A few upgrade bits

Emcjames2

Emcjames2

Emcjames2

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hey guys i'm looking to add a few new bits in to the pc and just wondered what you guys suggest to upgrade all i do is check out websites and waste hours and hours on warcraft. although i do like the idea of going dual monitor too. I'm going to have about 185 pounds to spend. my builds in my sig but also im using a cheap hifi as sound at the moment too so i dont really know where my moneys best put at the moment as i cant afford a fresh build really
*edit* forgot to add i have 2 128gb ssd's and a 1tb sshd so storage is okay for now i think
 
If you play WoW then you want a better CPU before anything else. That's where my money would go.
 
If possible you could even grab a second hand i7 2600k/2700k or with a BIOS update(?) a 3770k for peanuts and clock the poo out of them of max benefits
 
Emcjames2 said:
is a 2500k still the best option or is there something better now for money?
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2500K/2600K/3570K/3770K fit your board.

The 2500K/3570K are four core

The 2600K/3770K are four core with Hyperthreading.

If you ever change your GFX card then get a new PSU at the same time, CIT are cheap and nasty.

Then of course add more RAM or swap out the 4GB for 8GB kit.
 
Does Wow multi thread well, from my knowledge most of these MMO's just like single core performance so an i5 2500k/3570k + ram would be the best option. Shouldn't be too much if you go 2nd hand.
 
It's not terrible but doesn't really benefit from more than 4 cores. Clock speed is what you really want.
 
Rilot said:
It's not terrible but doesn't really benefit from more than 4 cores. Clock speed is what you really want.
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The current game engine (6.0) multi-threads MUCH better than the previous engine did, people are reporting it's actually loading FX-8's and i7's properly now. Due to this the games recommended specs are actually an i5/FX4 now.

Also the new engine supports FXAA/CMAA (and hopefully soon SSAA too) so graphical requirements have dropped slightly while CPU requirements have risen.
 
A i5 2500k should be all you will need to run WoW. Anything over that wouldn't really improve much. Only go for the i7's if you feel you will use the hyper threading(would come in handy if streaming).
 
I'm suprised to see the responses in this thread on the 2500k. Mostly recommendations seem to indicate it is fine to keep it. This is more or less backed up by Anandtech.

As cheap PSU's may take down multiple components of your system if and when they die, most recommend a quality PSU. The one below should do, unless you want to go dual gpu.

I tried to find GPU benchmarks based on WoW, but couldn't find any quickly... So based myself on futuremark.

Up to you to judge the cost/benefit side of this option.

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