£500 desktop for wow

DotFifty89 · 2 Nov 2012 at 14:10

Hey guys, im looking to buy a new desktop to play world of warcraft, i have around £500 to spend, i do all my other gaming on consoles so a really high spec isnt needed.

I have my own speakers, mouse, keyboard, monitor.

I want to be able to play the game fairly well with minimal lag, im not expecting an amazing machine for £500 but i want it to be playable.

Thanks guys, I have been looking myself for parts but i don't know were to start :confused:

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stulid · 2 Nov 2012 at 14:14

So just a base unit? need an OS?

DotFifty89 · 2 Nov 2012 at 14:15

i will need an OS yes

stulid · 2 Nov 2012 at 14:18

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £149.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £520.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).

You can use the Win8 preview edition for a couple of months, then buy a copy of either Win7 or Win8 later.

Or you can go for AMD Trinity and include an OS and an additional SSD for a bit more,

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A75M-D3H AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £69.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB2133C11DC) £39.95
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £519.95 (includes shipping : £11.75).

The RAM is currently out of stock, but AMD Trinity built-in GFX core needs as fast a RAM as you can give it.

DotFifty89 · 2 Nov 2012 at 14:33

thanks for the suggestions, are there any more so i have a little more choice

stulid · 2 Nov 2012 at 14:40

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £149.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Intel Pentium G2120 3.10GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £73.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £42.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £526.99 (includes shipping : £11.75).

So as you can see this includes everything.

• The H61 board doesnt have any overclocking features like the Z77 does, it is also missing SATAIII

• The Pentium and i3 3220 cant be overclocked via the multiplier, but if you went for the Z77 board then you have this option available should you change the CPU at a later date to when which can.

Antowns · 2 Nov 2012 at 14:40

DotFifty89 said:
thanks for the suggestions, are there any more so i have a little more choice

I definitely recommend the 7850 shown above by Stu, I bought the MSI TwinFrozr edition and it plays WoW on Ultra, no lag.

dunn2010 · 2 Nov 2012 at 14:44

you dont need any more suggestions. both stulids builds with the 7850 are bang on the money

stulid · 2 Nov 2012 at 14:47

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £149.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Intel Pentium G2120 3.10GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £73.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £42.98
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black ** OcUK Exclusive ** £21.98
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £514.49 (includes shipping : £10.50).

As the spec just above, but with a small (cheap) case that will only take mATX boards.