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http://t.tigerdirect.com/products/4990240

Can this PC run minecraft while RECORDING on normal settings from 80 to 100 fps?

I am not looking to spend more than 650 bucks on a PC and I want it pre-built.
I really don't feel like building a PC, I think it would be too hard, frustrating and time consuming.

If anybody can link me a PC, please tell me if it can record at normal settings from 80-100 fos.

Thanks!
 
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Well, probably 150-200 without recording, but recording wouldn't drop it that much. Maybe 145-195 instead. I'm not sure about that, but I know that it doesn't make that much of a difference, really, and that FOR SURE won't drop you under the 60 FPS cap of your monitor anyway. (Note that if you're recording with Fraps, it only records at 30 FPS anyway) All of that is on everything set at the highest.
You can look at some Youtube videos that will explain you in a very easy way how to build it, plus you have manuals that come with your parts that explain you how to put them together like some Lego manuals. I'd say it should take you about an hour to build it, providing you took about 30 minutes before watching Youtube videos to learn stuff...
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It really is better to build it yourself... You can get something that will run Minecraft at your monitor's refresh rate for about $300 if you build it yourself, which is very easy to do. For a prebuilt you'll probably pay at least 50% more. It took me only about 2 hours to build my very first one, alone, and that's because I had watercooling in it, and I was doing everything wrong, had to remove everything and put it a different way... anyway, a first build for a PC like that, I had my 11 years old sister that know nothing about PCs build hers by herself, so really, it's easy.
Plus after that, you know a bit more about how it actually works, and how to fix a few things by yourself when something doesn't work, rather than having to send it back and stuff like that.
 
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Here's what I recommend you :

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2QMUE
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2QMUE/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2QMUE/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD A8-6600K 3.9GHz Quad-Core Processor ($104.24 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($53.55 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Microcenter)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $435.71
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-10 12:13 EST-0500)

It will be more than enough for Minecraft.
 
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I'm pretty sure that your monitor is running at 60Hz, unless you payed one over $350 or something. Standard is 60Hz. The Hz is the amount of FPS that your monitor actually shows. So yeah, that's fun, to see on Fraps "Lawlz I've got 25 000 FPS in my games", but first, your eyes couldn't see that, since you're a human, second, your monitor doesn't even go over 60 FPS. Sure, your GPU produces more, but the monitor doesn't show all of those images.

So yeah, the rig that I proposed you above will, for sure, give you more FPS than your monitor can show, even while recording your gameplay. If you really want a number, that'd probably be around 150 to 200 FPS, but as I said, it doesn't even matter, since your monitor doesn't show those extra images.
 
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Okay, to clarify this: this can run from 150-200 fps with or without recording? If it's like that without recording, how much would it be while recording?

Does it run at this fps on normal settings? (8 chunks render distance, fast graphics, smooth lighting)

How much fps would it get on the highest settings?

How long would it take to build this PC?

How do you even determine how much fps a computer can get by looking at it's' specs?

Sorry for so many questions but I want to make sure im not going to be spending money on something I don't want
 
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Well, probably 150-200 without recording, but recording wouldn't drop it that much. Maybe 145-195 instead. I'm not sure about that, but I know that it doesn't make that much of a difference, really, and that FOR SURE won't drop you under the 60 FPS cap of your monitor anyway. (Note that if you're recording with Fraps, it only records at 30 FPS anyway) All of that is on everything set at the highest.
You can look at some Youtube videos that will explain you in a very easy way how to build it, plus you have manuals that come with your parts that explain you how to put them together like some Lego manuals. I'd say it should take you about an hour to build it, providing you took about 30 minutes before watching Youtube videos to learn stuff about how to do it.
I've built a few PCs already, some with similar specs, for people that played Minecrafts, that's how I know, approximatively, the FPS that it would get.
 
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