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benma94

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Hi guys,

I'm pretty unfamiliar with gaming PC's but I'm looking at building one. I've found a few different kind of compositions online and you guys actually have all the parts available at the best price. Now, I just need to confirm if these are good quality builds?

I want to have a desktop that can run World of Warcraft on ultra with zero issues at all and have the ability to go to other mainstream games like Battlefield and stuff.

There are two builds that were around the price range I was looking at roughly.

Average build
CPU: i5 7500 - $300
Mobo : ASrock B250M-Pro4 - $140
RAM : 2x4GB DDR4 2133/2400MHz - $90
SSD : 750 Evo 250GB or MX300 275GB - $140
HDD : 1TB Barracuda/Blue - $80
GPU : Asus RX480 Dual 4GB - $360
PSU : Corsair CX450/550 - $100
Case : Corsair 88R - $80

Better build
CPU : i5 7500 - $300
Mobo : ASrock B250M-Pro4 - $140
RAM : 2x4GB DDR4 2133/2400MHz - $90
SSD : 750 Evo 250GB or MX300 275GB - $140
HDD : 1TB Barracuda/Blue - $80
GPU : Gigabyte GTX1070 Windforce 2X - $670
PSU : Cooler Master V550S - $140
Case : Corsair 88R - $80

Thanks a lot,

Ben
 
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Isokolon
There is definitely a bigger difference between a 1070 & a Rx480. Both are fine but the 1070 is the better card

Also the Cooler Master VS is a tad better than the Corsair CXM

However I'm not a fan of locked i5s ATM.
I think that Ryzen will just do better in the future with it's 6cores/12threads, or even the smaller 4cores/8threads. Seeing as more and more games start to handle more and more threads and profit off additional cores I think going for Ryzen 5 could be the smart move
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Aleshotgun

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Both that builds are very good and will handle the games you mentioned all maxed out with no minimum issues (WoW is a fairly old game tho, it will perfectly run even on older PCs)

As far as I can see, the only big difference between that two configs is the GPU. Actually you won't notice a great difference between a 1070 and a RX480, both great graphic cards, but considering that generally the GPU gets "older" first, compared to the rest of the components, if you can afford that 310$ difference, I will personally stick with the "Better build", simply because you will be able to run new games all maxed out for at least 2-3 years or even more, with no problems at all, and also because if your main reason is gaming, a powerful GPU will always be your first priority when building a new machine.
 
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There is definitely a bigger difference between a 1070 & a Rx480. Both are fine but the 1070 is the better card

Also the Cooler Master VS is a tad better than the Corsair CXM

However I'm not a fan of locked i5s ATM.
I think that Ryzen will just do better in the future with it's 6cores/12threads, or even the smaller 4cores/8threads. Seeing as more and more games start to handle more and more threads and profit off additional cores I think going for Ryzen 5 could be the smart move
 
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