Photoshop/minecraft build.

[tlmills82]

My sister wants a PC that will allow her to do some photoshop editing as well as play minecraft.  She doesn't play any other games, and uses photoshop (gimp) for crafty stuff.

I guess my question is how important would a graphics card be for something like this?  The budget is "As cheap as possible".  Building things like this are a bit out of my wheel house, I'm used to putting together full gaming machines.  Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[seon123]

Wait a few weeks for Ryzen with Vega comes out. $100 APU that you just put into an A320 board. 

[xriqn]

12 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Wait a few weeks for Ryzen with Vega comes out. $100 APU that you just put into an A320 board. 

Uhhh.... I'm sure the guy said as cheap as possible.

[tlmills82]

Well, she still wants decent performance for the price.  Just not looking to spend a fortune.

[seon123]

22 minutes ago, xriqn said:

Uhhh.... I'm sure the guy said as cheap as possible.

Since he's considering a GPU, I assumed "as cheap as possible without being completely useless". The other option would be something like a used Optiplex and something like a 750 Ti. But with Ryzen/Vega being so competitively priced, he might as well, as it'll allow for upgrades in the future, and it'll perform better.

[tlmills82]

How's something like this going to perform in Minecraft?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($115.26 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($53.48 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($84.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.55 @ OutletPC) 
Case: DIYPC - DIY-F2-O MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($32.07 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($33.13 @ Newegg) 
Total: $365.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[seon123]

3 minutes ago, tlmills82 said:

How's something like this going to perform in Minecraft?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($115.26 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($53.48 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($84.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.55 @ OutletPC) 
Case: DIYPC - DIY-F2-O MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($32.07 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($33.13 @ Newegg) 
Total: $365.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-06 14:05 EST-0500

Ryzen doesn't have integrated graphics, so it won't output anything. The 2200G and 2400G, which will launch in about a week, will. It'll probably perform similarly to the GT 1030/750Ti. 

[Anjelllo]

Minecraft and photoshop require next to nothing, just upgrade a pc you already have, and drop in a low power gpu like a 730 all you’ll need is like 4 gb’s of ram

[xriqn]

2 hours ago, Anjelllo said:

Minecraft and photoshop require next to nothing, just upgrade a pc you already have, and drop in a low power gpu like a 730 all you’ll need is like 4 gb’s of ram

Heres some good specs for minecraft and photoshop (these specs are what my ubuntu home server has):

4GB ram

Core 2 Duo E8400 (you can use a quad q6600 if you're uncomfortable with using a dual core)

Radeon HD 6350 (old card but pretty beasty, I can get 100fps highest settings with optifine on mc)

Small HDD (or SSD), 250GB if on a serious budget, 500GB if you want a little more headroom.

Any supported version of windows (or unsupported if you're not scared of those l33t hax0rs).

[tlmills82]

I have 2 I came up with that should run it I assume?  Is it better to go with the Quad APU or the dual core with a standalone 2gb graphics card?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - A10-9700E 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($109.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($53.48 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($84.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.55 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Cougar - MG110 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($33.13 @ Newegg) 
Total: $362.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-07 11:14 EST-0500

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($71.90 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($39.55 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($84.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Best Buy) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon R7 240 2GB Video Card  ($68.17 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cougar - MG110 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($33.13 @ Newegg) 
Total: $382.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-07 11:14 EST-0500