what is a good gaming pc for wow? i want to surprise my bf with a new gaming pc.

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You can get a used business class system off craigslist for maybe $250-300 with a Core i5 or i3 CPU (Lenovo ThinkCenter or ThinkStation tower, HP WX workstations) then buy a video card like a Radeon R250X for about $100. The better business systems come with a 350 watt power supply often and are better quality than the home systems or the semi-gaming systems you see for sale with cheap power supplies and bad video cards.

Like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkStation-E20-Core-i3-3-07GHz-16GB-RAM-2x-250GB-HD-Win7-Home-/251658948676?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item3a980ad044
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smorizio

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what your funding and are you going to build it yourself or want it pre built.
if it pre built look for the i5 4690/4670 cpu and 8g of ram. 128g ssd os drive and a 1 or 2tb hard drive.
the 970 right now is one of the better gpu for price/performance also look at the 280/290 line of gpu from amd.
look for a good 750w power supply for his gaming pc.
 
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Valkyrieneos

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dont be afraid the worst thing that can happen is you break a single part you cannot break every single part all at once xd
 
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IndyAJD

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Good is relative, mainly to what games you want to play. I'm not a WoW expert, but a $600-$800 PC should do the trick.

Something like this should work.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 270X 2GB IceQ X² Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Other: Premiertek POWERLINK PL-U15010N IEEE 802.11n USB - Wi-Fi Adapter ($27.00)
Total: $594.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-12 23:53 EDT-0400

To my knowledge this build should run WoW quite well. It can run Battlefield 4, a generally more intensive game, on Ultra settings and 60 FPS.
 
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IndyAJD

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Looking at prebuilt equivalents to the above $600 build, I can't find anything on amazon and newegg for under $900. I could find something for 600-800 but it wouldn't perform nearly as well. Are your sure building isn't an option?
 
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You can get a used business class system off craigslist for maybe $250-300 with a Core i5 or i3 CPU (Lenovo ThinkCenter or ThinkStation tower, HP WX workstations) then buy a video card like a Radeon R250X for about $100. The better business systems come with a 350 watt power supply often and are better quality than the home systems or the semi-gaming systems you see for sale with cheap power supplies and bad video cards.

Like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkStation-E20-Core-i3-3-07GHz-16GB-RAM-2x-250GB-HD-Win7-Home-/251658948676?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item3a980ad044
 
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If he was planning to build a Pc then its better not to buy him one. Its better to build it the way he wants it and with the parts of his like than paying 800$ and then need a new one. Gamer's World is wierd xD
 
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