WoW comp trying to cut money

[spark29]

Any suggestions would be great, plus any options for shaving dollars off would be more than welcome. Im trying to future-proof this system, w/ the options for upgrading the weak video card, overclocking the cpu and such. If you think its good a simple post to let me know im doing it right would be great. Thanks for your time.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827106075

$28 - I want a dvd burner....so this was the cheapest.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811119106
COOLER MASTER Centurion 534

$50 - Cheap case for the two 120 mm fans and space it provides, good reputation.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822144416
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2000JS 200GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA

$55 - 200 gig hdd, only 4 bucks more than the 160 gig model

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130073
EVGA 256-P2-N550 -T2 GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

$90 - This was where I tried to save money the most. Would this be good enough to play wow on max settings in a crowded environment?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817153028
THERMALTAKE TR2 500W Power Supply

$60 - Cheap with a good rep, not sure what else to look for, 500w more than i should need.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820220144
Patriot eXtreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB)

$80 - Cheap and good looking memory.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128017
GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3

$100 - Has a good reputation for stable overclocking, something i want to look into.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819115013
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Allendale 1.8GHz

$117 - Cheap and overclockable

 

[kitchenshark]

Looks pretty good from what I can see. I have no experience with the Thermaltake PSU's though. Maybe look at an FSP/Fortron Source. I've got one of those and it does well.

The 7600GT is good, but not superhuman. I would expect okay frames out of it on med-high.

 

[spark29]

I have no idea what im doing with the psu, just going by newegg rep and cheapness. The vid card im hoping will just do well with wow, and if i move to something else i can purchase another. Thanks for the input.

 

[miribus]

Psu is fine, video card is fine, it ultimately depends on your resolution.
WoW can be pretty but it's not so elaborate enough to require a hefty card.
Hell, I played on a Geforce 256... Yes, the 32mb original Geforce... granted with every setting down/off and was able to get framerates in the 20s on a Celeron 2g.

That being said, crowded in WoW is relative, Ironforge will still be a pain and performance in crowded areas have as much to do with connection/server and memory as does the video card.

Psu is more than enough, the 7600gt isn't all that hungry power wise.

 

[coldneutron]

I think you did a fine job selecting components for a budget gaming rig. The only other thing I can think of to save money would be go with AMD. You could save another $50+ on the cpu and mobo. Here's one option for cup + mobo for $113:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103733

 

[deathsycthehe11]

Well if you have a nearby computer hardware store, check if they have the 534 for the same price or lower. Picking up the case locally saves 16$ from shipping. As for all your parts I think all are good choices. All of them basically give the bang for the buck. I know you trying to cut the cost but I recommend getting either a 7900GS or 1950pro, but i think the 7600gt can handle wow quite well.

 

[VFighterX]

Lol, your specs are more than enough to run WoW or other online rpgs such as Guild Wars. I use a pentium 4 2.4 ghz with geforce FX 5200 and can run it at about med settings with ease. Though when I try to run new fps games problems arise.

 

[VFighterX]

Wait... you are going to overclock? You might need an aftermarket CPU cooler if you are going to overclock.

Oh and watch out for that ram. It's good ram, but the company might not honor their rebate. If you are afraid of that you can get this -

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231098

 

[spark29]

Thanks for all the input. So far it looks like this build would make me happy, but I think I'll switch the ram to vfighters suggestion. In regard to the overclocking, I heard that this cpu does well with just the stock hsf. Once I get more money I would look to buy a custom hsf and take the oc'ing one step further. Let me know if that's a good idea. Thanks guys.

 

[VFighterX]

Maybe should can try overclocking with the stock cpu cooler, then switch to an aftermarket one if it produces too much heat.