Spec me £500 for WoW

madindehead · 16 Mar 2010 at 16:21

Hye guys,

A guild mate of mine, has asked to sort out a spec for him, for a new PC to play WoW (at decent settings) on. His max cost around £500 (including an operating system). I think he might see if he can get Overclockers to build it for him, but I was wondering if you could spec something for around £500, that he could then ask Overclockers to build.

Thanks in advance ^^

Mads

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 16 Mar 2010 at 16:32

Do you need a monitor and peripherals??

Redmint · 16 Mar 2010 at 16:52

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version) £89.99
(£76.59) £89.99
(£76.59)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5750 512MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
Patriot Sector 5 G Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1600ELK) £86.99
(£74.03) £86.99
(£74.03)
Asus M4A78LT-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £57.99
(£49.35) £57.99
(£49.35)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £51.99
(£44.25) £51.99
(£44.25)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £41.99
(£35.74) £41.99
(£35.74)
OCZ StealthXStream 400w Silent Power Supply £32.99
(£28.08) £32.99
(£28.08)
Sony Optiarc AD-5240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.46) £16.99
(£14.46)
Sub Total : £434.83
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £78.28
Total : £525.61

You could probably cut a bit off the cost but it's tricky speccing a full gaming system for £500 including OS. Any chance he could do the build (or get someone else to) and use some of the components from his old computer?

madindehead · 16 Mar 2010 at 17:04

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Do you need a monitor and peripherals??

Sorry, meant to say, no monitor needed.

madindehead · 16 Mar 2010 at 17:05

Redmint said:
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version) £89.99
(£76.59) £89.99
(£76.59)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5750 512MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
Patriot Sector 5 G Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1600ELK) £86.99
(£74.03) £86.99
(£74.03)
Asus M4A78LT-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £57.99
(£49.35) £57.99
(£49.35)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £51.99
(£44.25) £51.99
(£44.25)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £41.99
(£35.74) £41.99
(£35.74)
OCZ StealthXStream 400w Silent Power Supply £32.99
(£28.08) £32.99
(£28.08)
Sony Optiarc AD-5240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.46) £16.99
(£14.46)
Sub Total : £434.83
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £78.28
Total : £525.61

You could probably cut a bit off the cost but it's tricky speccing a full gaming system for £500 including OS. Any chance he could do the build (or get someone else to) and use some of the components from his old computer?

I think one of our other guildies could build it for him, and post it down to him.

Thanks for the spec. I realise it is pretty hard to get one for £500, but it's greatly appreciated.

Redmint · 16 Mar 2010 at 17:11

No worries, from what I remember WoW doesn't need a massively powerful graphics card but can be quite cpu hungry. The Athlon 250 is pretty good value at £52 and I *think* should be fine for WoWing.

Leweh · 16 Mar 2010 at 19:49

My netbook plays WoW, a toaster can play WoW. It doesn't need anything particularly powerful at all.

mrteabag · 16 Mar 2010 at 19:56

Leweh said:
My netbook plays WoW, a toaster can play WoW. It doesn't need anything particularly powerful at all.

You got me excited there for a minute.I wish my toaster could play games

Pawnless Endgame · 16 Mar 2010 at 19:58

Leweh said:
My netbook plays WoW, a toaster can play WoW. It doesn't need anything particularly powerful at all.

Snap. I built a 2003 Shuttle from OcUK and that plays WoW no probs at mid settings. I then added a Geforce 6800 and that had everything on top settings.

Old graphics engine is old :-)

Leweh · 16 Mar 2010 at 20:00

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 32-Bit - SP3 - OEM (N09-02215) Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 32-Bit - SP3 - OEM (N09-02215) £75.99
(£64.67) £75.99
(£64.67)
Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 500W Power Supply Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 500W Power Supply £66.99
(£57.01) £66.99
(£57.01)
Asus M4A78LT-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £57.99
(£49.35) £57.99
(£49.35)
Corsair Value Select 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Memory Module (VS2GB1333D3 G) Corsair Value Select 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Memory Module (VS2GB1333D3 G) £49.98
(£42.54) £49.98
(£42.54)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 240 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 240 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £41.99
(£35.74) £41.99
(£35.74)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4550 "Low Profile" 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4550 "Low Profile" 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £32.99
(£28.08) £32.99
(£28.08)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £366.73
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £66.23
Total : £444.71

Should run WoW just dandy and comes in under budget.

cmndr_andi · 16 Mar 2010 at 20:08

Looking at this review, it seems that Nvidia GPUs do unusually well in this particular game. With this in mind I would suggest using a GTS 250 graphics card if you can.

I recommend going with redmint's spec, this PSU and swap out the GPU for a GTS 250, you should have a pretty rapid WOW PC.

Alternatively, this pre-built machine + Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit would be almost the same spec and already constructed.

Leweh · 16 Mar 2010 at 20:29

cmndr_andi said:
Alternatively, this pre-built machine + Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit would be almost the same spec and already constructed.

This. Do this. All the hassle out the way and that would run WoW more than adequately, after all, like I said, a netbook can run WoW.

madindehead · 16 Mar 2010 at 20:58

Leweh said:
This. Do this. All the hassle out the way and that would run WoW more than adequately, after all, like I said, a netbook can run WoW.

Maybe it can run WoW, at lowest settings, and not fighting yes.

But we are clearing ICC now on 25 man, so need decent computers to run it. Northrend is a lot more detailed than the rest of WoW. Plus some addons, and it becomes very hard to run WoW, at good graphics, will maintaining good enough FPS to raid with.

Thank you however, for all the advice here.