What processor is better for world of warcraft 25 hc raiding

[Mtheadz]

Im wondering what would be the best CPU for World of Warcraft when raiding in 25 HC. I have a gtx 660 OC and 8gb ram my current cpu is an i5 2320 and i dont know what would be better when raiding and running youtube ect in the background. Whats better for this an i7 3770k or and i5 3570k

 

[AdmiralDonut]

Hi there!

Not being a WoW player I had to go see my friends who do play. They all seem to swear by the i5 3570K as WoW only utilizes two cores and no multi-threading, so you wouldn't see any performance increase over the i5 with an i7 unless you plan on doing a lot of other tasks like live streaming while you play.

Long answer short, buy the i5

EDIT: Actually to extend the answer a bit, if you have enough in the budget for an i7, then buy an i5 and use the leftover money to get another 8GB of RAM

 

[Danny Pereira]

Im using an i5 4670k and I can raid 25mans with ease to be honest. Like Admiral said, unless you're planning on doing a fair few other tasks while you play go for an i5. Also, personally for gaming I would say 8gb ram is enough. If you do have money left in your budget however and you don't already have one i'd strongly recommend an SSD.

 

[logainofhades]

If you do not have a P67 or z77 board, just keep the i5 you have. You are really not going to get much of an improvement to justify the cost.