Halp! Gaming PC mostly for WoW

.Lethal

.Lethal

.Lethal

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Hi peoples

It's been many many years since I built my last PC (probably 2006 ish!?) so I am way behind on the current whats great and whats not.

I'm looking to build a gaming PC to play WoW and any other game I throw at it. I'm hearin i5 is fine for gaming but that some games are utilizing the i7 and going into the next yr or so I'd like to not notice any drop in performance for a while. So saying that what I'm after is what are your thoughts on the best bang for buck Mobo, CPU, GFX card and Monitor. The rest I can figure out myself but I am wondering what sort of PSU I'll need for the current GFX cards.

My budget is about £1000 but thats for a complete full build inc the other bits and pieces I haven't mentioned - although I don't need a HDD and Mouse.

Thanks
 
 
You don't need any special gpu for WoW.
I had a gtx 660ti and fps never dropped below 60 on max settings.
And right now I use integrated gpu from my 4770k, on medium settings, fps hits 120+ often, mostly stays at 50 in cities.
I tried gtx 660ti in other games ( mechwarrior online, eve online, bf3, shogun2 ) and fps was good at maxed settings. I guess 7970 is also a good choice.
 
Just out of curiosity how are people listing a build spec like that? With the images / colors / layout etc. Seems to be a standard in many threads in GH.
 
lee32uk said:
There is a thread somewhere with a Firefox version of the OCUK Shopping cart, but if you use Chrome:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...wer/empfloiadabicdlgahhamannadefhehj?hl=en-GB
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Thanks dude. Just installed it.

Back on topic. Based on the suggestions and some personal choices by myself I've so far come up with this shopping basket, any thoughts? I'd strongly prefer to have an nvidia card at this time, this is personal preference. Also just to add, I don't need a HDD as I have a SSD already.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £249.95
1 x Dell Studio S2440L 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £172.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 630 High Performance Modular Ultra Tower Case - Gun Metal £145.99
1 x Patriot Venom Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV316G240C0KRD) £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £107.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 550 '80+ Gold' 550W Power Supply (CP-9020053-UK) £71.99
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £55.99
Total : £1,134.84 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
My advice for WoW, coming from a serious raider's perspective , is to get the most powerful CPU you can. WoW eats CPU in big raids.
 
Rilot said:
My advice for WoW, coming from a serious raider's perspective , is to get the most powerful CPU you can. WoW eats CPU in big raids.
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Ditto, pushing the last few HCs in SoO myself atm. Reason for the new build is over the summer I slowly built / changed our guild from 10m into 25m and despite raiding 25m since it had been around up until early ToT, I don't remember the FPS being anywhere near as low as it gets on some fights (ie Malkorok HC pull with bloody priests spamming Halo etc)

Which CPU would you recommend? And any other changes to my spec??

Thanks
 
The problem comes from WoW being lightly threaded. Ideally you want big IPC with 2-4 cores - meaning Intel is a must, and probably overclocking too.

I wouldn't have thought the difference between a 4670k and a 4770k would be significant, but it's difficult find reliable numbers on it. It would probably be more down to which chip was the better clocker.

Something like Crysis or Battlefield will show a much larger difference. It all depends on how long you're planning to keep the machine for and if you feel it's worth paying the extra. I know when I used to play WoW that it was pretty much running all the time my PC was on, so if you're doing other stuff in the background too that's worth a thought.
 
kaku said:
The problem comes from WoW being lightly threaded. Ideally you want big IPC with 2-4 cores - meaning Intel is a must, and probably overclocking too.

I wouldn't have thought the difference between a 4670k and a 4770k would be significant, but it's difficult find reliable numbers on it. It would probably be more down to which chip was the better clocker.

Something like Crysis or Battlefield will show a much larger difference. It all depends on how long you're planning to keep the machine for and if you feel it's worth paying the extra. I know when I used to play WoW that it was pretty much running all the time my PC was on, so if you're doing other stuff in the background too that's worth a thought.
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Thanks for that, when I'm playing wow occasionally I'm tabbed out browsing the web but nothing to demanding.
 
Thinking to pick this up from OcUK today, if anyone has some last minute advice on this build would much appreciate it.
 
Looks good to me. A good CPU with high IPC performance, a NVidia (last I checked, WoW was slightly more comfortable on NVidias, although that matters more at the low end), and the 770 should handle anything.

The rest is according to taste. Motherboard should allow some overclocking, although imo not necessary as it should deal with anything WoW throws at it out of the box.
 
olivier renault said:
Looks good to me. A good CPU with high IPC performance, a NVidia (last I checked, WoW was slightly more comfortable on NVidias, although that matters more at the low end), and the 770 should handle anything.

The rest is according to taste. Motherboard should allow some overclocking, although imo not necessary as it should deal with anything WoW throws at it out of the box.
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Thanks, I haven't spent so much on a build in years and this time I'm not up to date and whats good and what isn't so I'm a little bit worried that I'm going to make a wrong choice somewhere.

Already checked where OcUK is and I'm pretty much ready to leave, just some last second thoughts on it all to make sure the build is as good as it can be.
 
Personally if it was me, i would bump the PSU a little for futureproofing, you can get an 850 Gold PSU from Corsair for another 20 quid, definitely worth it imo.
 
Also personal pref but i reckon Corsair cases are better around that price mark, 540 Air would be good and cheaper, also 600t is roughly the same price. Both awesome cases
 
SiDeards73 said:
Personally if it was me, i would bump the PSU a little for futureproofing, you can get an 850 Gold PSU from Corsair for another 20 quid, definitely worth it imo.
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I originally had a 650 in my basket but dropped to 550 since I don't Overclock, won't ever use duel gfx cards or own the most demanding gfx card out there.
 
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