Laptop for daughter, is this enough to play Minecraft on decent settings?

GravyMonster · 23 Feb 2017 at 10:24

Hi guys. It's my daughters' birthday in a week or so and I'm looking at buying he a laptop for basic homework, browsing the web, youtube, browser games and also Minecraft. Obviously the latter will be the most demanding, so I'm wondering if this spec would be enough to play it at a reasonable FPS/detail level:

Dell Vostro 15 3000 Series (3568) Laptop - £503

Intel Core i5-7200U 2.50GHz
4GB DDR4 + 500GB HDD
Inter HD 520 Graphics
Windows 10 Pro 64bit

Is there anything better for a similar budget? I did look at other laptops which have dedicated graphics cards, but they all start around £650 which is more than I was ideally looking to spend.

Any help appreciated.

SC0TTRS · 23 Feb 2017 at 10:33

You can play Minecraft on a Raspberry Pi so that spec laptop wouldn't be a problem along with other requirements.

Rannoch · 23 Feb 2017 at 10:44

Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Series Laptop, AMD A10, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 15.6" - 4GB AMD Radeon R7 M445 ?

GravyMonster · 23 Feb 2017 at 10:45

SC0TTRS said:
You can play Minecraft on a Raspberry Pi so that spec laptop wouldn't be a problem along with other requirements.

Haha thanks

Vargas said:
Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Series Laptop, AMD A10, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 15.6" - 4GB AMD Radeon R7 M445 ?

Thats a better spec overall, although the CPU is over 25% slower going on performance charts. I think I'd stick with the Vostro, but thanks.

Delta3D · 23 Feb 2017 at 10:56

Primarily Minecraft runs from RAM, so the extra 4GB would be an increase but it would still run fine on 4GB. You could always get that Dell Vostro 15 3000 and add an extra stick of RAM if required?

The HP 250 Core i7-6500U would be another option.

Rannoch · 23 Feb 2017 at 10:57

Treat her to an Alienware laptop, 15% off right now. Go on....................

GravyMonster · 23 Feb 2017 at 11:09

Delta3D said:
Primarily Minecraft runs from RAM, so the extra 4GB would be an increase but it would still run fine on 4GB. You could always get that Dell Vostro 15 3000 and add an extra stick of RAM if required?

The HP 250 Core i7-6500U would be another option.

That one has a much better HDD and more RAM and only gives up a little CPU performance, and it's cheaper - done. Thanks Delta.

Vargas said:
Treat her to an Alienware laptop, 15% off right now. Go on....................

I might just treat myself in that case

Thanks for the help guys.

Rannoch · 23 Feb 2017 at 11:20

What screen res is that HP 250?

Delta3D · 23 Feb 2017 at 12:10

Vargas said:
What screen res is that HP 250?

It's a 1920x1080 15.6"

Spunkey said:
That one has a much better HDD and more RAM and only gives up a little CPU performance, and it's cheaper - done. Thanks Delta.

Glad it's sorted!