Hey guys, I'm looking for feedback & assistance in picking parts for my new rig which i am building solely to play world of warcraft: legion, at 40-60fps@4k/ultra10 on a budget.
I played wow from vanilla to wod and am familiar with the engine, however have only researched legion as i have no rig to test with currently.
I'm not looking for the "nah bro gtx 1080 SLI or gtfo" "lol its not 4k ultra/10 if EVERYTHING isnt 10"
but rather, intelligent answers that know how stuff works and why - or atleast has experience with it themselves. I'm hoping that together we can bring wow @4k ultra10 to the people out there who want to get max performance for their cash.
This is the rig that i've come up with so far:
CPU: G4560 @3.5Ghz
CPU: gtx1060 - 3gb is enough for 1080p ultra, but will i need 6gb for 4k ultra?
RAM: Crucial Ballistix sport ddr4 2400MHz 8gb - i will get a 2nd of these eventually.
Motherboard: Looking for a b250 mobo with just what i need and nothing else.
PSU: Evga 430w possibly? The rig wont draw more than what, 300 at max. Might find a better fit.
Storage: I'll probably get a samsung 850 evo 256gb or something similar, as i really cant imagine going back to a hd after upgrading to ssd over 5 years ago
What I'd like to know is:
- What's the most suitable motherboard and psu?
- Do you, speaking from experience and knowledge, think that this rig will meet my requirements?
- If not, please, help me understand why, and what i will need instead
- Will the gtx 1060 3gb be enough, or should i get the 6gb for 4k wow? and why?
- Will the g4560 @ 3.5Ghz bottleneck wow @ 4k ultra? I'm not sure how the correlation between ultra settings/4k and cpu/gpu requirements work.
I feel as if alot of people will say this sounds impossible as they dont really understand the wow engine, but i believe that with the right settings lowered, it can be done - to name a few: AA, Shadow quality, water quality, view distance, and anything else that is negligible to the immersion but affects performance.
We all know that wow is cpu bound to the primary core, which is why i see no reason to upgrade to an i5/i7, and since the g4560 has 2cores+ht it's basically an i3 for half the price. I'd be willing to consider another processor if the difference in clock speed makes a big difference, but i've been having a hard time figuring out whether or not it does.
Peripherals wont be required. I have a 55" 4k uhd tv that i will be using as my monitor.
Thank you for reading, let's try to bring 4k ultra10 wow to the plebs out there
I played wow from vanilla to wod and am familiar with the engine, however have only researched legion as i have no rig to test with currently.
I'm not looking for the "nah bro gtx 1080 SLI or gtfo" "lol its not 4k ultra/10 if EVERYTHING isnt 10"
but rather, intelligent answers that know how stuff works and why - or atleast has experience with it themselves. I'm hoping that together we can bring wow @4k ultra10 to the people out there who want to get max performance for their cash.
This is the rig that i've come up with so far:
CPU: G4560 @3.5Ghz
CPU: gtx1060 - 3gb is enough for 1080p ultra, but will i need 6gb for 4k ultra?
RAM: Crucial Ballistix sport ddr4 2400MHz 8gb - i will get a 2nd of these eventually.
Motherboard: Looking for a b250 mobo with just what i need and nothing else.
PSU: Evga 430w possibly? The rig wont draw more than what, 300 at max. Might find a better fit.
Storage: I'll probably get a samsung 850 evo 256gb or something similar, as i really cant imagine going back to a hd after upgrading to ssd over 5 years ago
What I'd like to know is:
- What's the most suitable motherboard and psu?
- Do you, speaking from experience and knowledge, think that this rig will meet my requirements?
- If not, please, help me understand why, and what i will need instead
- Will the gtx 1060 3gb be enough, or should i get the 6gb for 4k wow? and why?
- Will the g4560 @ 3.5Ghz bottleneck wow @ 4k ultra? I'm not sure how the correlation between ultra settings/4k and cpu/gpu requirements work.
I feel as if alot of people will say this sounds impossible as they dont really understand the wow engine, but i believe that with the right settings lowered, it can be done - to name a few: AA, Shadow quality, water quality, view distance, and anything else that is negligible to the immersion but affects performance.
We all know that wow is cpu bound to the primary core, which is why i see no reason to upgrade to an i5/i7, and since the g4560 has 2cores+ht it's basically an i3 for half the price. I'd be willing to consider another processor if the difference in clock speed makes a big difference, but i've been having a hard time figuring out whether or not it does.
Peripherals wont be required. I have a 55" 4k uhd tv that i will be using as my monitor.
Thank you for reading, let's try to bring 4k ultra10 wow to the plebs out there
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