I'm currently playing League on a MacBook Air 2011 Edition (it's a school assigned computer, I didn't have a choice), but since I have to return this I need to buy a new computer. Not looking for anything fancy, I just want to be able to run League at decent quality with around 60+ FPS. I know literally nothing about PC building, so if it's a prebuilt computer (like a simple desktop) around 700 or less dollars.
I'd greatly appreciate any suggestions
Rando McGee2 votesMost prebuilts (especially -$1000) don't have dedicated graphics cards, so you're going to be severely limited by that. I would highly recommend building your own*, or maybe getting a cheaper prebuilt and installing a dedicated graphics card.
*Building your own computer is much easier than most people think it is, you put shapes into correspondingly shaped holes, put screws where it tells you to put screws, and plug wires where it tells you to plug wires (no soldering, just plugging them in). You don't even need a special screwdriver, just a standard phillipshead! If you or anyone else is interested feel free to reply and I'll get back to you asap.
P.S.: I built my current PC for $650 including peripherals and Windows and it runs most things on ultra/maxed out, it even runs Witcher 3 at high-ultra on all settings with hair effects on.
xMercFox1 votesGO GO GO!
TMIT1 votesLearning to build it is worth your time. Not counting the monitor I'm on an AMD FX 8320 8 core, Radeon 7870, 8 GB RAM and SSD for around $700 as of a year ago, and that includes the tower itself + peripherals other than monitor (I had a monitor already).
It's not like building a computer in the 90's where you had lengthy instruction manuals and tons of jumpers/switches/etc. There are still a couple jumpers for settings mostly relegated to one spot on the board. Building a computer is much less complicated than being even decent at League haha.
When I looked at a relative's ~$2000 mac it didn't have superior specs. If pre-builts aren't using dedicated graphics cards at under a $1000 tag like ColinXEVO says (I haven't looked at pre-builts in forever) then the disparity in quality-for-price is so enormous that they're not worth considering IMO. Just keep another machine handy to look things up if you're unsure about a step.
Rando McGee1 votesI'm on an i5 4460, 8GB RAM, GTX 960, and a 1TB WD black, the MOBO has an extra slot for SLI in the future too. I got the RAM, harddrive, and PSU used, and had the case lying around from my mothers old custom built from approx 2001.
Like I said most prebuilts don't have a dedicated graphics card and just use integrated, and the ones that do have a dedicated card are always overpriced for what they are. Also never trust Dell/Alienware prices, ever.
Macs are one of the biggest rip-offs in the computer world imo. The prebuilt price to performance is terrible, its a pain to build them yourself, you can't really do any repairs yourself (on prebuilt), and you can't use a decent number of programs. At least with linux you have customizability and can "hack" most things to run on it easily.
TMIT1 votesI used to run Linux exclusively, but a couple games I play were pretty bad in the WINE environment about 6 months ago so I have a dual Windows 7 + Linux Mint install right now. The problem with Linux is that using WINE to run games in 64 bit is pretty annoying to get going, but gaming really should (and gradually is) leaving 32 bit behind.
The most attractive thing about Linux is that it's even cheaper than windows and miles easier to use now than say 10-15 years ago, with lots of good software that is competitive with high-priced windows/mac stuff while open source. Stuff like SimpleScreenRecorder (great recording software) or GIMP (photoshop) is pretty handy to just install. I'd like to see it become competitive with Windows for gaming (Mac never will with its pricing, and screw Windows) but right now compatibility is still a hassle.
For most people right now building their own machine based on their price point (with 8 GB RAM, dedicated graphics card, at least decent processor) and slapping on a 64 bit Windows install (can't imagine why anyone would use 32 bit at this stage) will work best for gaming and save a lot of money.
League can be played in Linux though. There's an audio glitch and you have to install some extra stuff through WINE to get the store to work, but I played it in Linux for quite some time.
xX Hyper Xx1 votesI'm literally on a $500 Dell with 8GB ram, a 1TB hard drive, a duo core intel processor, and an integrated intel 4500 graphics card: 120 frames. Make your own decision.
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I'm literally on a $500 Dell with 8GB ram, a 1TB hard drive, a quad core intel processor, and an integrated intel 4500 graphics card: 120 frames. Make your own decision.
Which model?
Angry Monster1 votesMost modern processors will run league, it is the gfx that matters these days. Depending on what size monitor you are planning to use will determine how powerful your video card needs to be. if you are running a 24 monitor i recommended a 2 gig gfx min. You can run a 1 gig gfx on a 22inch or less. I do not keep on ATI products but for nivida i would suggest a 950 gtx or higher.