- Jul 27, 2012
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Hello everybody 
, so a guy I know asked me to spec out a build for him to play WoW with some multiboxing action (which I had never heard of), and tho I've done a buch of upgrades/heavy rebuilds I didn't tell him I've never actually done a 100% scratch build before 
:lol: ... anyway, after reading up a bit here's what I've came up with (largely cribbed from threads here, thanks 
)
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 $115
Core i3-2120 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz $125
PowerColor AX7770 1GBD5-2DH Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition $130
COOLER MASTER Elite 311 RC-311B-RWN1 $45
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 $46
SeaSonic M12II 520 Bronze 520W 80 PLUS BRONZE $60
WD Caviar Blue 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache $65 & Intel 330 Series 60GB SSD $70
and a plain ol' dvd burner. $20
Total = 755 inc some fans & a few other odds n ends.
There's plenty of power there for what he wants, almost exactly double the benchmark scores a WoW multiboxing site recommends (E8400@3.00ghz, 4G ram, Geforce 9800, tho that article is from late '09), I just wanna make sure it's an ok balance & I've not made any obvious bad choices (this is v2, v1 was cpu heavy).
I'd *really*like to stay around this current price (tho I gave him a ballpark of a grand) since he's a single parent who's just got back to work & I don't wanna overload him, I figure (something like) this'll do for now then if he's not happy with the performance (or just gets itchy feet) he can think about upgrading the cpu/gfx in a year or so when he's caught up with all the other stuff he wants to do.
Maybe change the case, I was gonna get some red led feet/fans & a red ccfl to trick it out a little but now I'm thinking if his kid's young having a bunch of bright/flashing lights might not be such a good idea... I'll prolly leave the case choice to him tbh. Also drop the ssd & just run the WD (I know it's only a few bucks for more a 500gig, I'll give him that option too), or ssd/hdd for a seagate hybrid drive ...? Maybe the psu's a little to powerful? I dunno ...
edit
he was talking* about a multi screen set up, I guess he'd need a better gfx card?
*tho he was also talking about multi cpu (maybe he meant multi core?) and sli configs too, so grain of salt and all that...
Approximate Purchase Date: unsure, I'm gonna say ~2 months
Parts Not Required: unsure, I'll check with him & see what he's already got
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: any american based site will do, I'm already at newegg, tigerdirect & frozencpu tho
Parts Preferences: no preference
Overclocking: Maybe for an upgrade in ~ a year
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe for an upgrade in ~ a year
, so a guy I know asked me to spec out a build for him to play WoW with some multiboxing action (which I had never heard of), and tho I've done a buch of upgrades/heavy rebuilds I didn't tell him I've never actually done a 100% scratch build before :lol: ... anyway, after reading up a bit here's what I've came up with (largely cribbed from threads here, thanks ) ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 $115
Core i3-2120 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz $125
PowerColor AX7770 1GBD5-2DH Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition $130
COOLER MASTER Elite 311 RC-311B-RWN1 $45
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 $46
SeaSonic M12II 520 Bronze 520W 80 PLUS BRONZE $60
WD Caviar Blue 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache $65 & Intel 330 Series 60GB SSD $70
and a plain ol' dvd burner. $20
Total = 755 inc some fans & a few other odds n ends.
There's plenty of power there for what he wants, almost exactly double the benchmark scores a WoW multiboxing site recommends (E8400@3.00ghz, 4G ram, Geforce 9800, tho that article is from late '09), I just wanna make sure it's an ok balance & I've not made any obvious bad choices (this is v2, v1 was cpu heavy).
I'd *really*like to stay around this current price (tho I gave him a ballpark of a grand) since he's a single parent who's just got back to work & I don't wanna overload him, I figure (something like) this'll do for now then if he's not happy with the performance (or just gets itchy feet) he can think about upgrading the cpu/gfx in a year or so when he's caught up with all the other stuff he wants to do.
Maybe change the case, I was gonna get some red led feet/fans & a red ccfl to trick it out a little but now I'm thinking if his kid's young having a bunch of bright/flashing lights might not be such a good idea... I'll prolly leave the case choice to him tbh. Also drop the ssd & just run the WD (I know it's only a few bucks for more a 500gig, I'll give him that option too), or ssd/hdd for a seagate hybrid drive ...? Maybe the psu's a little to powerful? I dunno ...
edit
he was talking* about a multi screen set up, I guess he'd need a better gfx card?
*tho he was also talking about multi cpu (maybe he meant multi core?) and sli configs too, so grain of salt and all that...
Approximate Purchase Date: unsure, I'm gonna say ~2 months
Parts Not Required: unsure, I'll check with him & see what he's already got
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: any american based site will do, I'm already at newegg, tigerdirect & frozencpu tho
Parts Preferences: no preference
Overclocking: Maybe for an upgrade in ~ a year
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe for an upgrade in ~ a year
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