New PC, very specific requirements

[spears]

Morning/afternoon,

A lady friend is looking to purchase a PC for her daughter that is capable of playing the Sims 4. Other than that the only requirements are that it should be a desktop, pre built and cheap. Could the combined might of BCF help me out please?
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[UrbanRacer]

Intel Core i7 CPU
nVidia GTX 980
32gb of DDR4 quad channel ram
Z87 Motherboard
512gb PCIe SSD HD
2x 2TB HDD in RAID 1
1000watt PSU

Should be enough for Sims 4

[CaNsA]

Lenovo H520 Desktop PC, Intel Core i3 3.4GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB, USB 3.0, DVDRW, 6-in-1 Card Reader, Win 8, Black & Silver now £269.95 @ John Lewis (2 year guarantee)

https://www.johnlewis.com/lenovo-h520-desktop-pc-intel-core-i3-4gb-ram-500gb-black-silver/p615256?s_afcid=af_47868&awc=1203_1414326388_0efaebea95f560a26c446317123d1e7a

[spears]

Doesn't look to be a dedicated graphics card with than Lenovo, that's going to be a no no.
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[CaNsA]

[spears]

But is the hd2500 upto it ?
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[L-Jam]

Cansa, that machine will play the Sims.. awfully, awful resolution and will lag like fuck when loads of stuff starts going on.

What's the max budget OP? £400 will get you 8gb RAM, i5 and a smaller dedicated card pre-built. Pretty future-proof at the moment too.
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[Rogue_Shadow]

Integrated graphics ... please no!
I've got a HD3000 in my laptop and although it's "supported" by a great number of games.
It will still burn through my table/leg/floor/foundations/center of the earth while attempting to play FTL, Bomberman or even Theme Hospital.

Stttaaappppppppp!!!!

[CaNsA]

[Ste]

If onboard graphics aren't good enough then you'll be wanting a pair of Radeon R9 295 X2 cards running in crossfire.

[dydey90]