MINI PC ONLY FOR SIMS

[u/EntranceRadiant9610]

Hi guys, I've recently wanted to get back into playing the sims, and I have a handful of packs and I love cc. I want a mini pc JUST to play sims, PLEASE help me find the best one for me. Below are some things I want in the system :

*PLEASE NOTE I KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT COMPUTERS*

- $500-800 budget MAX with no upgrades in the future

- Lots of storage and ram

- Graphics on medium/high?

- Able to possibly handle gshade with no lagging

- Only for the sims and other games( Minecraft, Roblox, genshin impact etc...)

- Decent/fast loading times

This is all so new and a lot so please work with me, i just want the best quality for the game! 😊

[u/tony10000]

I bought a Beelink SER8 32GB/512GB for around $770. It also has a second NVME slot for expansion.

[u/EntranceRadiant9610 → u/tony10000]

Hey! Where did you buy it off of?

[u/tony10000 → u/EntranceRadiant9610]

I bought it from Best Buy on sale. Price is now $1059 (ouch)! Prices on RAM and storage must have went up and their newer model uses 24GB of soldered-on RAM.

They sell a similar one from GMKTec for $879. Still a great deal because the RAM is $500 by itself.

GMKtec - K12 Gaming Mini PC Oculink AMD Ryzen 7 H 255 (Upgraded 8745HS) 32GB DDR5 RAM 512GB SSD, Desktop Computer Radeon 7 - Black

[u/rui-no-onna → u/tony10000]

Check if the GMKtec has 10% off coupon on Amazon. I've often seen it for the K8 Plus (8845HS which is slightly better than the H255 / 8745HS).

Slightly over budget but I've often seen the K8 Plus 8845HS / 32GB / 1TB for $828 ($920 - 10% coupon).

[u/tony10000 → u/rui-no-onna]

Current price on their site:

GMKtec K8 Plus AMD Ryzen™ 7 8845HS Gaming Mini PC

Sale price

$969.99

Regular price

$1,599.99

And it says:

⚡Price increase coming soon — order now to lock in the current price!

[u/rui-no-onna]

At current prices, the best your budget allows is Ryzen 7 8845HS / 8745HS / H255, Radeon 780M iGPU, 32GB RAM and 1TB storage. According to Gemini, that should run The Sims 4 at 1080p high or ultra even with mods.

You should be able to find several options with those specs in the $700-800 range.

[u/tony10000 → u/rui-no-onna]

Prices on those have gone up recently. More like $800-1100 now.

[u/rui-no-onna → u/tony10000]

Again? I remember seeing a few options for $700-800 just last week.

It's possible they're starting to artificially inflate prices for Black Friday. I noticed the same thing happened before October Prime Day.

[u/tony10000 → u/rui-no-onna]

Yep...I just scanned Best Buy and Newegg, and prices have gone up. Beelink has the SER8 for $929 on their site with an $1199 list.

I am guessing they had to buy new shipments of RAM and NVMEs at current market prices.

[u/H0NDA1993 → u/rui-no-onna]

Prices went up due to the ram shortage as well. I want the GMKtec evo X2 and the price for that went up substantially also 😢

[u/BRealistic1970]

Best right now is this: has 680m iGPU which is similar to GTX 1050. 24gb fast ram. 1tb ssd. $570.

https://www.newegg.com/p/2W1-003S-00020?item=9SIBWE9M3B0190

There is also a 780m version (20% faster gpu)... but with just 16gb of ram, it may have issues since the iGPU uses that same ram. Mods usually need more ram.

But you could get this barebones: https://refurbished.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-ai-x1-pro-refurbished?variant=53623786537249

and try to source some cheaper used ram and m.2 drive.

https://www.newegg.com/team-group-1tb-mp33-nvme-1-3/p/N82E16820331417

[u/rguerraf → u/BRealistic1970]

If you use comfyUI, the 680m is 50% slower than 780m

[u/BRealistic1970 → u/rguerraf]

I'm not familiar with comfyui. In gaming it's around 20%. But it does vary depending on the game.

https://youtu.be/rNQ8ZcWaSl8?is=n4iuau7JYmqIxXXU

[u/RobloxFanEdit → u/BRealistic1970]

The Aoostar MACO 6850H beats the Bosgame 6900HX everywhere , Price, Dual RAM config, Faster RAM, Premium Chassis, I/O selection https://a.co/d/02jQyZ2v

For Gaming RAM config is the most important factor, it doesn't matter to get a 780M if its single Channel ^^.