wow pc spec

muppet · 3 Dec 2010 at 18:16

hi
my friend wants a base unit that will play wow@720p minimum . im not familiar with wow apart from i think it needs a lot of ram ( 4gig ). he doesnt want to spend more than £300 ish . is this possible and if it is please spec me

thanks for your time

95thrifles · 3 Dec 2010 at 18:20

For a decent gaming build, he needs to look at 400 really, you wanna check with him if thats good?

cmndr_andi · 3 Dec 2010 at 18:23

As 95thrifles mentions, £300 really isn't a lot for a PC that will play games (ie has a graphics card and PSU powerful enough to cope).

May I ask if there is any leeway in the budget?

Also, will he just be needing the box (and Windows 7 presumably) or will he need peripherals like monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers etc included within the budget?

MouthBoy · 3 Dec 2010 at 18:31

Although its still being discussed, why not check out this forum topic:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18213865

95thrifles · 3 Dec 2010 at 18:31

If he is happy to go to 400, well a shade under, then could get this which would run wow well

MSI ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £82.24
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £75.19
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £58.74
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £48.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
LiteOn IHAS124 - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM drive - Serial ATA £12.91
Total : £371.04

Could save 30 quid on cpu and just get a dual core athlon which would bring it back down to nearer 300, could drop gpu a bit but anything with any significant saving is much worse tbh, could save a little on case/psu by getting OcUK own stuff but not worth the risk imo

The above is what Id recomend anyway

Edit: In fact having checked wow it only uses upto 3 cores (link), so the ideal would be an athlon x3, though thats only a fiver less than the x4

Jony27 · 3 Dec 2010 at 18:53

id choose a hd4870/9800gt instead of the hd5750
comparison of hd4870 vs hd5750
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/176?vs=173

95thrifles · 3 Dec 2010 at 19:04

Agreed but they dont have any, best they have is a 4850, and that comparison is prob 1 gig 4870, Id take a 1 gig 5750 over a half gig 4850

mrteabag · 3 Dec 2010 at 19:14

Or swap it for a 460 ?
Well worth it IMO.

95thrifles · 3 Dec 2010 at 19:41

a 460 is almost dbl the cost though, this is already pushing him well over his original budget

muppet · 3 Dec 2010 at 19:42

hi
im trying to convince him to go nearer £500 with win 7 as he needs an os . ive had a good look around the web and he is struggling at £300 . is the gts 240 any good for wow.

cheers