hello i have a emachines el1850g-42w computer and i want to upgrade it to play minecraft at high fps

littlone8195 · Dec 12, 2013

i thought that if i upgraded the ram it would make it faster but it did nothing what can i change or add to it to play minecraft atleast at 60 fps

anxiousinfusion · Dec 12, 2013

Unless your system was memory-constrained to begin with, adding more memory won't help framerates. You can confirm this by pressing F3 in game and checking the memory usage in the upper right hand corner.

Installing a decent graphics card into your system will solve the issue.

anxiousinfusion · Dec 12, 2013

A Radeon R7 250 or Geforce GTX 650 would both be decent solutions in the 100 dollar price range.

littlone8195 · Dec 12, 2013

Can I upgrade my CPU? And will I have to worry about the graphics card bottlenecking with the CPU?

anxiousinfusion · Dec 12, 2013

That CPU will more likely bottleneck the GPU than the other way around, hence why I wouldn't recommend anything over an R7 250 or GTX 650. Your E3400 processor is a low end CPU on an old socket (775) so it wouldn't make sense to put any money into upgrading it.

beyondlogic · Dec 12, 2013

littlone8195 :

Your upgrade path is very limited from the stock celeron e series you could jump to a core duo which would be a bit faster

upgrade path

Things your going to need to do

new case
cpu
psu
graphics card
cpu cooler

first of new cpu 8400 preowned

modest jump
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0019NKGR4/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1386882717&sr=8-1&keywords=core+duo+8400&condition=used

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core2-Duo-E8400-vs-Intel-Celeron-E3400

decent improvement for games shown by 3d benchmark

case change since your case only supports low profile cards
small factor so it isnt bulky
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811553015

most expensive part 7790
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121727

500w psu 80 plus

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027

cpu cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118100

this set up should increase your gaming performance witthout breaking bank

should allow you to play a few newer games for a while.

front fan

with this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835129059

8400 cpu upgrade gaming info
http://community.futuremark.com/hardware/cpu/Intel+Core+2+Duo+Processor+E8400/games

7790
http://community.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/AMD+Radeon+HD+7790/games

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