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[Lemic]

I am trying to put together a PC for my grandson. He will be 9 at the beginning of January and loves Minecraft. I am not looking for anything amazing just something cheap that he will be able to play some games on and use for school. This is what I have put together but would like some advice on where to possibly cut some corners without making it too horrible of a PC for him.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Lemic/saved/4ZmNnQ

 

The motherboard and processor I can get as a combo deal at Microcenter for $100. I chose the Fractal Design case just because I like their products and I have extra 140mm fans that I could put in it if necessary. I have an extra hard drive and will probably use an old copy of Windows Vista on it.

 

The other thing I want to look into is getting the case painted or something with a Minecraft or TMNT theme. I have no artistic ability myself and don't know if there is anyplace to get skins of some sort to put on it. I may try to have a friend paint it for me but I didn't know if there were other options out there.

 

Thank you for any help you all can give me.

[Lemic]

I want to put in a gpu since I am trying to get him to branch out in the games he plays. We got him to play Portal a bit and he seemed to like it so I want to give him the ability to play other things. Thanks for the psu advice. I appreciate it.

[bronsonp4htdude123455]

I want to put in a gpu since I am trying to get him to branch out in the games he plays. We got him to play Portal a bit and he seemed to like it so I want to give him the ability to play other things. Thanks for the psu advice. I appreciate it.

Personally I think your best bet is the amd apu's if your on a tight budget they offer great performance at the price point i can play battle field 4 mid settings on my a10. but if you have a bit more money to spend Id definatly look at the r7 265 the r9 270 doesnt offer more than 10% over the 265 and the 265 is less than 150$ its a true king under 200$ IMO

Good luck and glad to hear your grandson isnt on a console!

[natelliot123]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.49 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card  ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 3500 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Acer H226HQLbid 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $602.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-01 04:38 EDT-0400

 

if u plan to upgrade to i5 or broadwell cpus  this set up is great ,  if not iwould suggest getting athlon x4 860k or fx 6300

getting better gpu never hurts if got more money get 280x or 285 

i would suggest getting ips panel moniter