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Is Photon good enough for Alice?

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  1. Yes

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  2. No

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  1. xRandomLurker

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    My laptop cost around £500 pre-built, and it's not that good, but it can run Alice and all of the Technic packs.
    Here's the parts I would suggest: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/dRDPQ7
    It's a bit over-budget, but you could change that by getting 8GB RAM rather than 16GB as I’ve done here.
    It's also got an nVidia graphics card, because #antiamd
     
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    Ill have a look at it as a laptop could be better. But I didn't know that you can custom build a laptop?

    EDIT: post merge.
     
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    *facepalm* just noticed it was the parts for the PC not a custom built laptop. *facepalm* x9000
     
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  5. LeiserGeist

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    It depends on what you want to play or do tbh.
    My friend has pretty much the same system as me except a Caviar Blue whereas I have a Caviar Black, and he gets noticeably worse performance in some games like ArmA and DCS. Not BAD performance, just lower.
    Price wise? The one I linked is only about £15 more than the one in Path's list.
    It'll go more over your budget, so whether it's worth the extra money is up to you.

    Edit:
    After reading your recent posts, you could bump down to a 500gb WD Black or less.
    HOWEVER! I thought the same thing when I had my old computer, that I would never need more than 1TB, but now that 1TB is almost full since I can now play WAY more games than I could on the old PC, hence why I didn't need as much space.
     
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    I dont think i will really need 1TB of storage. more like 250gb or 500gb?
     
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    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

    CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£122.00 @ Amazon UK)
    Motherboard: Asus H87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£85.56 @ PC World Business)
    Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.11 @ Amazon UK)
    Storage: Seagate Barracuda 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£22.79 @ Aria PC)
    Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£149.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
    Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
    Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£30.70 @ Amazon UK)
    Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.74 @ CCL Computers)
    Total: £512.88
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-31 09:27 BST+0100
     
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    When my mum comes home, ill probably go to the PCWorld/Currys near me to look at their prices. So that price may be cheaper.
     
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    Blues are on par with Blacks when benchmarked. It appears that its the warranty your are paying for when opting for a black.

    As long as you don't get a green or a red you will be fine. As far as I know Minecraft actually loads the modpack into the RAM.
     
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    Don't waste your time going to PC World you won't find anything high end nor is it reasonably priced.
     
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    Are you planning on adding ram later on?
     
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    I might add RAM later? never know. And about the motherboard should i buy it from elsewhere?
     
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    8GB seems good enough for me, I have 8GB in my laptop. Usually this means you can dedicate 4GB to minecraft if you need to.
     
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    OH I may be thinking of Greens being the really slow ones...
    /derp
     
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    Yeah, greens are the eco drives. Personally i have found the greens are good to accompany an ssd, to store documents n shit
     
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    You will most likely need an account to purchase from PC World Business as that range is not available in the stores.
     
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    Forgot about the OS. I would go with Windows 8 but its like £80. Ill just have to go with Linux. :(
     
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    I might be able to help you out with windows. either free or cheaper at least. genuine obviously nothing dodgy.
     
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