Upgrade or New Build (800$ max Budget with OS Included)

FallenAsleep · Jan 25, 2016

Looking to upgrade or build a new PC that will allow me to run games like World of Warcraft and Blade & Soul on max settings without any lag. Current system can run World of Warcraft on low settings with little to no lag, but barely runs Blade & Soul on lowest settings (Lots of lag and can disconnect during loading screens)

View on current system:
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
System Manufacturer: BIOSTAR Group
System Model: A770E3
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 450 Processor (3 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Graphics Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Display Res: 1920x1080 (recommended)

Was looking through builds and one site had various recommendations but i'm not very PC knowledgeable. One that was in my price range and stated it could run had:

CPU: AMD FX-8320
MOBO: ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0
GPU: EVGA GTX 960
RAM: Crucial Ballistix 8GB
HDD: Seagate 1 TB
CASE: VIVO Mid Tower
PSU: EVGA 500W 80PLUS
ODD: Samsung 24x SATA

Which came out to be around 734$ with the OS. Looking to buy in the next few weeks and I do not overclock(?).

Thank you to those who are willing to provide their time and knowledge; and please forgive my lack of.

logainofhades · Jan 25, 2016

WoW is not very AMD friendly, and that board is not a very good choice, to use with an 8320. PSU is not very good either. This would be a better system, for that budget.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($82.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive ($12.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Red 52.2 CFM 120mm Fan ($12.49 @ OutletPC)
Total: $795.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-25 16:03 EST-0500

If for whatever reason, that is too much, this would work too.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($124.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($82.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive ($12.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Red 52.2 CFM 120mm Fan ($12.49 @ OutletPC)
Total: $720.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-25 16:04 EST-0500

bignastyid · Jan 25, 2016

Those games will benefit from faster threads not more of them so I suggest going Intel for the CPU.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($183.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.34 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card ($188.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $806.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-25 16:08 EST-0500

imsqam · Jan 25, 2016

Not sure if you were looking at pre-built but generally not good value for the money. One option is to pick the parts at the NCIX website and during the checkout process select the assemble option. Cost $50 but you generally save on pick your own and you get a much better build. Here is what I would suggest.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ck2QXL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ck2QXL/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core OEM/Tray Processor ($142.99)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($88.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($43.99)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($62.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($179.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DVD-E818AAT/BLK/B/GEN DVD/CD Drive ($18.66 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $782.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-25 17:06 EST-0500

FallenAsleep · Jan 28, 2016

Planning on making the purchase tonight. After looking over the suggestions and some research and price checking decided on following logainofhades first suggestion, but would like to see if there are any other suggestions or alternative parts that would reduce the price without the quality and performance of the pc being downgraded. Or keeping the same price but improving it overall, since I didn't realize the prices of the pc parts can fluctuate that quickly.

And thanks to everybody, never realized there were so many nice people willing to help and give proper suggestions.

BadActor · Jan 28, 2016

Couple of minor tweaks to logainofhades build. TurboBoost speed of the 6400 is 3.2 vs 3.6 for the 6500. Won't make a huge difference in games.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($183.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($42.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive ($12.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($87.95 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Red 52.2 CFM 120mm Fan ($12.49 @ OutletPC)
Total: $760.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-28 16:37 EST-0500

logainofhades · Jan 29, 2016

Turbo boost wasn't why I picked it. I picked it for the higher multiplier for BLCK overclocking.

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