Board Thread:LotR Mod Technical Support/@comment-29740540-20170305193441/@comment-25330335-20170305195653

So you are looking for a desktop machine, something that sits on a desk?

That beast you linked will be able run MC with 200-300 FPS, with multiple instances running, no joke. Really, those specs are ridiculously more than anyone would strictly need for anything. My thoughts on these specs:


 * Processor: In all of these things, the only thing I'd usually want to be the same would be the processor. If you have the resources, go for an i7, since you can do more with one of these. An i5 will play LOTR just fine (it's what I use), for a more comparable price.
 * RAM: 32GB is quadruple the RAM my laptop has. 8GB is usually plenty for any task. If you expect to be running 3 instaces of Minecraft, have 50 tabs open in two different browsers, and have a whole host of other programs open in the background, you might want more than 8GB, but other than that, I see no reason for more than that.
 * Graphics Card: I have little to no experience with graphics cards. All the machines that I use only use integrated graphics, so my knowledge of graphics cards are a little lacking. Basically, if it has a graphics card, it will run MC more smoothly. A thing to note however, is that NVIDIA is a company, and all of their drivers are proprietary, so if you ever plan to run Linux on this machine (which I doubt you do), then you might go for a different kind of card.
 * Storage: 2TB is more storage than you could hardly ever use, unless you take a LOT of pictures. My laptop has a 240GB Solid state drive for programs, and I keep most of my big files on an external 1TB hard drive. This is plenty for me. SSD's are faster, so if you're going for a desktop, it might be a good idea to have both an SSD and a 1TB disk, and store all you big stuff on the Disk, and program files and MC worlds on the SSD.

All in all, only you know what you need, I can only give you recommendations based on what I need and use.