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theTOEsen1

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Hey there! I'm a PC newbie. Trying to learn the ropes. I'm looking to build a computer that can handle WoW's newest expansion Legion. I'm looking at getting a Skylake i5 6400 and a GTX 950 with 16gig of G.skills trident z ram. I know it's overkill on the RAM, but it's not much more to go from 8-16 so why not? I'm wanting a DIY pc micro atx Cuboid. My question is, how do I find the proper motherboard and power supply to fit the micro atx? Also with those specs, how well will it run WoW? I'm not huge on looks, I'd rather have smooth gameplay and high FPS. Thanks!
 
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xFeaRDom

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First off, looking at that, could you throw in an extra bit of money and get an i5-6500? The performance increase will definitely be worth the little bit of extra money.

And you may not have heard it, but there's a website called https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ where you can customise your builds and it will tell you if it is compatible or not :)

I'm not sure about WoW, but the requirements seem quite low; this should mean that this build should be able to run WoW pretty well (Smooth and good FPS)

But if possible, upgrade the 950 to a 960, if you have more money.

I have built what you have stated in your build so you can work further off of it:

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/skbz7h
 
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FD2Raptor

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($73.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0 Video Card ($143.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $747.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-17 08:10 EDT-0400

The TridentZ higher bus can't be fully utilize unless you're willing to spend on a way more expensive Z170 board, and since this is for gaming, that higher bus also aren't really contributing that much to fps anyway. Switching from that to the Kingston allow you to put those $ into the part that would actually give the system longer life; moving from the i5 6400 to i5 6500.

I've also included a 240GB SSD in the build so that map load time of the online game should be greatly improve over loading from HDD (it would now only be limited by the speed of your internet connection).

The Antec High Current Gamer is a solid performer for the build while also being Semi-modular, and will give you less trouble with the extra cables in the small microATX cube.
 
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