First time builder - advice needed.

[evela]

Hello. As I've grown tired of my incredibly slow laptop, I've decided to build my own computer. Since I'm a first-timer, however, I need some advice.
Please note that this computer will be used mostly to play games. (World of Warcraft, to be excact).

Approximate Purchase Date: 1 month.


Budget Range: 600 - 800 *EURO* - I'm danish.


System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, browsing teh intarwebz.

Parts Not Required: Hard drive, disc drive. Might not need a case either, but I'm unsure if my old one will be good enough; http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-58498.html (this is a link to the computer btw; don't know which of the parts is the case. Lol.)


Preferred Website(s) for Parts: none.


Country of Origin: Denmark...?


Parts Preferences: I'd really prefer a sandybridge (i5-2500k) build, since they're kinda cheap compared to other CPUs in Denmark.

Overclocking: maybe, however not very likely.


SLI or Crossfire: no

Monitor Resolution: 1600x(whatever).

Additional Comments: none.

Thanks.

 

[boiler1990]

Your case should hold a MicroATX board, according to that website, so as long as you get a MicroATX board (also cheaper than ATX boards) it should work.

If you're not OCing, go with a cheaper version of the i5-2000 series like the 2400, and pair that with a MicroATX H67 motherboard.

RAM is pretty simple; get 4GB, Cas Latency 8, 1333-1600MHz. G.Skill, Kingston, Patriot are all good brands.

Get a good PSU from Seasonic/Corsair, Antec, PC Power and Cooling (dunno what's available there).

Depending on price, get something along the lines of a GTX 560 (NVidia) or 6850/6870 (AMD). You might be able to get away with a less powerful GPU since you're only gaming at 1600x900 (I'm guessing).


Here's another on-going thread about a WoW PC: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/308020-31-decent-world-warcraft