First PC build for World of Warcraft 2015 good enough on ultra settings?

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Hello guys, I'm planning on building my first pc for World of Warcraft on Ultra settings so I can get a 50-60FPS during a 25 man raid. I could also work with high settings as well with a maxed FPS.
Since I live in Florida it gets really hot and we don't always have the AC on so I'm also wondering if the Fans and the CPU cooler are good enough. I won't be overclocking at the moment,
I also feel like the FX 6300 may be to much for WoW.?
Wouldn't mind if I had to switch to Intel. I know WoW WoD impacts the CPU more.
Budget is around $600-700.

These are the parts I picked

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/z2m6Lk

I'd appreciate all the help I could get and if there are any mistakes or anything please let me know I'm also looking for upgrades in the future. Thank you for your time.

Best regards
 
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I would rethink your whole build.
The FX processor will not give the performance of a simple i3 Note the performance of the i3 2100 here and this one I will list is a lot faster. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/62
That video card is not the best buy for the performance to dollar. R9 280 is a much better card and made room for it within budget.
With this processor only drawing 54 Watts a aftermarket CPU cooler is not needed.
Some overkill on the power supply but it's high quality made by Super Flower.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KBzq99
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I would rethink your whole build.
The FX processor will not give the performance of a simple i3 Note the performance of the i3 2100 here and this one I will list is a lot faster. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/62
That video card is not the best buy for the performance to dollar. R9 280 is a much better card and made room for it within budget.
With this processor only drawing 54 Watts a aftermarket CPU cooler is not needed.
Some overkill on the power supply but it's high quality made by Super Flower.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KBzq99
 
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Here you go GTX 960 \ FX 8320 = 8 Core :D

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($138.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($67.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($199.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $678.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-29 19:59 EST-0500
 
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Now I'm little concern about my pick of the two of you. Intel or AMD?
Both sound very good and look good on paper and the parts you picked are very well picked out.
Thank you for your time I'll definitely build one of these now.
 
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From the research I've done from the site you showed me the i3 2300 pretty much tops it all and from the benchmark I was impressed.
 
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You can easily get a i5 with that budget:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($68.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($182.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Rosewill R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($57.02 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $690.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-29 22:03 EST-0500
 
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what if I decided to use this EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card than the one you picked out?
 
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GTX 960 will run WoW on ultra with no problems.About CPU you want to go with intel for WoW i3 would be good pick and if you can afford go for i5.
Here is benchmark with GTX 960
http://i.imgur.com/U43uuKa.png
If you only plan to play WoW then i3 will do the job same as i5(since WoW is single threaded game), but if you want to play other games then try to get i5.
 
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