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The i3-4130 launched in late 2013. It's hardly outdated. OP is experiencing poor game performance, which is likely a result of running the game on the CPU's integrated HD 4400 graphics. Installing a dedicated GPU will substantially increase performance.

Minecraft is heavily single-threaded, so it'll have no problem running maxed out even on a modern Pentium. However, game performance won't be that great because the Pentium will be overloaded with background processes (OS processes, other programs you have running, etc.). Unlike a Pentium, an i3...

The i3-4130 launched sometime in 2013; it's hardly old. Each new generation of Intel CPUs since 2010 has contained Core i3's, Core i5's, and Core i7's (as well as Celerons, Pentiums, and Xeons).

You can max out Minecraft (16 chunks) with a desktop Skylake CPU and integrated HD 530 graphics and get over 60 FPS most of the time. The laptop chips with HD 530 won't do so well because they have less power to work with (45W max for mobile vs. 47W minimum for desktop). If you want a dedicated...

I'm pretty sure I did and it didn't help, but I'll give it a try again and report back.

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I always use the 64-bit Java JDK (because I do a little developing in addition to running Java things), and I always use OptiFine for the zoom feature.

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