How big would this upgrade be?

[poker1059]

To start off I currently use a 2006-ish maybe 07 gaming PC that was given to me about a year back, It has an AMD Athlon X2 64 4850e, 3GB DDR2 RAM, a GeForce GTX 8800, and a 1TB Seagate HDD. 

 

     Playing games is like torture, Minecraft jumps around from 0-46 FPS (never constant), trying to record is even worse. But trying to edit and render that video is worse, it takes about 2-3 Flippin hours to render a 15-minute video in 720p

 

So I've decided it's time for an upgrade maybe even an overhaul.  http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mnCVVn   

 

     I'm hoping to be able to record at the least Minecraft while maintaining about 60FPS, then be able to edit and render that recording in less time that what my PC takes now. 

 

    If anyone could give me some estimations on how long it would take to render video that'd be great.

[Aytex]

Eh, minecraft is a weird ass game, I have a 4790k and it dips below 60 sometimes because of the rendering

 

But this upgrade will be a good upgrade

[DarkBlade2117]

If you are looking to render and record either get a FX6300 or up the budget enough for a Xeon 1231v3

Oh and for the price of that 280, misewell get a R9 380

[AresKrieger]

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Minecraft is cpu heavy so I'd get an i5 for 50 bucks more if you can afford it

[DarkBlade2117]

Minecraft is cpu heavy so I'd get an i5 for 50 bucks more if you can afford it

"CPU" No lol I played on a old Core 2 Duo and maintained 60FPS in FTB ULTIMATE back in MC 1.4.7 lol. MC has been slightly optimzied by then. It is the rendering and recording part.

[Starelementpoke]

Minecraft is cpu heavy so I'd get an i5 for 50 bucks more if you can afford it

Minecraft never uses more than 2 cores, and that's with optifine. Will make little difference by getting an i5.

[AresKrieger]

"CPU" No lol I played on a old Core 2 Duo and maintained 60FPS in FTB ULTIMATE back in MC 1.4.7 lol. MC has been slightly optimzied by then. It is the rendering and recording part.

What chunk load distance, I assume it was not 16

[Enderman]

Eh, minecraft is a weird ass game, I have a 4790k and it dips below 60 sometimes because of the rendering

 

But this upgrade will be a good upgrade

I have a 4790k and it doesnt dip below 60, ever...unless setting off 16k tnt

I have a GTX770

[poker1059]

Minecraft is cpu heavy so I'd get an i5 for 50 bucks more if you can afford it

To make my $500 budget I'd have to get a cheaper GPU

[DarkBlade2117]

What chunk load distance, I assume it was not 16

12, anything past 12 to myself is not much of a dofference anyways.

[Aytex]

I have a 4790k and it doesnt dip below 60, ever...unless setting off 16k tnt

I have a GTX770

Spooky shit going on then Prob my GPU then, idk

 

what chunk did you have it as

[PlayStation 2]

Minecraft never uses more than 2 cores, and that's with optifine. Will make little difference by getting an i5.

It'll make a big ass difference recording tho

[Enderman]

"CPU" No lol I played on a old Core 2 Duo and maintained 60FPS in FTB ULTIMATE back in MC 1.4.7 lol. MC has been slightly optimzied by then. It is the rendering and recording part.

A lot of people think its CPU bound...thats not true

It actually makes a big difference switching from one GPU to another as long as your CPU is not a bottleneck

 

all MC needs is one powerful core and the rest relies on the GPU

a pentium g3258 would be a big improvement over OP's amd CPU, but an i5/xeon would be better if he wants to do rendering/video editing

[DarkBlade2117]

To make my $500 budget I'd have to get a cheaper GPU

Eh...

As stated. Rendering and recording... Either a FX6300 or a Xeon 1231v3 also a 380 can be the same price.

[Starelementpoke]

It'll make a big ass difference recording tho

Fair enough.

[poker1059]

"CPU" No lol I played on a old Core 2 Duo and maintained 60FPS in FTB ULTIMATE back in MC 1.4.7 lol. MC has been slightly optimzied by then. It is the rendering and recording part.

How long would you say It'd take to render a 15-minute video in 1080p using sony vegas

[PlayStation 2]

How long would you say It'd take to render a 15-minute video in 1080p using sony vegas

Probably around 16 minutes with GPU encoding

[Enderman]

Spooky shit going on then Prob my GPU then, idk

 

what chunk did you have it as

16

never put it above 16, 17-32 render distance is still buggy the way its implemented

[AresKrieger]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GHtBCJ

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GHtBCJ/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($112.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-GAMING 3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($59.88 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Panram Ninja Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  ($181.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $493.73

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-18 09:47 EST-0500

 

Well at least save 20 bucks for better parts

 

 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-axr93804gbd5ppdhe

 

if you want a 4GB version of the 380 for  6 bucks more or less if rebate

[Aytex]

16

never put it above 16, 17-32 render distance is still buggy the way its implemented

oh.. I had the render thing at maxed whatever the max thing is

[poker1059]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/yMYz4D  would this be better? by a lot?

[Starelementpoke]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2hNFjX

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2hNFjX/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($172.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Biostar Hi-Fi B85S3+ Ver. 6.x Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($58.00 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 285 2GB ITX COMPACT OC Video Card  ($162.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $516.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-18 09:51 EST-0500

Here ya go.

[Enderman]

oh.. I had the render thing at maxed whatever the max thing is

what version?

because 16 was max up until the latest version 1.8 where they added up to 32

[AresKrieger]

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2hNFjX

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2hNFjX/by_merchant/

I vote yes to this

[Aytex]

what version?

because 16 was max up until the latest version 1.8 where they added up to 32

hell if I know, was like 2-3 months ago