Buying desktop for minecraft help

luckichi

Hi

I was wondering if anyone could help me with suitable desktops that play minecraft but are around the £300 mark or am I being very hopeful

Thanks in advance

mrmagician

Just depends, how tech savvy you are, but it is possible to get a raspberry PI computer for about £30 and that can play minecraft on it. You don't get monitor or keyboard or mouse for that price, but even if you have to buy brand new should come in below £300, BUT you will have to have some computer knowledge as it is based on Linux O/s and not windows.

If interested, I suggest you hop over to https://www.raspberrypi.org
where you can find out more information and how to purchase (or you could try Maplins, think they stock them with keyboard and mouse included for £70 - £80 but no monitor)

Armorica

http://www.powerc.com/uk/ps/Advertised%20PCs%20Advertised%20AMD%20Systems/1/code/998-1111/act/gpage is from a company local to me; it doesn't include a monitor those - these can often be quite a lot! Do you have one already / could use TV?

[Deleted User]

Do not buy a Raspberry Pi - it runs a modified version of Minecraft which is very stripped out and is (probably) not what the intended recipient wants.

AlecEiffel

Unless modding is your thing it would be cheaper to buy a console and play it that way.

luckichi

thanks, so from what I have read so far buying a desktop with a dedicated graphics card seems the best?

mwddrwg

luckichi wrote: »

thanks, so from what I have read so far buying a desktop with a dedicated graphics card seems the best?

Yes, dedicated card is a must. I would go with a miniumum 4GB RAM too (although others will disagree and say that it can run on less). More RAM + dedicated card = less lag when playing online

FFXT00L5

Hop on Ebay. You can get a used desktop with dedicated graphics for under £300 there.

I bought mine from there for £250 and it is capable of playing far more that minecraft. In fact I use it instead of a PS4 to play dragon age and BF4 etc, a quality desktop will play mainstream games at a higher graphical quality then even the 'next gen' consoles.