best cpu fow wow AMD or Intel

tokinterror · Jan 28, 2014

As stated would AMDs be better for wow ?

rgd1101 · Jan 28, 2014

depend on your budget

menetlaus · Jan 28, 2014

No (AMD CPU's are not better for wow)

WoW is now so old that ANY new cpu is overkill compared to the system requirements.

WhiteSnake91 · Jan 28, 2014

yeah any modern cpu will do fine, the system requirements are very low...walmart pcs even play it fine

NormH · Jan 28, 2014

WoW still favors intel but the ability of even an amd athlon II x4 650k can do anything you want within the game. my sone plays it on an A10-6800k apu with just the igpu at mid settings and good fps.

tokinterror · Jan 28, 2014

highest settings some bf4 also £600 ill buy a gpu seprate

NormH · Jan 28, 2014

is that full build or just the cpu/gpu? for 600

enemy1g · Jan 28, 2014

WoW still favors Intel. An i5-4670k (3570k even) would easily outperform a 8320/8350 in WoW.

NormH · Jan 28, 2014

if 600 is just the 2 parts id say i5 4670k with an r9-280x

OllieOxenFree · Jan 28, 2014

You wont play bf4 on highest setting with a 600 dollar budget

tokinterror · Jan 28, 2014

£600 for all apart from gpu i have a 650 i can use till i get a 780

OllieOxenFree · Jan 28, 2014

I would do something like this...Its a small setup but it still houses full size psu and gpu and h100i.
I put something really simular together for a guy about 5 months ago. It came out really nice and its pretty well portable.
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2JfUX
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2JfUX/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2JfUX/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.17 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£87.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: EVGA 111-IB-E692-KR Mini ITX LGA1155 Motherboard (£134.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston XMP 10th Anniversary Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£64.31 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£66.98 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.54 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Blue) Mini ITX Tower Case
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition 62.7 CFM 120mm Fan (£10.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition (2-Pack) 62.7 CFM 120mm Fans (£20.54 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: BitFenix Spectre 97.8 CFM 230mm Fan (£11.78 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider 600W 80+ Silver Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Total: £602.24

JOOK-D · Jan 28, 2014

OllieOxenFree :

I would do something like this...Its a small setup but it still houses full size psu and gpu and h100i.
I put something really simular together for a guy about 5 months ago. It came out really nice and its pretty well portable.
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2JfUX
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2JfUX/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2JfUX/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.17 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£87.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: EVGA 111-IB-E692-KR Mini ITX LGA1155 Motherboard (£134.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston XMP 10th Anniversary Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£64.31 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£66.98 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.54 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Blue) Mini ITX Tower Case
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition 62.7 CFM 120mm Fan (£10.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition (2-Pack) 62.7 CFM 120mm Fans (£20.54 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: BitFenix Spectre 97.8 CFM 230mm Fan (£11.78 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider 600W 80+ Silver Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Total: £602.24

The problem with that is that the PSU and Case aren't currently included in the price. Can't argue with the part choice, other than mini-ITX isn't necessary, esp on a budget.

JOOK-D · Jan 28, 2014

This would be my pick, building from Ollie's suggestion:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2JgKu
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2JgKu/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2JgKu/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£187.20 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Pro3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£69.44 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston XMP 10th Anniversary Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£64.31 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£66.98 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.54 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£62.90 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition 62.7 CFM 120mm Fan (£10.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition (2-Pack) 62.7 CFM 120mm Fans (£20.54 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£81.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £607.03
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-28 23:02 GMT+0000)

You can of course switch out the xeon for an i5 4670k. I'd personally take the xeon due to the benefits of hyperthreading - it's equivalent to an i7 4770 with the same clockspeed.

OllieOxenFree · Jan 28, 2014

JOOK-D :

OllieOxenFree :

The problem with that is that the PSU and Case aren't currently included in the price. Can't argue with the part choice, other than mini-ITX isn't necessary, esp on a budget.

No doubt... I didnt notice til you said something... That is due to switching to UK parts picker from US as parts were available here... To bad they aint free lol

JOOK-D · Jan 28, 2014

OllieOxenFree :

JOOK-D :

No doubt... I didnt notice til you said something... That is due to switching to UK parts picker from US as parts were available here... To bad they aint free lol

ikr :lol: We pay so much more for hardware in the UK :'(

OllieOxenFree · Jan 28, 2014

Here it is in USD $865 ~ 633 euros

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2JfUX

I like the mITX cuz when I think gaming it makes me want something console size for packing to lan parties... Ive packed my coolermaster 690 to many times...Its a tank

chrisafp07 · Jan 28, 2014

enemy1g :

lol, yea by 2 fps, there is no margin. Go check for yourself, I own systems with both cpus now, 2 fps more in wow with a 780 on the 4670k, the 8300's are just fine. Personally I say go 4670k if you have the budget but any cpu will do well in WoW aboce the athlon 750k. The 8300's will perform as well as the i5's and i7's in new gen 8 core optimized titles like crysis, BF3 and 4, and others. Only a 2-5fps difference from the 8350 to the 4770k.

sora · Jan 29, 2014

WhiteSnake91 :

This, WoW doesn't really need much at all.

Gaidax · Jan 29, 2014

Intel I5, WoW does not support multicore CPUs very well, it uses like 3 cores at most, so the best CPU there would be I5 since it has 4 cores and each individual core is much better than those of AMD.

endobleeds · Mar 8, 2014

i love how people say oh any cpu will work fine......what with everything turned off who wants to play like that.... i have an i5 2320 and a gtx770 and in 25m raids i get 8 fps so no not any cpu will be fine.....but i would think the 4670k or 4770k would be your best bet

NormH · Mar 8, 2014

endobleeds :

something else is wrong with your setup... I play on an i3-3220 laptop with hd3000 graphics and get 15 fps at mid settings in 25m raids. with an i5 and gt770 you should get 30+ at ultra in any situation

WhiteSnake91 · Mar 9, 2014

I agree with NormH something is really wrong with your setup then

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