New PC build for World of Warcraft (mostly), help would be appreciated!

exzander

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Nov 10, 2017
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Approximate Purchase Date: 1-2 weeks from now.

Budget Range: 500-600

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (World of Warcraft, potentially other MMOs), web surfing and general use.

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: Everything inside the tower - a new PC. It needs a case, but no other accessories (no mouse/keyboard/etc).

Do you need to buy OS: No.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon is heavily preferred. If not, Newegg/wherever has good service.

Location: I live in a small/remote town, there really isn't much here to consider.

Parts Preferences: Intel/Nvidia - willing to do other brands but never had them before. Whatever is the best performance for the price.

Overclocking: No.

SLI or Crossfire: No, not unless it fits the budget.

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: I just want this PC to run World of Warcraft and potentially other MMO's as best as possible within the budget. This PC will not be used to play new AAA game releases. I want it to be as fast as possible in loading/booting, and as smooth as possible when playing open world online games like WoW. If you can, gear it specifically towards those functions. I don't know a lot about building a PC so I don't know what kind hardware is best suited for MMO's compared to say, single player AAA games like The Witcher 3 or whatever. But, if you can or if it makes a difference, go HEAVY into the side of the scale that makes playing MMO's a better experience rather than single player games.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: It's a new PC for my mom who plays WoW. My mom is disabled and gaming/WoW is her main hobby. Her PC is really not doing well at all and she can barely play the game how it is. I figure I'll buy her a new PC for Xmas (giving it to her early), so that she can enjoy her game.

Thanks a lot guys, your help is really appreciated.
 
Solution
Here are the World of Warcraft system requirements (minimum)

CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8500 or AMD Phenom™ II X3 720
CPU SPEED: Info
RAM: 2 GB
OS: Windows® 7 / Windows® 8 / Windows® 10
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 440 or AMD™ Radeon™ HD 5670 or Intel® HD Graphics 5000
FREE DISK SPACE: 45 GB

World of Warcraft Recommended Requirements

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-3330, AMD™ FX-6300, or better
CPU SPEED: Info
RAM: 4 GB
OS: Windows® 7 / Windows® 8 / Windows® 10
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 Ti or AMD™ Radeon™ R7 260X or better
FREE DISK SPACE: 45 GB



You need a more CPU heavy build for open world games like WOW. Something like this should be pretty good...

PCPartPicker part list /...
Here are the World of Warcraft system requirements (minimum)

CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8500 or AMD Phenom™ II X3 720
CPU SPEED: Info
RAM: 2 GB
OS: Windows® 7 / Windows® 8 / Windows® 10
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 440 or AMD™ Radeon™ HD 5670 or Intel® HD Graphics 5000
FREE DISK SPACE: 45 GB

World of Warcraft Recommended Requirements

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-3330, AMD™ FX-6300, or better
CPU SPEED: Info
RAM: 4 GB
OS: Windows® 7 / Windows® 8 / Windows® 10
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 Ti or AMD™ Radeon™ R7 260X or better
FREE DISK SPACE: 45 GB



You need a more CPU heavy build for open world games like WOW. Something like this should be pretty good...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($90.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.78 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini Video Card ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair - SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $599.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-10 14:57 EST-0500
 
Solution

EpIckFa1LJoN

Admirable
For future reference, to anyone looking for a WoW build, the cpu is extremely important. You can have a 1050 and run the graphics part just fine. The game is tied to a single core on the CPU so the faster the single core boost speed the better. If you can't afford an Intel K-series chip, an AMD Ryzen chip will be better, but you have to be able to OC it, so the board will need to be able to do that (Z170, Z270, and Z370 boards for 6th, 7th, and 8th Gen. Intel respectively, for Ryzen X370 or B350 I think).

For example, I have a 6700k @ 4.7GHz and I can't hit 100fps (100Hz monitor) in certain areas or raids and my graphics quality is only at 7 and no AA. Render quality at 100% (not 200%). Playing with a 1080 Ti and 3440x1440 resolution.
 

logainofhades

Titan
Moderator
I run ultra 1440p, with shadows on low, and view distance set to 7, with a GTX 980, and a 4.5ghz 6700k. Most areas see 100+, but yea raids you are probably never going see that without turning things down. I rarely dip below 60, though. Sometimes on a world boss, but that is about it.
 

EpIckFa1LJoN

Admirable


Yeah in MOST areas I get 200 or more fps, but when it counts in raids it can dip huge. Your raids must not be very big because I go into the 40's at times. I'm also on the most highly populated alliance server in the game, but still. In some 30M raids I can dip into the low 40's at the preset 7. Going lower in quality doesn't help much.

But yeah like I said... if you want a WoW build, you want the highest clock speed you can afford, and you just need a decent GPU.