with fps highly tied to graphics (less on minecraft I know), I suggest getting a nice graphics card. Nvidia and AMD just came out with new architecture graphics cards. Specifically AMD rx480 (and 460-470, but they aren't released yet) If you live in the US, the rx 480 is only $200 ish, and it beats the gtx 970 in performance. Much more future proof than the geforce 610 you posted which is about 4 generations old.
new... card architectures? you do realize that it would mean you SHOULDN'T buy the cards at 99.99999999999999999999999999% of programs won't be supporting them? the card "architecture" is how you control the card, say like with the CPU architecture, it's x86 or x64 (32 vs 64 bit, different instruction sets), the architecture is the instruction set, if the instruction set changes, then my compiled binaries which depend on different bit operating systems and card instruction sets will no longer work, what you probably MEANT to say is that they came out with higher performance cards (or will soon), sorry, just a pet peeve as a programmer
A good reference for you (depends where you live of course): Ram: DDR3 = ~$70 for 16gbs SSD: Samsung 840 EVO - 256gb = ~$110 Motherboard+Processor can be anywhere from $250 combined all the way to $$$ (your discretion) Graphics: roughly $250 total for a good mid range+ card (rx480) You can see what I mean by being able to build a very nice PC for cheap in today's prices. AMD and Nvidia both released new graphics cards based on new "architecture", their terminology. CPU architectures are roughly standardized, but with GPU, there are abstraction layers like directX that allow difference in hardware. AMD and Nvidia are quite different hardware wise actually.. Yes, its not an entirely new hardware architecture but new enough to be different. 14nm finfet process vs 28nm, completely new price point vs performance. We're looking at cards that can beat older flagship graphics at half the price. Hence I recommended he get a good card now.
thank you, they released new hardware that has no previous of it's kind, and as such will outperform just about anything you could have had (in the parallel processing department anyways) before
RIP. lol jk. Check the prices with your local retailer? And don't forget the power supply (400 watts should do) I know its a lot to deal with all at once, but good luck
If possible buy a barebone and just buy the parts you want for it. you'll end up saving a ton in the long run.
