3

 

[zak4994]

2GB will work find for Sims 3. 'tis what I run at.

Buying 4GB will be a bit meaningless as the PC would be running at 32bit Windows?

3GB would be perfect.

 

[I Hunta x]

2GB will work find for Sims 3. 'tis what I run at.

Buying 4GB will be a bit meaningless as the PC would be running at 32bit Windows?

3GB would be perfect.

with a 64 bit vista total to what i put up will be 465 with basic or 475 with premium

 

[Rastalovich]

For £450, if u don't want to mess about and have limited personal liability for the future, u could get one of these:

http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODUCTVIEWPAGE&USG=PRODUCT&ENT=PRODUCT&KEY=576292

(untick the silly added stuff in the boxes and it comes to £449)

U could buy a 1tb urself and switch it out for the one inside (what are they, just under £50?). Thing being then u would have the original drive in an original state also. Or clone the thing onto the 1tb drive or summit.

Limited choices of upgrading. But to be fair, Sims 3 ?? - not exactly demanding, and all the pc would possibly want in the future could be a gfxcard.

 

[mrapoc]

i think she wants it to last ya know, but primarily for sims 3 atm.

cheers all

 

[I Hunta x]

for future upgrade ect id say what i put up over a pre built or change the cpu/mobo to a amd one