pc for minecraft and recording

joshua pc · Oct 27, 2014

I need a pc build that play a heavily modded minecraft with 25 or so mods with 30 fps and nothing under while recording with dxtory at 30 fps. My budget is 900(including taxes and stuff and windows) Is this realistic in my price range? If not, let me know please. My pc needs to do this easily without lag and draw backs . Also I don't need a 1 tb hard drive I only need a 500 gb hard dive so it will cut down on the cost. Thanks and leave all the specs down bellow. thnx for any help if I get a processor like the i5 in my build please would I need a separately bought cooler because that's what people recommend but since I am on a budget in pretty sure I wont need it. also for dxtory I am am recording with lagarith loss codec or something like that. Keep in mind I need parts primarily for recording good quality minecraft with good fps so buy parts that suit that. I am not that knowledgeable at which parts are good for gaming so I would like if you would go in detail why you picked the parts but you don't have to. Once again thanks for any help!!!

(sorry for spelling and grammar errors)

TomThePotato · Oct 27, 2014

Would you be interested in Nvidia's Shadowplay? It records games with a minimal hit in performance.

MasterDell · Oct 27, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($187.93 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($329.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $901.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-27 22:12 EDT-0400

CPU: 4460 because its the best bang for your buck i5 other than the 4690k.
Motherboard: Good motherboard for the price. Looks sick and H97 since your wont be OCing.
Memory: Basically any brand makes decent memory so basically get a 2x4gb kit with 1600MHz 9\10 CAS at lower budgets.
Storage: 1TB hard drive. Why? Because 500GB is a few dollars cheaper
Case: Figured you would want a really sick case to match everything else. If you want you can tone it down to a 200r\300r but this is a great case.
PSU: Seasonic makes the best PSUs. Could have gotten a cheaper seasonic made however this one i s modular and at this budget that you want one.

GPU: 970. Why? Because its currectly the best bang for your buck video card out there right now. Why Zotac? Because its the 2nd cheapest and it actually is performing really well. People hate on Zotac for some reason. Zotac is just a smaller company and this card is pretty sick. See a review on some Zotac 970s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GbfmIuL86k

dariens007 · Oct 28, 2014

dxtory doens't have h.264 accelerated recording as to where it records using the graphics card hardware from what i read on the speciifications website. and running minecraft with 25 mods + sounds like a heavy burden on the cpu to do while recording it.....do you think you can fit an i7 in your budget? it would be another 100 dollars and i think it's worth it honestly

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i74770

Edit: forgot you needed an operating system

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-gfc02050

i'd save up the extra 200 bucks. get the win7 and get the i7

tiny voices · Oct 28, 2014

No way does he need an i7 for minecraft even with mods and recording. It is JAVA based after all. An i5 will perform the same. I would go with MAsterDell's build for sure.

TomThePotato · Oct 28, 2014

Some things in MasterDell's build would have to be changed though, since the OP wants the budget to include "taxes and stuff and windows"

tiny voices · Oct 28, 2014

If he needs money for Windows all he has to do is change the GPU to an r9 290 (similar performance to the 970) and he is good to go!

TomThePotato · Oct 28, 2014

Possibly a new psu too, unless I'm overestimating how much power an R9 290 uses.

MasterDell · Oct 28, 2014

OP can simply use a 620c.. No, not modular but we will need to do this in order to fit room in the budget. Updated build:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($187.93 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB TurboDuo Video Card ($243.00 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $895.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-28 02:54 EDT-0400

Do you guys think this PSU has enough kahunas for the 290?

tiny voices · Oct 28, 2014

Yes, that is plenty of power( although it is not the BEST unit and I would change it for an Antec HCG620 or an XFX650) for a 290 with a locked i5. No problem at all. That build looks great and it is what I would go with!

MasterDell · Oct 28, 2014

I agree. Not the best but still a seasonic.

joshua pc · Oct 29, 2014

TomThePotato :

joshua pc · Oct 29, 2014

MasterDell :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($187.93 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($329.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $901.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-27 22:12 EDT-0400

CPU: 4460 because its the best bang for your buck i5 other than the 4690k.
Motherboard: Good motherboard for the price. Looks sick and H97 since your wont be OCing.
Memory: Basically any brand makes decent memory so basically get a 2x4gb kit with 1600MHz 9\10 CAS at lower budgets.
Storage: 1TB hard drive. Why? Because 500GB is a few dollars cheaper
Case: Figured you would want a really sick case to match everything else. If you want you can tone it down to a 200r\300r but this is a great case.
PSU: Seasonic makes the best PSUs. Could have gotten a cheaper seasonic made however this one i s modular and at this budget that you want one.

GPU: 970. Why? Because its currectly the best bang for your buck video card out there right now. Why Zotac? Because its the 2nd cheapest and it actually is performing really well. People hate on Zotac for some reason. Zotac is just a smaller company and this card is pretty sick. See a review on some Zotac 970s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GbfmIuL86k

I think I will get a cheaper case because looks are not really my thing but there is a 55$ case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042&Tpk=Antec%2b300
I think its a good case.

joshua pc · Oct 29, 2014

MasterDell :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($187.93 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($329.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $901.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-27 22:12 EDT-0400

CPU: 4460 because its the best bang for your buck i5 other than the 4690k.
Motherboard: Good motherboard for the price. Looks sick and H97 since your wont be OCing.
Memory: Basically any brand makes decent memory so basically get a 2x4gb kit with 1600MHz 9\10 CAS at lower budgets.
Storage: 1TB hard drive. Why? Because 500GB is a few dollars cheaper
Case: Figured you would want a really sick case to match everything else. If you want you can tone it down to a 200r\300r but this is a great case.
PSU: Seasonic makes the best PSUs. Could have gotten a cheaper seasonic made however this one i s modular and at this budget that you want one.

GPU: 970. Why? Because its currectly the best bang for your buck video card out there right now. Why Zotac? Because its the 2nd cheapest and it actually is performing really well. People hate on Zotac for some reason. Zotac is just a smaller company and this card is pretty sick. See a review on some Zotac 970s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GbfmIuL86k

thank you for the solution I need to make sure this build will do what I want but I am pretty that it will because an I5 can do editing right? and can record. And yes I might use shadow play but the thing is that it doesn't have the best quality but can you reassure me that this build can do it no problem. thank you!!!

MasterDell · Oct 29, 2014

No issues at all man. Out of curiousity did you pick the 970 or 290?

joshua pc · Oct 29, 2014

MasterDell :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($187.93 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($329.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $901.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-27 22:12 EDT-0400

CPU: 4460 because its the best bang for your buck i5 other than the 4690k.
Motherboard: Good motherboard for the price. Looks sick and H97 since your wont be OCing.
Memory: Basically any brand makes decent memory so basically get a 2x4gb kit with 1600MHz 9\10 CAS at lower budgets.
Storage: 1TB hard drive. Why? Because 500GB is a few dollars cheaper
Case: Figured you would want a really sick case to match everything else. If you want you can tone it down to a 200r\300r but this is a great case.
PSU: Seasonic makes the best PSUs. Could have gotten a cheaper seasonic made however this one i s modular and at this budget that you want one.

GPU: 970. Why? Because its currectly the best bang for your buck video card out there right now. Why Zotac? Because its the 2nd cheapest and it actually is performing really well. People hate on Zotac for some reason. Zotac is just a smaller company and this card is pretty sick. See a review on some Zotac 970s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GbfmIuL86k

also can this build record with shadow play? Thnx

tiny voices · Oct 29, 2014

Yes easily. It will do everything you need.

joshua pc · Oct 29, 2014

MasterDell :

umm I think the 970 is better so I will go with that but im not sure

tiny voices · Oct 29, 2014

The 970 is better plus it will use WAY less power and therefore make WAY less heat.

joshua pc · Oct 29, 2014

thank you everyone for your suggestions I think I will go for MasterDell's zotac 970 setup. Also is the total with tax because I heard its 12% tax for electronics?

tiny voices · Oct 29, 2014

That all depends on where you live.

MasterDell · Oct 29, 2014

Where I live I get taxed 12% on everything. Whether it be gas or toilet paper. Then I have to pay an electronics fee. Some companies include this fee in the price of the item so there are no worries there. I believe almost all Canadian retailers do this

joshua pc · Oct 29, 2014

MasterDell :

perfect I live in Canada so win win plus I found a better case so I will cut down on price. I want to know if the build can record with dxtory because I think the cpu will do it but if the cpu cant handle recording with dxtory while playing a modded minecraft I will just use shadow play.

joshua pc · Oct 29, 2014

does anyone know a good headset for under 50$? I know, I know its a low budget but I am looking more for mic quality than sound and pretty good sound quality for recording thnx!

MasterDell · Oct 29, 2014

On sale Siberia v2s. Can't beat them for the price

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