Hi, my Laptop that I bought a year ago was not really designed for playing games. So I am thinking about building my own computer for around £300 for only playing Minecraft (Max settings at at least 60fps) and maybe even other games but at lower settings. I was considering an AMD A10 6800k/7700K/7850k or a Pentium G3258 with a graphics card like 250X/260X. I don't need an Operating System or Monitor. Any advice is welcome. Thanks in advance.
Budget PC for ONLY Minecraft and other light games
- Thread starter Benja14
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- Jul 27, 2011
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Went a little over budget but try something like this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£47.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£31.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£73.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.59 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GT 630 2GB Video Card (£59.97 @ PC World Business)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£30.36 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.70 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.15 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £335.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£47.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£31.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£73.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.59 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GT 630 2GB Video Card (£59.97 @ PC World Business)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£30.36 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.70 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.15 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £335.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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DonkeyOatie
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- Sep 16, 2014
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This build
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£85.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£65.42 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Team Zeus Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£160.51 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Case: Azza SIRIUS ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Total: £347.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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is intended for a MineCraftMachine computer construction course. It is a little overbuilt to allow for upgrading to a full-function computer by adding any GPU up to a GTX970.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£85.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£65.42 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Team Zeus Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£160.51 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Case: Azza SIRIUS ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Total: £347.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-21 00:05 GMT+0000
is intended for a MineCraftMachine computer construction course. It is a little overbuilt to allow for upgrading to a full-function computer by adding any GPU up to a GTX970.
Windows 8.1 64bit
Intel i7 4790K @ 4.7Ghz
12Gb DDR3 1600 RAM
AsRock Z97 Killer Motherboard
Evga Geforce GT740 4gb
Corsair H60
Evga 750 watt PSU
1TB WD Caviar Blue
This one is more expensive than most, just under $1000. On minecraft I have topped out at 2479 FPS. With everything on high I still get 200FPS. But minecraft is a really light game. Ive ran it on a Dell Dimension 8400 before while running at 10FPS so you could just buy a really cheap computer off of amazon and it will be good
Intel i7 4790K @ 4.7Ghz
12Gb DDR3 1600 RAM
AsRock Z97 Killer Motherboard
Evga Geforce GT740 4gb
Corsair H60
Evga 750 watt PSU
1TB WD Caviar Blue
This one is more expensive than most, just under $1000. On minecraft I have topped out at 2479 FPS. With everything on high I still get 200FPS. But minecraft is a really light game. Ive ran it on a Dell Dimension 8400 before while running at 10FPS so you could just buy a really cheap computer off of amazon and it will be good
- Jul 27, 2011
- 42,540
- 815
- 104,940
DonkeyOatie
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- Sep 16, 2014
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Since the system is relying on the iGPU for graphics, the Pentium is marginal at best, and probably needs to be overclocked, which can cause issues. This system has been gone over by the experts, who agree that it's the right configuration. There's a Minecraft Machine Challenge thread for more details.
CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Biostar A58MD Ver. 6.x Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($41.36 @ Mwave)
Memory: G.Skill NS Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($36.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Toshiba Product Series
T01ACA 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($41.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Rosewill REDBONE U3 ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN725N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($8.07 @ Amazon)
Total: $406.35 (USD)
For the most part, an A-6 can run minecraft around 40 fps.
A10 shouldn't have any trouble running minecraft, but don't expect to run any heavy games (etc. Battlefield 4, COD AW, etc)
Motherboard: Biostar A58MD Ver. 6.x Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($41.36 @ Mwave)
Memory: G.Skill NS Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($36.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Toshiba Product Series
T01ACA 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($41.99 @ NCIX US) Case: Rosewill REDBONE U3 ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN725N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($8.07 @ Amazon)
Total: $406.35 (USD)
For the most part, an A-6 can run minecraft around 40 fps.
A10 shouldn't have any trouble running minecraft, but don't expect to run any heavy games (etc. Battlefield 4, COD AW, etc)
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