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Phoenix9313

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My boyfriend is a huge world of warcraft fan. His computer "sucks" so I'm trying to find a good one to buy him for his birthday. I basically know nothing about computers so I'm interested in what a good desktop would be for him. He doesn't like apple or all in one computers. My spending limit is about $650. Any suggestions would be amazing.
 
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hang-the-9
I would spend just a bit more on the CPU in the above build ^, The i5-6400 or 6500 are not that much more expensive when you consider the fact that the computer will last for easily 3 years for gaming, and they will enable a more even frame rate in games and make the system overall faster. The i3-6100 is a good pick if you really can't spend the extra $60 for a i5-6400 or $75 for the 6500.

If you know the exactly system he is using now, it may just need a better video card. My son-in-law got a decent Lenovo tower with a core i5 CPU but a bad video card, installed a low end gaming card in it for him and games run much better with under $100 spent.
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If he doesn't need a monitor, keyboard or mouse and you feel that you can manage to put it together or have a friend who can do this for you, this is a solid build which will perform very well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($123.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($86.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($47.73 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($153.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($87.95 @ OutletPC)
Total: $651.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-25 03:43 EST-0500
 
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hang-the-9

hang-the-9

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I would spend just a bit more on the CPU in the above build ^, The i5-6400 or 6500 are not that much more expensive when you consider the fact that the computer will last for easily 3 years for gaming, and they will enable a more even frame rate in games and make the system overall faster. The i3-6100 is a good pick if you really can't spend the extra $60 for a i5-6400 or $75 for the 6500.

If you know the exactly system he is using now, it may just need a better video card. My son-in-law got a decent Lenovo tower with a core i5 CPU but a bad video card, installed a low end gaming card in it for him and games run much better with under $100 spent.
 
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