Minecraft java home build

mko · 28 Jul 2025 at 19:59

Hi
I'm new to this forum, so excuse me if this question has been covered already.
Im looking for advice.
Im planning on building a mid range gaming PC with my son and buy the necessary components here on overclockers.
He only playes minecraft java edition and from what I have read it doesn't need a very high end PC.
Can someone recommend the most suitable components that we would need.
Thanks
Mko

nlel1975 · 28 Jul 2025 at 20:15

The Mac Mini M4 base spec runs Minecraft Java Edition well and is £528 or less. It has 16GB ram, 10 core CPU and 256GB SSD.

Rob_B · 28 Jul 2025 at 20:23

If you read this and full out the template it'll help.

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koolpc · 28 Jul 2025 at 20:41

I think you should build the PC with some future proofing in it as your son may eventually want to play more power demanding games in the future.

mko · 28 Jul 2025 at 20:45

Will have to weigh up all options..
I love the mac mini idea as I believe it has a very powerful CPU. I hadn't considered it but will now.

Craig_d1 · 28 Jul 2025 at 22:06

koolpc said:
I think you should build the PC with some future proofing in it as your son may eventually want to play more power demanding games in the future.

100%. Been there, done that.

Greboth · 29 Jul 2025 at 11:04

More detail would be great as @Rob_B linked to.

Specifically with regard to Minecraft, do you know if this is Vanilla java or modded Java? The requirements for Vanilla are pretty easy but some big modpacks can take 8gb-10Gb of RAM, add shaders and they can hit the GPU hard etc. So specs for vanilla vs modded will be quite different.

jigger · 30 Jul 2025 at 09:34

mko said:
Will have to weigh up all options..
I love the mac mini idea as I believe it has a very powerful CPU. I hadn't considered it but will now.

If it’s it’s powerful APU system you’re after then a zen5
4/5 minisforum system is the way to go. The Zen parts will walk all over M4 for similar or less money and with less hardware limitations.

mko · 30 Jul 2025 at 09:56

"The Mac Mini M4 base spec runs Minecraft Java Edition well and is £528 or less. It has 16GB ram, 10 core CPU and 256GB SSD."
Nlel1975

Thanks for all your thoughts...
I've decided to go with the mac mini m4
One question is where do I buy it at £528?

mickyflinn · 30 Jul 2025 at 10:12

mko said:
"The Mac Mini M4 base spec runs Minecraft Java Edition well and is £528 or less. It has 16GB ram, 10 core CPU and 256GB SSD."
Nlel1975

Thanks for all your thoughts...
I've decided to go with the mac mini m4
One question is where do I buy it at £528?

It's against the forum rules to link/direct to competitors of Overclockers unfortunately.

nlel1975 · 30 Jul 2025 at 12:14

mko said:
One question is where do I buy it at £528?

All I’m allowed to say is the rainforest. Plenty people do.

nlel1975 · 4 Aug 2025 at 20:33

Here's a comparison between the Mac mini M4 GPU vs the Radeon RX570 in 3D Mark Steel Nomad...

https://www.3dmark.com/compare/sn/5458986/snmac/8086#

Minecraft is more CPU dependent anyway and especially favours single core performance which the M4 mini excels at, it's actually faster in single core than my 7950X3D. Multicore performance isn't bad either.

nlel1975 · 8 Aug 2025 at 18:18

Greboth said:
The requirements for Vanilla are pretty easy but some big modpacks can take 8gb-10Gb of RAM, add shaders and they can hit the GPU hard etc. So specs for vanilla vs modded will be quite different.

Here’s a video showing a Mac mini m4 base spec running Minecraft with shaders…

Frames per second top left, can be made to run full screen of course.