1st build in 6 years

[stewysb119]

Ok so I am building my 1st system in 5 years. Yes I'm gaming on a 5 year old computer.

I play WOW, and am dying in 25 man raids. 2-7 FPS is ugly.

I have a great 19" monitor at 1280x1024. That is all the resolution I need.

I need help on a full build including a case, at $1000 or less ($750 would keep the wife from killing me). The only requirement is that I get 50-60 FPS in raids on WOW. I'm willing to do minor upgrades in a year or so. I do not want to overclock the system (That's probably the reason why my current system has made it so long).

Any ideas would be spectacular...

Thanks in advance

 

[Solariscs]

Hey there welcome to the forums! Since you are only playing WOW you can get a pretty inexpensive Graphics card that would still work great.

Cooler Master Centurion 5
Antec NeoHE 430
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6550 2.4GHz
GIGABYTE MB GA-P35-DS3L
STT DDR2-667 2GB (2x1GB)
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB
LG Electronics GSA-H62NK 18X SATA Super Multi DVD+/-RW
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950Pro 256MB

Something like could be had for around 715-720

Plus with that board you'll be able to swap out the CPU for the newer Intel 45nm chips.

If you have any questions about anything, msg me. AIM/Yahoo: Maximus9102

 

[Onus]

Looks good. I might choose a bigger PSU to leave a little more room for future upgrades. For a little less than the Antec, here's a 500W FSP:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104934

 

[Solariscs]

Yeah what jtt said

 

[aevm]

If the wife can see a $1000 bill and still not kill you, consider an X1950XT and (maybe) a Corsair 520HX. Good luck

 

[Dior]

Very similar to what Solariscs suggested, with just a few improvements/changes:


Centurion 534 $40
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119106
Gigabyte GA-P35-S3L $87
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128057
E6550 $169
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA24050&RSKU=BA24050
Super Talent 2GB $94
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820609026
EVGA 8800 GTS 320MB $260
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130082
Seagate 320GB $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140
LG 18X 28
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136119
Xclio Goodpower 500W $50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817189005

$808 Total after only $30 in rebates. Best bang for the buck in my opinion, there will not be any slowdowns in WoW at any point with this CPU/Memory/Video card combo, that's pretty much a guarantee.

If that's still too much for any reason, step down to an X1950XT, will be more than enough power for WoW, and you decrease the total price by $100.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102067

Good luck.

 

[Solariscs]

haha for 1000 he can get a GTS 320mb

 

[aevm]

Really? Yay!!!

 

[Kamrooz]

If you plan to go with the first setup..replace the x1950 pro with the x1950xt ^_^..it's 160 dollras from new egg...it has more pipelines and shaders...a better buy ^_^.