A cheap build to run minecraft?

Guest · Oct 17, 2014

A extremely cheap desktop build for minecraft , league , unturned at
med settings.

Please use pcpartpicker , thanks.

RazerZ · Oct 17, 2014

What do you define extremely cheap as?

Finfin15 · Oct 17, 2014

What's the budget, and why med settings if I may ask?

RookieOfTheYear · Oct 17, 2014

Do you need a operating system, monitor, mouse and keyboard?

Guest · Oct 17, 2014

Finfin15 :

Med settings because my laptop can barely run mc , unturned at low.
Around 200-300 $$

Guest · Oct 17, 2014

RookieOfTheYear :

There's an OS on my hdd and I don't need a keyboard + mouse.

Guest · Oct 17, 2014

Finfin15 :

200-250$ 300 maybe

RazerZ · Oct 17, 2014

You'll need a new OS then. The key for your OS is tied to your system.

RookieOfTheYear · Oct 17, 2014

Here would be my suggestion.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A4-6300 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($37.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus A55BM-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($49.48 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-2000 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: Azza SIRIUS ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($57.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $285.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 21:57 EDT-0400

Tack on another $90 if you end up needing an OS. But this will even play Far Cry 3 at acceptable fps. Especially with the 2000MHz ram I included.
http://youtu.be/PWriZ8cJmAA

RazerZ · Oct 17, 2014

My suggestion:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($62.27 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($36.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Gigabyte GZ-F5HEB ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $342.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 22:11 EDT-0400

Could add in a cheap gpu later if you wanted to max out those games.

RazerZ · Oct 17, 2014

RookieOfTheYear :

Here would be my suggestion.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A4-6300 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($37.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus A55BM-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($49.48 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-2000 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: Azza SIRIUS ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($57.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $285.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 21:57 EDT-0400

Tack on another $90 if you end up needing an OS. But this will even play Far Cry 3 at acceptable fps. Especially with the 2000MHz ram I included.
http://youtu.be/PWriZ8cJmAA

The upfront price for that build is 325, so adding the OS would go over the OP's budget.

Finfin15 · Oct 17, 2014

Why a Blu ray player for a budget build? Just save like $40 and get a regular optical drive for $14?

RookieOfTheYear · Oct 18, 2014

RazerZ :

Finfin15 :

Because I'm an idiot and didn't realize it. I must have accidentally chose that thinking it was the cheap one. I will fix that right away. That makes the budget much better. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. Here is the much better build that fits right into his budget.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A4-6300 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($37.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus A55BM-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-2000 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: Azza SIRIUS ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $217.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-18 00:16 EDT-0400

RazerZ · Oct 18, 2014

I have an A6 5400k similar to the A4 and if I had the chance I would definitely go with the G3258 at this budget.

Guest · Oct 18, 2014

RazerZ :

My suggestion:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($62.27 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($36.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Gigabyte GZ-F5HEB ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $342.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 22:11 EDT-0400

Could add in a cheap gpu later if you wanted to max out those games.

Wouldn't I need a gpu to play games?

RazerZ · Oct 18, 2014

RazerZ :

Wouldn't I need a gpu to play games?

The G3258 has integrated graphics.

Guest · Oct 18, 2014

RazerZ :

The G3258 has integrated graphics.

Is 1x4 ram good enough?

RazerZ · Oct 18, 2014

You'd have to limit your multitasking but it should be fine.

RookieOfTheYear · Oct 19, 2014

But isn't AMD's integrated graphics quite a bit better than Intel's?

RazerZ · Oct 19, 2014

They are, but the games he plays are mostly cpu dependent and Intel HD should work for around medium to high settings. Plus the G3258 has a much better upgrade path.

RookieOfTheYear · Oct 19, 2014

RazerZ :

Yea that is very true with the upgrade path.

Guest · Oct 19, 2014

RazerZ :

Don't I need an optical drive to install win 8?

RazerZ · Oct 19, 2014

No. Just make sure you have access to a computer with an optical drive. Or if you don't have one you could download the iso file directly from Microsoft and use that.

Here's how you would install it via usb:

http://www.wikihow.com/Install-Windows-8-from-USB

Guest · Oct 20, 2014

RazerZ :

i dont get it

RazerZ · Oct 20, 2014

Do you have access to a laptop or desktop with a cd drive?

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