PC that can play wow for under £450

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Matt582

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My friend is looking to build a PC that can play wow on high-ultra, he needs to buy windows again probably so he has more like £350 to spend. Are there any prebuilt machines that could handle wow for that kind of price? I don't want to have to build it for him but I will probably end up having to do so.
 
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WoW heavily favors Nvidia graphics, so I would recommend a GTX 950, over the RX 460. This is a bit over the 450, but I cannot really recommend anything less. Maybe try to find a good deal, on a used GTX 760.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100T 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£91.10 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£48.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£26.78 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£18.20 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card...
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Hlsgsz

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For 350, theres no way with an OS. Also, any prebuild you get for this kind of cash will have very poor components and will in no way be optimal in price/perf.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4520 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor (£77.41 @ BT Shop)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-H110M-H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£48.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: *Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£25.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.91 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 460 2GB Red Dragon Video Card (£98.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Xigmatek Aeos MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£23.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.22 @ More Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£79.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £435.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-22 19:32 BST+0100

 
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I would probably just pick up a low-end laptop and just deal with less then Ultra settings. If you grab a laptop with a 1366x768 screen and a decent APU or a recent Intel chip they are enough for WoW.

A few examples. And don't be afraid to look at used laptops. Lot of people are picking up the new 1070 and 1080 equipped gaming laptops. Should be many older gaming laptops hitting the market.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/156-asus-x555la-laptop-core-i5-5200u-27-ghz-full-hd-1080p-8gb-ram-1tb-hdd-dvdrw-ac-wifi-plus-bt-40-w

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-15-6-Inch-Notebook-A10-7300-Integrated/dp/B00LULUBAW/ref=sr_1_9?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1471892288&sr=1-9&keywords=laptop

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-80EC00CJUK-15-6-inch-Processor-Resolution/dp/B017W7UMLU/ref=sr_1_7?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1471892356&sr=1-7&keywords=laptop

https://www.amazon.co.uk/X555LA-DM1672T-15-6-Inch-Laptop-64-Bit-Windows/dp/B017YQBO2U/ref=sr_1_4?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1471892499&sr=1-4&keywords=laptop

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dell-Latitude-15-6-Inch-Integrated-Professional/dp/B00S7SO4Z4/ref=sr_1_6?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1471892499&sr=1-6&keywords=laptop
 
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logainofhades

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WoW heavily favors Nvidia graphics, so I would recommend a GTX 950, over the RX 460. This is a bit over the 450, but I cannot really recommend anything less. Maybe try to find a good deal, on a used GTX 760.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100T 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£91.10 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£48.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£26.78 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£18.20 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card (£124.96 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Xigmatek Aeos MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£23.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.22 @ More Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£79.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £450.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-23 16:08 BST+0100

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