Ok, so my friends bday is coming up, and his parents are helping him buy a computer. I suggested that he get a custom pc because he could get better performance at a lower cost. He and his family don't know much about computers, so I offered to build the computer for him and recommend parts. They have a $500 budget, without peripherals, this is what I came up with: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Jqct . My friend will not be doing any heavy gaming on this, just some Minecraft and homework on it, so he doesn't need it to run 60+ FPS at max settings. Would this computer do ok for his purposes, and is there anything that is out of balance or anything like that. Thanks!
Is this a good gaming computer?
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thederpiest
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thederpiest
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a 650 ti might be a bit overkill for someone running minecraft on not even max settings, although I agree that a better graphics card would make sense...
mrgrinchxbl
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If its a Regular ATX build I would go with a GPU: Sapphire HD 7770 GHz Edition $98 , CPU: AMD FX-4300 $102 or a FX-4100 $80, MOBO: MSI 970A-G46 $70, RAM: G.skill 4gb 1600 $40, HDD: WD Blue Caviar $65, PSU: Corsair 500w 80+ Bronze Rated $55. With the case ( Thermaltake Commander MS/I ) its about $545 over if that works
mrgrinchxbl
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Its about the same, but your missing the power supply which will put the price at around the same as my build
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