Need help with The Sims 4 for my mom's PC.

[Comfortblynumb]

She wants to be able to run The Sims 4, with a meaty mod list, and be able to run it smoothly.

Problem is, she is using a HP Pavilion a6000n, tower.
It has a AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core, 4200+ 2.2 GHz
an nVidia GT 430
and 6 gb of Ram ddr3

Now my question is, will she be able to run The Sims 4, if i upgrade her graphics card, and add some ram? Cuz she is still under the (recommended i5, using a dual core)

And then, side note, is it possible to find a GPU that can fit into her case? I tried a long time ago with a Dell, and nothing fit into it. Unsure if HP follows the same suit as Dell, not using ATX.

And then also taking into account, the PSU in that system has no external 6 pins available, i would need to replace it, in what might not be an ATX fit case. Or find a GPU that drew power from the PCI slot.

Just trying to avoid building one. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

 

[COLGeek]

Upgrading the GPU is really not going to help much with this older rig. A standard, single slot GPU should work fine, but why spend money upgrading this system when that money could be used to start saving for a modern rig.

What operating system do you have installed on this system?

 

[ScrewySqrl]

from the EA system requirements, (Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ (2.0 GHz Dual Core required if using integrated graphics), NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or ATI Radeon X1300 or Intel GMA X4500), that system will run Sims 4 at least at minimum settings or in Laptop mode.

Still, your mom's computer is at LEAST a 12 year old system at this point, its probably well past time to update it.

the recommended settings are wellabove that: i5-750 or Athlon X4 and GTX 650. (still about 7 year old CPU and 5 year old GPU)

 

[jaguarskx]

Your mom can download a 48 hour trial version of the Sims 4 to determine how well it runs on her PC.

https://www.origin.com/usa/en-us/store/free-games/trials