Bad Computer. Help?

I would recommend acquiring a larger budget.

I have weird in-built graphics, 1gb ram, and a weird unused CPU. All but 512mb of ram came with the computer 10 YEARS AGO!

And I run minecraft pretty badly. I can barely play singleplayer due to ram/CPU restraints. I can play alot of minecraft minigames perfectly fine, go check out hypixel or mineplex, both can be found in 20 seconds of google.

I too need a new computer just so I can play cool games, like planetside 2, space engineers, euro truck simulator 2... and online browser based games.

NOTE:
Don't start youtube at 11, nobody watches videos recorded by kids.

53MP3RF1

TheGrim123321
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus A78M-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-2000 Memory ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($24.98 @ NCIX US)
Total: $200.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-29 22:15 EST-0500

This is a pretty good build for a budget of about $200, but it's possible to get a little bit better in terms of specs, or at least make it more upgradable. However, this isn't keeping in mind that you'd still need to buy a monitor (or use a TV screen), a mouse, and a keyboard. However, this is possible with about $350 or so, including a monitor, mouse, and keyboard. However, you'd need to reuse the hard drive in your laptop. Unfortunately, laptop RAM DIMMs use less pins than desktop ones, which means that you'd need to buy a new set of RAM sticks. Also unfortunately, by moving the hard drive from the laptop to your desktop you'd render the laptop unusable unless you wanted to buy a separate hard drive for that as well. However, you'll keep all your files when you move the hard drive, which means you will already have Windows on it and whatever games/documents/applications you desire.

Build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($27.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($33.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 260X 1GB TurboDuo Video Card ($77.98 @ Newegg)
Case: *Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($32.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Acer S220HQLAbd 21.5" Monitor ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Microsoft Keyboard 200 Wired Standard Keyboard ($8.96 @ OutletPC)
Mouse: Microsoft Optical Mouse 200 for Business Wired Optical Mouse ($3.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $348.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-30 11:20 EST-0500

This build provides great upgradability, a monitor, mouse, keyboard, and 4GB of sturdy 1600MHz RAM and comes in at only $350. The Pentium can easily be upgraded to a newer processor, such as the i3-4130 or the i5-4440. It should provide very nice, stable framerates for Minecraft and other games.

discOtterHere's a refined, and much more powerful version of TheGrim's list...

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zrDJRB
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zrDJRB/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD A4-6300 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus A78M-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Elite 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($33.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Core Edition Video Card ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: CoolMax 400W ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Directron)
Total: $293.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-29 22:34 EST-0500

This is not a very good build. You've paired a pretty weak dual-core APU with 8GB of RAM and a 270, which makes the build pretty unbalanced (and silly, considering the A4 has it's own integrated graphics, which is the point of getting a CPU in the A-series). You've also probably just put in the cheapest PSU of the lot, which is a sure way to get your house burnt down. Not only that, you didn't stop to consider any parts the OP could reuse and bring the cost down for them. That hard drive is really small anyways, and for barely $15 more you could have gone with a 1TB 7200rpm HDD.

If I'm being honest here, I know. I only chose that APU because of pricing, as with everything else. In the end, it would have been fine, but its certainly not the best that could be done. I was trying to avoid breaking $300. Also, the whole cheap PSU thing is kind of eccentric. Sure, they've got terrible efficiency, but the chances that you'll burn down your house are pretty minimal. OEMs use cheap PSUs all the time.

David5886

discOtter
I'd upgrade that to at least 6Gb of RAM, so that they can allocate 4Gb of it to Minecraft. APUs are a bit memory-hungry.
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No, just no, 4GB of ram would be good for the budget that he has, plus Minecraft, once again, DOES NOT NEED MORE THAN 1GB OF RAM, RAM DOES NOT REALLY AFFECT PERFORMANCE!!! 1GB of ram for Minecraft is enough, the only reason I see to have more than 1 is if you are using a bunch of mods.

More than 1Gb may not affect *performance* (and even that's debatable), but it can have other beneficial aspects, such as higher resolution texture support.

If I were you, I'd go with 53's build. I tried but couldn't do any better for the price. Randomness might though.

David5886

discOtter
I'd upgrade that to at least 6Gb of RAM, so that they can allocate 4Gb of it to Minecraft. APUs are a bit memory-hungry.
.

No, just no, 4GB of ram would be good for the budget that he has, plus Minecraft, once again, DOES NOT NEED MORE THAN 1GB OF RAM, RAM DOES NOT REALLY AFFECT PERFORMANCE!!! 1GB of ram for Minecraft is enough, the only reason I see to have more than 1 is if you are using a bunch of mods.

Thank you, I have been trying to point out my budget is anywhere BELOW maybe $230. I am going with the build that 53MP3RF1 suggested, but without the monitor, keyboard and mouse because I have all those things already.
What I really need now is some things that I can do until I get the new computer.

discOtter
I'd upgrade that to at least 6Gb of RAM, so that they can allocate 4Gb of it to Minecraft. APUs are a bit memory-hungry.
.

No, just no, 4GB of ram would be good for the budget that he has, plus Minecraft, once again, DOES NOT NEED MORE THAN 1GB OF RAM, RAM DOES NOT REALLY AFFECT PERFORMANCE!!! 1GB of ram for Minecraft is enough, the only reason I see to have more than 1 is if you are using a bunch of mods.

53MP3RF1

TheGrim123321
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus A78M-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-2000 Memory ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($24.98 @ NCIX US)
Total: $200.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-29 22:15 EST-0500

This is a pretty good build for a budget of about $200, but it's possible to get a little bit better in terms of specs, or at least make it more upgradable. However, this isn't keeping in mind that you'd still need to buy a monitor (or use a TV screen), a mouse, and a keyboard. However, this is possible with about $350 or so, including a monitor, mouse, and keyboard. However, you'd need to reuse the hard drive in your laptop. Unfortunately, laptop RAM DIMMs use less pins than desktop ones, which means that you'd need to buy a new set of RAM sticks. Also unfortunately, by moving the hard drive from the laptop to your desktop you'd render the laptop unusable unless you wanted to buy a separate hard drive for that as well. However, you'll keep all your files when you move the hard drive, which means you will already have Windows on it and whatever games/documents/applications you desire.

Build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($27.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($33.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 260X 1GB TurboDuo Video Card ($77.98 @ Newegg)
Case: *Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($32.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Acer S220HQLAbd 21.5" Monitor ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Microsoft Keyboard 200 Wired Standard Keyboard ($8.96 @ OutletPC)
Mouse: Microsoft Optical Mouse 200 for Business Wired Optical Mouse ($3.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $348.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-30 11:20 EST-0500

This build provides great upgradability, a monitor, mouse, keyboard, and 4GB of sturdy 1600MHz RAM and comes in at only $350. The Pentium can easily be upgraded to a newer processor, such as the i3-4130 or the i5-4440. It should provide very nice, stable framerates for Minecraft and other games.

discOtterHere's a refined, and much more powerful version of TheGrim's list...

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zrDJRB
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zrDJRB/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD A4-6300 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus A78M-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Elite 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($33.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Core Edition Video Card ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: CoolMax 400W ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Directron)
Total: $293.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-29 22:34 EST-0500

This is not a very good build. You've paired a pretty weak dual-core APU with 8GB of RAM and a 270, which makes the build pretty unbalanced (and silly, considering the A4 has it's own integrated graphics, which is the point of getting a CPU in the A-series). You've also probably just put in the cheapest PSU of the lot, which is a sure way to get your house burnt down. Not only that, you didn't stop to consider any parts the OP could reuse and bring the cost down for them. That hard drive is really small anyways, and for barely $15 more you could have gone with a 1TB 7200rpm HDD.

I already have a monitor. Plus all this stuff is gibberish to me.

TheGrim123321
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus A78M-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-2000 Memory ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($24.98 @ NCIX US)
Total: $200.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-29 22:15 EST-0500

This is a pretty good build for a budget of about $200, but it's possible to get a little bit better in terms of specs, or at least make it more upgradable. However, this isn't keeping in mind that you'd still need to buy a monitor (or use a TV screen), a mouse, and a keyboard. However, this is possible with about $350 or so, including a monitor, mouse, and keyboard. However, you'd need to reuse the hard drive in your laptop. Unfortunately, laptop RAM DIMMs use less pins than desktop ones, which means that you'd need to buy a new set of RAM sticks. Also unfortunately, by moving the hard drive from the laptop to your desktop you'd render the laptop unusable unless you wanted to buy a separate hard drive for that as well. However, you'll keep all your files when you move the hard drive, which means you will already have Windows on it and whatever games/documents/applications you desire.



This build provides great upgradability, a monitor, mouse, keyboard, and 4GB of sturdy 1600MHz RAM and comes in at only $350. The Pentium can easily be upgraded to a newer processor, such as the i3-4130 or the i5-4440. It should provide very nice, stable framerates for Minecraft and other games.

discOtterHere's a refined, and much more powerful version of TheGrim's list...

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zrDJRB
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zrDJRB/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD A4-6300 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus A78M-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Elite 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($33.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Core Edition Video Card ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: CoolMax 400W ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Directron)
Total: $293.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-29 22:34 EST-0500

This is not a very good build. You've paired a pretty weak dual-core APU with 8GB of RAM and a 270, which makes the build pretty unbalanced (and silly, considering the A4 has it's own integrated graphics, which is the point of getting a CPU in the A-series). You've also probably just put in the cheapest PSU of the lot, which is a sure way to get your house burnt down. Not only that, you didn't stop to consider any parts the OP could reuse and bring the cost down for them. That hard drive is really small anyways, and for barely $15 more you could have gone with a 1TB 7200rpm HDD.

Ummm... You can't actually record for YouTube. You're 2 years under the legal age limit.

Bump, still need help.

Here's a refined, and much more powerful version of TheGrim's list...

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zrDJRB
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zrDJRB/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD A4-6300 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus A78M-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Elite 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($33.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Core Edition Video Card ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: CoolMax 400W ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Directron)
Total: $293.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-29 22:34 EST-0500

This build will be a $300 console killer.

Moved to General Help where it's more likely to actually get more help.

If you've got a recent (as in, made after 2008) desktop in your house, you could always ask your parents for a graphics card for Christmas/Hanukkah/whatever you celebrate. If this is the case, I suggest the R9 250x. You can get one for around $100, and you'll be able to max out Minecraft at 60 FPS, in 1080p.

Since you don't have a lot you can do in Minecraft at the moment, try getting into texture pack creation. Just make sure you don't do another one of those terrible solid colored "simple" packs, or one of those grainy over-realistic HD packs. A great style to start texturing in would be what I like to call pseudo-simplicial. Pretty much, you give yourself a limited amount of colors that all apply to the same aesthetic, and create simple, and detailed (a balance of the two, favoring simple) textures with them. A great example of this in action would be Bluebird by Peytonisgreat (http://www.planetminecraft.com/texture_ ... back-baby/). Good luck!

Re use Hard Drive+Optical Drive.
Ask for it for christmas.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus A78M-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-2000 Memory ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($24.98 @ NCIX US)
Total: $200.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-29 22:15 EST-0500