@emmaamccoll The difference between the best £500 laptop and the best £600 laptop is pretty significant, at the moment the difference between playing Sims 4 (all packs included) on medium graphics settings and ultra. I looked around a bit, and the best laptop I saw for around £600 was this Acer:
https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/acer-aspire-7-ryzen-5-3550h-8gb-256gb-ssd-geforce-gtx-1650-15.6-inch...
Its Nvidia 1650 graphics card should handle all Sims 4 packs on ultra settings with some room to spare, and its other hardware is good enough. The 256 GB hard drive is small, but it can certainly fit all your Sims 4 content, plus plenty of small apps like browsers.
The next cheapest option I saw with a 1650 is this one, for £650, with an essentially equivalent processor and otherwise the same specs:
https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/acer-nitro-5-an515-54-15-6-gaming-laptop-int...
If you don't like the Acers, this one is also £600, and while it does have a dedicated graphics card, the Nvidia 1050 is significantly slower than the 1650. Still, it would run Sims 4 on ultra or a mix of high and ultra settings.
https://www.box.co.uk/81LK0039UK-Lenovo-IdeaPad-Gaming-L340-15_2934443.html
As an example of what you could get for £500, this Lenovo would run all packs together on medium settings, but performance-wise, it really isn't in the same category as the true gaming laptops with dedicated graphics cards.
https://www.laptopoutlet.co.uk/lenovo-v155-15-6-full-hd-laptop-amd-ryzen-5-8gb-ram-512gb-ssd-windows...
If you have more questions, please feel free to ask.
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