Is it possible to build a Minecraft PC for under £400?

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Hey all,

For my sons 12th birthday he has asked for a PC that can run Minecraft, this sounded easy to me at first but then I realised he plays on servers with hundreds of players and huge worlds, so performance is an issue.

Is it possible to build a PC that can handle this for £400 or less?

Cheers.
 
should have been a little more clear, no need for a screen. I have a decent spare one I can give him.

So just all the components for the box is needed. Plus Windows.
 
Being an Intel user through and through for my PC I really hadn't looked into the AMD CPUS... interesting.

Looks like they might save a load of money by not having to buy a separate GPU.
 
Wow, thanks for all the responses people. These are mega helpful as I was kind of assuming it might be mega difficult but it seems like its actually pretty doable.
 
These all look great, I suspect once all family members have chipped in his total funds will be closer to £300 than £400 but he has a little money of his own still saved up.

The AMD APU's seem like pretty decent bang for their buck for a Minecraft machine... although yeah I do wonder how long it will be before he moves onto other things. He does already have a Xbox 360 for other games though.
 
Well the time is nearly here, I will need to order this soon. Looks like he will end up with between £350-£400.

Was thinking this might be ok, unless someone points out something I have missed?

Edit: turns out I dont know how to post my basket like the others in the thread, will find out how and post it.
 
 
joeyjojo said:
Looks good. Swap the PSU for this one though. Same price but better energy efficiency. The 5800K uses about 200 W max (at the wall) so 300 W is plenty.

1 x SuperFlower Amazon 300W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £29.99

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wasn't sure what kind of power I needed so this is very useful to know, will swap it.

Windows in the killer here, while I would love to use Linux I think he would struggle with it as Windows is all he has ever used. Plus if things don't work I actually have an idea where to start with Windows :)
 
Just wanted to post to say that this is now built without issues and so far I have a very happy child as its running Minecraft great and even things like TF2.

I am actually impressed how good this little system is for the price.

Thanks for all the help people :)
 
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