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
Most 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.
GO GO GO!
Learning 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.
I'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.
Most 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.
