Suitable to achieve decent gameplay on Minecraft?

[Lewis1Dexter]

Case: NXZT Source 220
PSU: Corsair CXM 430W Modular 80+ Bronze
Motherboard: ASUS H81M-E
CPU: AMD Athlon X2 6000+ Dual Core
GPU: ASUS HTI Radeon HD 5450
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB
SSD: Intel 320 40GB
HDD: WD 1TB
I don't really know much about computers and compatibility between parts, so can someone help please

 

[xStampede]

It would be much more enjoyable experience with a stronger GPU, CPU is weak also. If you are on low budged for upgrade then upgrade just the graphic card, HD 5450 is too weak for minecraft, you will not have a smooth experience even on not fancy settings.

R7 260x is great budge price card, it will make your experience more enoyable and smooth at the cost of 100$. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r7260xznj4

you can also try to get a second hand card if you really tight on budged.

 

[Lewis1Dexter]

It would be much more enjoyable experience with a stronger GPU, CPU is weak also. If you are on low budged for upgrade then upgrade just the graphic card, HD 5450 is too weak for minecraft, you will not have a smooth experience even on not fancy settings.

R7 260x is great budge price card, it will make your experience more enoyable and smooth at the cost of 100$. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r7260xznj4

you can also try to get a second hand card if you really tight on budged.

What fps would this achieve on Minecraft atm? How much lag atm? Is there anything I can scale back, to make more room for improvements on other things? I'm on a serious budget man

 

[xStampede]

It would be much more enjoyable experience with a stronger GPU, CPU is weak also. If you are on low budged for upgrade then upgrade just the graphic card, HD 5450 is too weak for minecraft, you will not have a smooth experience even on not fancy settings.

R7 260x is great budge price card, it will make your experience more enoyable and smooth at the cost of 100$. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r7260xznj4

you can also try to get a second hand card if you really tight on budged.

What fps would this achieve on Minecraft atm? How much lag atm? Is there anything I can scale back, to make more room for improvements on other things? I'm on a serious budget man

You can lower resolution which will decrease your view angle and also make it more pixelated but will run smooth at 60 fps which is all you need because your monitor most likely can't handle more than 60 fps.

 

[Lewis1Dexter]

It would be much more enjoyable experience with a stronger GPU, CPU is weak also. If you are on low budged for upgrade then upgrade just the graphic card, HD 5450 is too weak for minecraft, you will not have a smooth experience even on not fancy settings.

R7 260x is great budge price card, it will make your experience more enoyable and smooth at the cost of 100$. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r7260xznj4

you can also try to get a second hand card if you really tight on budged.

What fps would this achieve on Minecraft atm? How much lag atm? Is there anything I can scale back, to make more room for improvements on other things? I'm on a serious budget man

You can lower resolution which will decrease your view angle and also make it more pixelated but will run smooth at 60 fps which is all you need because your monitor most likely can't handle more than 60 fps.

Would I need to change anything from what it is now to achieve like 40-50 fps? Could I downgrade anything and still have an ok gaming experience on Minecraft?

 

[xStampede]

I wouldn't suggest you downgrading, the pc is bad enough. Are you buying this second hand or premade, or you gonna build that from new parts?

 

[Lewis1Dexter]

I wouldn't suggest you downgrading, the pc is bad enough. Are you buying this second hand or premade, or you gonna build that from new parts?

I was looking to make it from new parts. Could you maybe find me a build that would get decent gameplay from minecraft for around $250 - $300

 

[James Mason]

Oh geez,no no no, that computer won't work.

You chose a motherboard built for an intel cpu and are trying to put an AMD cpu in it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($40.00 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.04 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GT 720 1GB Video Card ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $298.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-31 15:00 EDT-0400

 

[Lewis1Dexter]

Oh geez,no no no, that computer won't work.

You chose a motherboard built for an intel cpu and are trying to put an AMD cpu in it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($40.00 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.04 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GT 720 1GB Video Card ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $298.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-31 15:00 EDT-0400

What would this PC achieve on Minecraft?

 

[xStampede]

Oh geez,no no no, that computer won't work.

You chose a motherboard built for an intel cpu and are trying to put an AMD cpu in it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($40.00 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.04 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GT 720 1GB Video Card ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $298.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-31 15:00 EDT-0400

What would this PC achieve on Minecraft?

It's a better build than what you have made. =)

Anyway, it should work for minecraft. You will not enjoy it as much as you would with a better PC thou.

 

[James Mason]

It should get something like 60-70 FPS.

But minecraft has lots of settings you can change that will affect it's performance as well. But that computer is very good at a minecraft specific use, other games will be pretty meh to playable.
Minecraft is a single core use game, and the g3258 is VERY good at single core performance. The GPU is also low end, but will allow easier 3d processing than just a CPU.

 

[Lewis1Dexter]

It should get something like 60-70 FPS.

But minecraft has lots of settings you can change that will affect it's performance as well. But that computer is very good at a minecraft specific use, other games will be pretty meh to playable.
Minecraft is a single core use game, and the g3258 is VERY good at single core performance. The GPU is also low end, but will allow easier 3d processing than just a CPU.

Thanks for the help James, much appreciated. I shall be building this is in the near future! What OS should I use? Should I just use the same PSU?

 

[James Mason]

yes, the psu you had before is fine. The OS is up to you, if you don't want windows 8 because of the metro interface, you can fix that with http://www.classicshell.net/ as windows 7 is getting much harder to find.

 

[Lewis1Dexter]

yes, the psu you had before is fine. The OS is up to you, if you don't want windows 8 because of the metro interface, you can fix that with http://www.classicshell.net/ as windows 7 is getting much harder to find.

I was reading comments on YT videos, people were suggesting Ubuntu, how does that stack up against the others? I don't really have any spare cash either, so that is limiting things

 

[James Mason]

Well it's basically completely different from windows or mac, and it's game support is very limited.

 

[Lewis1Dexter]

Well it's basically completely different from windows or mac, and it's game support is very limited.

Could I get Minecraft on it? I wont be using this as a main gaming PC, so the other game support doesn't really bother me

 

[James Mason]

Minecraft will work on Linux, but again Linux is a completely different operating system, so any program that works on windows or mac won't work on linux.