New PC needed

no1catman

Check out Chillblast as well - flexible with their specs, and score well in comparisons.
https://www.chillblast.com/

marrbett

no1catman wrote: »

Check out Chillblast as well - flexible with their specs, and score well in comparisons.
https://www.chillblast.com/

We live not too far away from them, so I may go and speak to them and see what they suggest.Thankyou:T

marrbett

Johnmcl7 wrote: »

Zoostorm are generally the best choice for budget desktop PC's, this is probably the best one within budget:

http://www.ebuyer.com/758530-zoostorm-evolve-desktop-pc-7260-0220

It only has an integrated graphics card but the AMD onboard graphics are pretty good and also the chassis is fully upgradeable so it would be easy to install a better graphics card later if needed.

There's also officially refurbished Zoostorm PC's, this one is better and cheaper:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zoostorm-AMD-A10-7850K-Quad-Core-Desktop-PC-2TB-HDD-8GB-RAM-Win-10-WiFi-/262863366336?hash=item3d33e0a8c0:g:N48AAOSwopRYfjnr

This one is slightly over your budget but has a much better processor and much more powerful graphics:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zoostorm-Core-i5-4460-Quad-Core-Gaming-PC-8GB-RAM-2TB-HDD-GTX-960-Win-8-1-/262865004374?hash=item3d33f9a756:g:IvMAAOSw5cNYNIIs#viTabs_0

John

Thanks, I really appreciate you taking the time to search for me

marrbett

forgotmyname wrote: »

Switching off because the heatsink looks like this....

I'll show you a picture when I open it, I'm sure it does look a bit like this ! :rotfl:

marrbett

chunter wrote: »

The minimum and recommended specinfications for Minecraft.
This would seem to be the starting point for any advice.

Minimum Requirements:
CPU: Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 (K8) 2.6 GHz
RAM: 2GB
GPU (Integrated): Intel HD Graphics or AMD (formerly ATI) Radeon HD Graphics with OpenGL 2.1
GPU (Discrete): Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT or AMD Radeon HD 2400 with OpenGL 3.1
HDD: At least 200MB for Game Core and Other Files
Java 6 Release 45

Recommended Requirements:
CPU: Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon II (K10) 2.8 GHz
RAM: 4GB
GPU: GeForce 2xx Series or AMD Radeon HD 5xxx Series (Excluding Integrated Chipsets) with OpenGL 3.3
HDD: 1GB
Latest release of Java 8 from java.com

https://help.mojang.com/customer/en/portal/articles/325948-minecraft-system-requirements

Thankyou, I've printed this off and will add it to my list of requirements :)

no1catman

marrbett wrote: »

We live not too far away from them, so I may go and speak to them and see what they suggest.Thankyou:T

Interested to know how you get on.
My base unit is from them - bought when 'XP' went, replaced with 'windows 7' with more of everything to run it.
Mental note, must check out how to open it - to vacuum out all the dust that's probably in there.

rmg1

forgotmyname wrote: »

Switching off because the heatsink looks like this....

I opened my MILs PC because it was swicthing off after a short period of use.
The heatsink was furrier than that! :eek:
It was like peeling carpet off it.

It must have been bad because the heatsink was virtually clean without the use of anything other than fingers.