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lll_Natsu_lll

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Ok so I'm thinking about buying a mac mini, but i want to see if i can get a gaming pc thats better than the mac mini for the same price.

i want to be able to play games like titanfall,tera and warframe on medium-high settings with no lag, i have used computers as powerful as the mac mini and it was able to play tera and warframe on medium settings, but it would start to lag on high.

mac mini:http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/mac-mini
 
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Now an Intel build.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Rd8MTW
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Rd8MTW/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Rd8MTW/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Pro3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($55.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 280 3GB IceQ OC Video Card ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99...
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theonerm2

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The Mac mini sucks as far as graphics goes.

 
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lll_Natsu_lll

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It has 1gb of vram, thats not that bad, the thing is, i want to build a $3000 gaming pc but i just don't have the money right now, so I'm going to sell my current computer and buy a mac mini (since its a lot more powerful than my current computer) or a pc, but the pc would have to be better than the mac mini.
 
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theonerm2

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

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.29 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($55.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($23.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $782.18
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-08 16:24 EDT-0400)
 
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bignastyid

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The Mac Mini uses the Intel HD4000 which is horrible for gaming. It also has no dedicated Vram it gets all its vram by sharing system ram. Not sure where you are getting the 1Gb of vram from as I can't see it mentioned at all on Apples website.
 
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bignastyid

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This would absolutely smoke the mac mini.
 
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theonerm2

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Even cheaper and still smokes the Mac Mini. Gaming PC's don't have to be $3,000. In fact you're wasting a good $1800 of it if you spend $3000.
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/snmgQ7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/snmgQ7/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/snmgQ7/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($55.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 280 3GB IceQ OC Video Card ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($23.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $682.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-08 16:35 EDT-0400)
 
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theonerm2

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Now an Intel build.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Rd8MTW
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Rd8MTW/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Rd8MTW/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Pro3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($55.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 280 3GB IceQ OC Video Card ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($23.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $836.86
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-08 16:39 EDT-0400)

 
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