$300 MineCraft Rig

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Guy at work asked if I could spec out a rig for his kid for about $300 USD I have speced it out so that it could be upgraded later with at GPU and more Ram I went with AM3+ so that an 8 core could be dropped in later if he wants. 

I just want have you guys check my work and let me know if the Onboard GPU is going to absolutely blow out of the box. I think it should be OK for Mine craft

 


http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tHtrpg 

 

 

 Thanks in advance, 

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That's a bit sketchy.  Minecraft likes stronger single cores, and that onboard video is probably only good enough to push out a picture.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ysQh23

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@OP If the build is strictly for MC then go with this ^

I recently upgraded my graphics card and I saw no improvements on Minecraft (even with shaders) It's the CPU bottleneck

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 http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DwQh23

Mine craft will play on a potato so power really isnt in issue, however I suggest the above. Why? because its cheaper and performs better than your suggestion

And by the time some small kid who wants to play mine-craft needs an upgrade, he should just go with a new cpu/mobo/ram/gpu combo as ddr3 wont be mainstream and fx 8350's probly will not be sold as new parts.

Plus the energy savings will practically pay for the computer! 

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My potato laptop doesn't like minecraft tho :C

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Thanks for all the Input guys! Im going over all the options with him now.

Thanks Again.