Pec0 Posted September 6, 2012 Posted September 6, 2012 (edited) I need a little help guys. Bought a cheap PC for the father-n-law. Turns out the nephew would like to play Minecraft: Minecraft Minimum Requirements: CPU : Intel P4/NetBurst Architecture or its AMD Equivalent (AMD K7) RAM : 2GB GPU : Intel GMA 950 or AMD Equivalent HDD : At least 90MB for Game Core and Sound Files Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 or up is required to be able to run the game. Minecraft Recommended Requirements: CPU : Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 (K8) 2.6 GHz RAM : 4GB GPU : GeForce 6xxx or ATI Radeon 9xxx and up with OpenGL 2 Support (Excluding Integrated Chipsets) HDD : 150MB The PC is I bought was pretty cheap and basic: Windows 7 Home Prem 64-bit. Asus P8H61-MX motherboard Intel Celeron Dual Core 2.7GHz 500GB HD 4GB ram 300w PSU I got Minecraft running on low settings but it's pretty sluggish. Unfortunately the PC came with no graphics card. I was wondering if you guys could help me source a graphics card for the 16x PCI-E slot, capable of running Minecraft smoothly but that will run on a 300w PSU? Any suggestions would really help and be appreciated. Edited September 6, 2012 by Pec0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted September 7, 2012 Posted September 7, 2012 most likely unless you can tell the brand of PSU I wouldnt trust it one bit being at hold a heavy load. cheap psus you don't want to go over 50% load and the good ones usually between 75-90%. I suggest adding $50 to the budget and getting an alright 400watt psu. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sword_fish Posted September 7, 2012 Posted September 7, 2012 most likely unless you can tell the brand of PSU I wouldnt trust it one bit being at hold a heavy load. cheap psus you don't want to go over 50% load and the good ones usually between 75-90%. I suggest adding $50 to the budget and getting an alright 400watt psu. +1 and it wont hurt to add a bit of power headroom. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trankop Posted September 7, 2012 Posted September 7, 2012 (edited) Check this card, Edited November 5, 2012 by Trankop Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted September 7, 2012 Posted September 7, 2012 I guess if you get a low powered card it wouldn't matter but I'm not sure if you would like minecraft any better than onboard. How much do you have to spend? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted September 7, 2012 Posted September 7, 2012 The Sapphire HD 7750 low profile card I just reviewed sips power at stock speeds and would easily run on a 300w PSU (even a dodgy one) since its max draw is 55 watts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trankop Posted September 9, 2012 Posted September 9, 2012 (edited) The Sapphire HD 7750 low profile card I just reviewed sips power at stock speeds and would easily run on a 300w PSU (even a dodgy one) since its max draw is 55 watts. Edited November 5, 2012 by Trankop Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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