My son has an Alienware i3-2xxxM CPU (1.6 Ghz) with 4GB ram and GTX540 GPU. He gets about 20 FPS on mid-range settings in WoW on this computer.
We want to build a desktop that gets at least 40 FPS on mid settings. We came up with this build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2vKcF
(We have keyboard, mouse, monitor, headphones).
Questions:
1. Is the build satisfactory? (ie do I have all the pieces? I am a novice).
2. Will this achieve our target of 40 FPS on mid settings?
3. If not, what is the minimum tweak that will (CPU, GPU, RAM, or ....??)
I hear that an i5 with the 650ti and 8 Gb is a good gaming rig. So my central question is, how much performance is lost by kicking back to the i3 with 4 Gb??
Thanks so much. Would love to introduce my son to electronics by building this with him - but only if it achieves the results we are looking for.
We want to build a desktop that gets at least 40 FPS on mid settings. We came up with this build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2vKcF
(We have keyboard, mouse, monitor, headphones).
Questions:
1. Is the build satisfactory? (ie do I have all the pieces? I am a novice).
2. Will this achieve our target of 40 FPS on mid settings?
3. If not, what is the minimum tweak that will (CPU, GPU, RAM, or ....??)
I hear that an i5 with the 650ti and 8 Gb is a good gaming rig. So my central question is, how much performance is lost by kicking back to the i3 with 4 Gb??
Thanks so much. Would love to introduce my son to electronics by building this with him - but only if it achieves the results we are looking for.