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I... actually agree

Yeah it doesn't really feel like winter to me yet.

Now if ony JAG would come back

I has aways bothered me that we don't use platnium.... possibly

Same for me!

Creative building, difficult survival, adequate terrain generation, exciting goal to work towards for end game, many different avenues, ECT. I'm very very very very excited for build 78, terrain updates are my FAVORITE!

IKR? I'm very excited. Wating for it to come in the mail is almost painful.... maybe we can play together on a server sometime when I get it!

Hey guess what... I'M BACK TOO! I bought a computer that can handle TFC, and it'll be here in two weeks. so, yeah. Wassup

I've been to Canada many many times. It seems like everyone there is just super friendly... Except for Quebec. Plenty of assholes there, nice people to, but some assholes as well.

I love terrafirmacraft, but this would bring TFC to a whole new level! I will follow this with interest.

This is a very impressive feat! Props to you, freakin awesome...

SNOW IS FIXED?!?! YEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!

Since spumwack left, is there anyone? Mead picked it up for a bit but then dropped it.

Well thanks to a bunch of help from different people, I have selected my first build with a $500 budget. I will be buying the parts in 2 weeks or so and of course I'll check the prices again... As a final one over here she is:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HAjf

You may notice there is no Case, PSU, Optical Drive, or keyboard/mouse. I will be recieving these parts from my uncle for free. they will be brand new, here is the models:

Case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119248

PSU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=17-171-046&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=2#scrollFullInfo

Keyboard/mouse

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-MFC-00001-Wireless-Desktop-3000/dp/B001S4OTS6

I don't intend on changing these as they are free. If I find I don't like them or they fail I will simply buy new parts.

So, that's my build! Another thing I would like to know, what do you think the overclocking potentials for this system are?

Edit: I'll be running Linux. Just to make that clear.

You can already cut tall grass with Shears... why not add a system to make hay out of it.

And we already have a Scythe, a tool used for cutting grass. (i used to love doing that with my grandfather when i was a boy :)/> )

That could & should give more then one grass when used on tall grass.

The grass could be used to feed the animals or to make hay to feed them later.

Making it stack like charcoal would also make sense and look cool :)/>

Great idea!

No, I actually walked in one day and gave them a fresh bale of straw in their feeding trough. The didnt go for it. They LOVE hay though! One time I ran out of straw in the middle of the winter and I tried to use hay for their bedding for a little bit before I could get more and they just ate it.

After they shit all over it.

I'm just gonna say, I LIVE on a bloody farm and I know for a fact that no animal is ever gonna eat straw. Seriously, I have been in situations were I'm out of Hay, so the animals are really hungry for a day. Do they start much on their Straw? Hell to the no!

Period.

Bulldozer wasn't the best release for gaming, you can over clock the CPUs a lot but if you are building for the first time, its better to stay safe and get a phenom II x6, it performs better than the 6100 unless you over clock the 6100 to 4.2GHz.

With the APU and GPU compatibility. You can use both but only one at the same time unless you use a hybrid crossfire setup.

AMD A8-5600k 4 cores @ 3.6GHz $103

AMD FX-6100 6 cores @ 3.3GHz $117

AMD Phenom II X6 1045T 6 cores @ 2.7GHz $99

You claim that the Phenom is better, yet it has lower GHz... I am aware that this is not the end all be though so what makes it better? reliability? I want it to be better, it's cheaper haha! But seriously, out of these three CPU's, which one is the best? is the FX worth the extra money?

EDIT:It looks like the Phenom is the best. coupled with a 7770 GHz GPU and 770iCafe Mobo, the price goes down to $600.88 before rebates and after shipping! (http://pcpartpicker.com/p/H0WH) if the 770iCafe is solid, than this build may be perfect.

Unless you are seriously not going to do any more gaming other than minecraft, an APU is the way to go. But remember, even though these APUs are 10 times better than intel integrated graphics, they are still not all that powerful. And since you went with the APU you don't need the graphics card, unless you want to do a hybrid crossfire setup (now called something different) where you set up a crossfire between the APU and the Graphics card. But then, its more affordable to just go with a processor that is equivalent in power to the APU and a better graphics card.

As a side note, If you are going with just the APU you might get away with just 300W.

This set up costs $510 (less if you count the rebates, but I don't really) that is literally how much money I can spend on this. HOWEVER, I know some one who might have a Monitor/keyboard/mouse I can have for free. If he does, then I just buy the computer and it only costs $405, so I buy a GTX 650 and bring the price back to $510.

TL;DR: I may or may not buy a graphics card right away but if I don't, I'll have the APU until I can fork out more cash.

Or will that not work?

Obviously I COULD go for a much cheaper CPU and get a Cheap GPU anyway, but I don't see a setup that is worth it, unless you have a suggestion?

And yes, as far as games I really do only play minecraft. I despise FPS's, get bored with racing games quick, and have never found another sandbox to rival MC.

Actually though, I I do have enough $$$ to get the GPU, I won't fuck around with the A8. I'll get the AMD FX-6100 for the same price (or 6300 for a tad more but even better performance) and two more cores at the same speed.

I decided to go with linux, a 400W antec PSU, and the A8 APU, way more affordable! I also changed to a better Mobo. thanks to the advice so far!

I can help you if you want, I build PC's all the time.. I just finished two!

You are correct in the OS department, unless you go Linux (I <3 Linux!) but you probably do not want to do that.. (Minecraft works, but most games don't.)

The rest.. well theres a lot of things to figure out still in your build. Since your trying to go very budget pc, I'd recommend a case with a PSU built in, should be able to find a $30 case with maybe 400W ish PSU probably work ok.. more power is better if you can get away with it..

I'd say PM me, or try to catch me in IRC.. #TFCRoanoke on Esper.net; I'm one of the admins there.

Good luck with your build!

Thanks man! I just completed an initial build (see edit), now I know what I want we can talk more specifics. A few questions:

1: How the fuck do I pick a case? I just went and picked the cheapest ($50) case with the best reviews...

2: is it worth looking at refurbished Monitors?

3: I saw somewhere that you need a mother board with PCei 3.0 or something for the GPU I want but I can't figure out if the mother board I selected (ASRock 770iCafe ATX AM3) has this... where in the Specs is that?

4: how low of a PSU can I SAFELY get away with for this build? I picked a cheap 700W...

5: This free OS in Linux looks extremely attractive! I don't really play games other than Minecraft so that would not be a big deal. What more can you tell me about this?

and I'm sure I'll have more if you take a look at the build I came up with

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MAJOR EDIT:

I now have two builds depending on my budget. One has a GPU, and one has an APU. there is a $100 difference between the two. Obviously I'd prefer build 1!

Build 1: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/H0WH

Specs:

CPU: 6 cores @ 2.7 GHz

GPU: Radeon 7770 GHz

RAM: 8GB (with 16GB space total for when I have more money)

Storage: 500GB 7200RPM HDD

PSU: 400W

Price: $600.88 Before rebates after shipping

Build 2: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GTGw

Specs:

CPU 4 cores @ 3.6GHz

GPU: 7660D (would get dedicated GPU later)

RAM: 8GB (32GB of slots total)

Storage: 500GB 7200RPM HDD

PSU:400W

Price: $509 Before rebates after shipping

Any critisism or advice is appreciated.

Do you think you could add some updated screen shots? I don't have a computer ATM and I would love to see the progress you have made

So what do you do on a server?

I don't think this is true I have heard rumors of an economy system and NPC's

that will eventually include coins being added to the game(the sprites are already there)

Coin and economy, yeh. But with NPC's involved? I highly doubt that.