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GhostFish · Aug 1, 2014

I am thinking about getting back into gaming, mainly World of Warcraft, and I need some hardware advice. Can anyone tell me how well this laptop I have could run WoW?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-750gb-hard-drive-black/2991012.p?id=1219085428591&skuId=2991012&st=pcmcat190000050007_categoryid$abcat0502000&cp=1&lp=4

What settings could it run? Is it a good value?

I would prefer to have a laptop, something in this price range, but I am aware a self built desktop for the same price would have better performance.

Any info on this laptop as it relates to WoW would be helpful, also any alternatives or even desktop builds around $700 for WoW would be great.

firo40 · Aug 1, 2014

It will play on medium fine sadly for 700$ you won't get a lot better 900$ is the cheapest you should go for gaming laptops. That way you get a good GPU not just the CPU igpu

Byte70 · Aug 1, 2014

That could probably run WoW at medium/high settings. Honestly, I'd go with this laptop. Lenovo is great, plus it comes with an SSD. The laptop I linked could run WoW at high settings. I also don't like touchscreen laptops.

GhostFish · Aug 1, 2014

Thanks guys.

Any suggestions for a ~$700 desktop? Either a full package from a store or a custom build.

burdenbound · Aug 1, 2014

I wouldn't recommend this laptop for gaming, I would look for something that has a dedicated graphics card.

Take a look at notebookcheck it will give you some benchmark numbers with the different mobile graphics options http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-4400.91979.0.html .

I wouldn't go any lower than say an nvidia 840m or equivalent GPU. Just look at benchmarks for the different ones at the resolution you plan on playing at to get a feel of what to expect.

Byte70 · Aug 1, 2014

GhostFish :

Here's my personal ~700 dollar build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($81.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.91 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($185.38 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.49 @ Amazon)
Total: $694.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-01 16:37 EDT-0400

Its able to run basically every game at high settings well, excluding maybe Crysis 3 or something, haha.

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