wow build

[gregchez]

hi all this is my first post so please go easy on me.
im going to either buy or build a new computer in the next few weeks just for playing wow on, i have have about £3000 spend, and i was thinking what would you lot would spend your money on, i thought mutli-monitors would be nice. any tips you have would be nice. i basicly just want to be able to run cata on max, and i know thats hard to say as they have not let the specs out yet. but in willing over power the system.

thanks in advance Greg

 

[Occooler]

Who's going to bite?

 

[cmndr_andi]

Hi there, welcome to the OCUK forums

WOW, that's a big budget. I just want to make sure that you are aware than you can get a machine which will run WoW at top quality for MUCH less than that. For example, even a £1000 budget (which is a reasonably big budget for a gaming PC) would buy you an i7 system with a good graphics card and an a 24in monitor.

Are you certain you want to dedicate so much money to your computer?

 

[RJC]

£400 spare

Zotac GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £439.99
(£374.46) £879.98
(£748.92)

Corsair Performance Bundle £352.98
(£300.41) £352.98
(£300.41)

OCZ Vertex Limited Edition 100GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTXLE100G) £259.99
(£221.27) £259.99
(£221.27)

Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail + Napoleon Total War £236.99
(£201.69) £236.99
(£201.69)

BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor £164.99
(£140.42) £329.98
(£280.84)

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £159.99
(£136.16) £159.99
(£136.16)

Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Low Latency Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600LLK) £152.99
(£130.20) £152.99
(£130.20)

Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750HXUK) £129.99
(£110.63) £129.99
(£110.63)

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £57.99
(£49.35) £57.99
(£49.35)

Samsung SH-B083L/RSBP 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £53.99
(£45.95) £53.99
(£45.95)

Sony Optiarc AD-7241S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe Optical Drive (Black) - OEM £19.99
(£17.01) £19.99
(£17.01) Sub Total : £2,242.43 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £22.20 VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £396.31 Total : £2,660.94

 

[gregchez]

im on a laptop at the moment so that budget would be for the monitors and the keyboard....well basicly everything including os

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5970 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card *Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Edition* £519.98
(£442.54) £519.98
(£442.54)
Krypton Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz @ 4.00GHz Overclocked Bundle £421.99
(£359.14) £421.99
(£359.14)
Options applied to the above product:
Titan TTC-NK85TZ/V2 Fenrir CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366) £32.99
(£28.08) £32.99
(£28.08)
Options applied to the above product:
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £159.99
(£136.16) £159.99
(£136.16)
Corsair Performance Bundle £352.98
(£300.41) £352.98
(£300.41)
OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £309.99
(£263.82) £309.99
(£263.82)
Logitech Z-5500 THX Certified 5.1 Speaker System (970115-0120) £264.99
(£225.52) £264.99
(£225.52)
BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor £164.99
(£140.42) £494.97
(£421.26)
Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA-II 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2001FASS) £155.99
(£132.76) £155.99
(£132.76)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard (967929-0120) £27.99
(£23.82) £27.99
(£23.82)
Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616) £21.98
(£18.71) £21.98
(£18.71)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Sub Total : £2,449.23
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £32.90
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £434.37
Total : £2,916.50


3 monitors in a wrap around effect.

 

[PermaBanned]

Talk about stupidly over the top...

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11161-05-40R) £349.99
(£297.86) £349.99
(£297.86)
Iiyama ProLite E2710HDSD 27" Widescreen LCD Monitor £269.99
(£229.78) £269.99
(£229.78)
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £249.99
(£212.76) £249.99
(£212.76)
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate - Retail (Full Version) £177.99
(£151.48) £177.99
(£151.48)
Asus Crosshair IV Formula AMD 890FX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £169.99
(£144.67) £169.99
(£144.67)
Seasonic X-750 Modular '80 Plus Gold Certified' 750W Power Supply £140.98
(£119.98) £140.98
(£119.98)
OCZ Reaper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 12800C7 (1600MHz) Dual-Channel (OCZ3RPR1600LV4GK) £129.99
(£110.63) £129.99
(£110.63)
Corsair Reactor 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-R60GB2-BRKT) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £80.99
(£68.93) £80.99
(£68.93)
Western Digital Caviar Green 1.5TB SATA-II 64MB Cache - OEM (WD15EARS) £76.99
(£65.52) £76.99
(£65.52)
Thermochill PA140.3 140mm Triple Radiator £72.99
(£62.12) £72.99
(£62.12)
EK Water Blocks EK-Supreme HF Nickel Universal (775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3/939/XEON) £66.99
(£57.01) £66.99
(£57.01)
Samsung SH-B083L/RSBP 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £53.99
(£45.95) £53.99
(£45.95)
innovatek HPPS i-HighPower 12V Pump £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
XSPC Single Bay Reservoir - Clear £19.99
(£17.01) £19.99
(£17.01)
Sub Total : £1,702.83
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £22.20
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £301.88
Total : £2,026.91

 

[gregchez]

thankyou for the quick replys, will look into them specs and get back you once the money has cleared.

 

[cmndr_andi]

As I mentioned, this is a mad budget - but this is what I would buy if I had £3000 and wanted a WoW gaming monster:

I went for the GTX 480 zotac card as Nvidia cards seem to perform rather well in WoW (at least according to benchmarks) and the huge 1.5GB video memory should help when playing games at the huge resolution used by the Dell U2711 monitor (here is a review of the monitor).

The case is one I have had the pleasure to work with. It is very understated, quiet and solidly built. With those extra fans installed you should have a cool and quiet system.

 

[gregchez]

and only over the top at the moment, i also like to play games like MW2, but only do it on my ps3 at the moment as my laptop cannot handle it.

 

[Gary*]

Worth chucking in some pre braided cable extensions?

 

[Andy_H]

If you've got that kinda money to blow i'd consider getting a G19

 

[admoo]

If you've got that kinda money to blow i'd consider getting a G19

You and your G19's

I know this isn't what you asked for, but you could easily get a good rig for £1500-2000, then blow the rest on a holiday, a car, an iPhone, beer etc etc.

 

[wilko49]

£3000 !?! Crossfired 5970s, anyone?

 

[olivier renault]

Stupid amount of money for a computer (they don't shine for long unless you keep pumping money at it). 1/2 of the budget will do it easy. You can give the other half to me.

 

[Biohazard]

yeah is a bit ott to spend on a computer these days given what you can get for lesser money

 

[SirCanealot]

WoW build you could easily go for an overclocked i3 bundle since WoW doesn't use 4 cores that much. That and a half decent grx card, I guess... But really no need to spend 3,000 notes! :O

 

[infernox]

easily run wow on max on a 400-500 rig buy a new car or something, not unless your rich and you care less about your money

 

[ashlaqueen]

£3000 !?! Crossfired 5970s, anyone?

Exactly my thoughts!

 

[SupermotoMX]

i run wow max settings on a 22inch widescreen and a sapphire 4730 with an AMD 64x 2 Dual core and 4gb ram. in max settings(shadows turned off). about a constant 60fps. but occasionaly goes down to about 35 but isnt noticable. whole tower including case and power supply costed me about 350 lol. 3k is over the top