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[Cosmic77]

So, I've been wanting to play Minecraft and BF4 with little to no lag, and I wish to know which of these builds will be better for RECORDING Minecraft. I will probably not be recording BF4, but I just want to be able to at least run it with medium/high settings. I am aware of nvidia's ShadowPlay which records with little to no fps drop, and i want to know which is best for the things I am doing.

TL;DR I want to record Minecraft, tell me the better and more future proof build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($96.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Biostar A960D+ Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($35.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($41.94 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 1GB Superclocked Video Card ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill Galaxy-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Acer S200HQLbd 60Hz 19.5" Monitor ($79.99 @ Best Buy)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Headphones: Logitech G230 Headset ($37.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $584.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-24 21:44 EDT-0400

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus A55BM-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($35.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($41.94 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill Galaxy-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Acer S200HQLbd 60Hz 19.5" Monitor ($79.99 @ Best Buy)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Headphones: Logitech G230 Headset ($37.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $583.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-24 21:41 EDT-0400

And yes, I really like this case I want to keep it...
Thanks!

 

[bob hays]

The first one with shadowplay (even though i think the 260x is the better value without recording), and instead get a pentium anniversary edition so you can overclock since minecraft likes stronger cores.

 

[Cosmic77]

The first one with shadowplay (even though i think the 260x is the better value without recording), and instead get a pentium anniversary edition so you can overclock since minecraft likes stronger cores.

Thing is, I don't want to mess around with the overclocking thing, and a g3258 + decent aftermarket cooler (Hyper 212 EVO) = 100 dollars instead of my 80. Keep in mind that I want to play BF4, and that is optimized for more than 2 cores.

 

[bob hays]

That is true but even then the stronger cores will help (its not like using more cores will make less use of strong ones), and overclocking is very easy, asus even has a thing that does it automatically. The pentium performs better than the amd ones, and you can OC it with a stock cooler too.

 

[Kohwali]

If you're not overclocking, stick with the stock cooler. Why the mATX motherboards when you're getting a mid tower case?

AMD does have its own recording solution (Raptr?), but I'm not familiar with it. I'm big fan of Shadowplay because I own a NVIDIA card.

Thumbs up on the Devastator pack 😀

I'll tweak your build. I'm guessing a $600 budget?

EDIT: I actually won't. I'm not familiar enough with that price range on products.

 

[bob hays]

Yes but raptr isn't as good as shadowplay and isn't made by AMD (the recording part might be).