Minecraft Computer?

moleh · 3 Aug 2015 at 12:09

I have a PC I bought back in 2007 from here which I am trying to repurpose as a Minecraft computer for my friends daughter. I would like some advise if this is worth while Vs buying something new.

This computer was a beast in its day.

GeIL 4GB (4x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency Dual Channel
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) -
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB)
BFG 800W UK/PFC Approved PSU £114.99 1 £114.99
EVGA nForce 680i SLi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (122-CK-NF68-A1)

Thanks for the advise if this computer wont hack it please suggest either an upgrade or a new system.

Moleh

moleh · 3 Aug 2015 at 14:33

Cool, Thanks.

It currently runs like a dog but maybe its the old hard disk. I may just get an SSD for it and reinstall the OS then.

Assume thats all it can be at that spec?

Thanks again

Moleh

moleh · 3 Aug 2015 at 15:44

Thanks all.

I will have a look at the settings and think I will pickup a SSD unless I get one to review

Moleh

moleh · 5 Feb 2016 at 10:41

Resurrecting this post as I now have another issue. The 8800 GTX has just died and I have a daughter that needs her Minecraft fix. What could I get to replace it in the current market?

Thanks

moleh · 6 Feb 2016 at 18:41

Thanks all really good advice, I am just looking over the cards now. I had looked at the 750 TI as it seemed a good price point. I will also look at the other suggestions. I tend to push my old rigs down the line to my Wife then to the kids PC so this is 3rd in the queue so it is a little staved until Pascal comes out

If you were speccing up a minecraft\lego\wow box from scratch just tower, what would it be. Guessing if I needed to budget it would say ~£400.

Thanks

Moleh

moleh · 23 Feb 2016 at 10:47

Ok well I knew this was coming! So the motherboard on this box is now gone..

So I am just going to do what I should have done, Daughters birthday in March so going to just buy her a new system. She plays lego games, minecraft and could do some steam streaming of better games.

Just need motherboard, cpu, ram and gpu. Lets say £400-£500?

Thanks once again..

moleh

moleh · 23 Feb 2016 at 15:05

How does this look?

Intel H110 Motherboard
500W Bronze Rated PSU
Processor Intel Core i3-6320 3.90GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail
Case BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Red
Memory Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX318C10FBK2/8)
Graphics Card MSI GeForce GTX 950 Gaming 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)

This is just taken from a pre config one but can either go with this or buy better\different parts and build it.

This comes in at £500 on the dot with OCUK building it.

Any comments welcome.

Thanks

Moleh