Computer Build for WoW

[Lxxs]

A new intel CPU is coming out sometime in q1 2011, if I recall, I would suggest waiting if you can. otherwise check out http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af150/The_FalconO6/CurrentLogicalPCBuyingGuide/Guide.png

Since WoW is more of a CPU based game, you can sub out a graphics card for a better CPU. I would suggest a 460/5850 for graphics card, and an i5 or higher for cpu

 

[gimik]

Thanks for replying Polasjaa, however i'm not computer savy and don't quite know what 460's/5850's etc are, so if you could provide links to where i could buy one, that would be awesome.

Do you think the video card is fine and just the CPU should be upgraded from Codename's build? Or should i upgrade both?

 

[xsilverdicex]

gimik: For 1 wow, CodenameG's build is good. Tho for several (+5), I'd recommend you to get a more powerful system.
I myself can have over 10 WoW with at least 25 fps (I've capped it at 25 ) with this build:
CM Storm Scout Midi Tower - 3 120mm fans standard + I've added 2 120mm
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
PowerColor Radeon HD 4890 1GB GDDR5
Chieftec Smart Series 550W PSU
Gigabyte GA-MA785GT-UD3H, Socket-AM3
Crucial DDR3 1333MHz 4GB KIT,
Hitachi Deskstar P7K1000 500GB, 7200RPM,

Even tho this build was the Lower High-End build like 1 year ago, it is still good. It costed like 8000 SEK , which was around 1100$. It would be around 800$ now, I suppose

Wow you run x10 World of warcrafts on such a low end system?

 

[theatristformallyknownasG]

Thanks everyone for the posts but all i need now is links to good video cards that will keep the current price under $800, Look @ post #76 for current parts. Codename says to just upgrade video card and i should be good with his build.

Don't get a GTX460, this card sucks for WoW, many forum posts about it, I have brought one (before reading posts) and can hardly get 15fps on low detail sometimes. The cards and WoW don't play nicely

G

 

[DaveLovesHonda]

and run at about 1000 degrees... cause its made by EVGA... /QQ


as for Good parts for CPU and Video Card

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115067&cm_re=i5_760-_-19-115-067-_-Product - i5 760

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150505&cm_re=6850-_-14-150-505-_-Product - ATI 6850 by XFX Very nice Card.

 

[gimik]

I like Dave's recommendations, but do i really need a quad core? What are some Quad/Dual cores around 170-200$? And what are some video cards i can use for around 100-140$? I'll be using these other parts:


Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-4GBNT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138179http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138179
Newegg.com - hec HP585D 585W ATX12V Power Supply - No Power Cord - Power Supplies
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Elite 310 RC-310-RWN1-GP Black / Red SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

 

[nlr]

Is my rig sufficient if I upgrade the GPU and get a SSD? (Recommend me a GPU, SSD)

Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 Intel X38
Q6600 @ 3.4 GHZ
OCZ SLI-Ready Edition 4GB 1066MHz Dual Channel
Samsung SpinPoint 500GB SATAII Hard Drive 16MB Cache 7200 RPM
PowerColor HD 3870 XT X2 1GB GDDR3 256bit
Antec TruePower Quattro 850W Modular PSU

Don't get a GTX460, this card sucks for WoW, many forum posts about it, I have brought one (before reading posts) and can hardly get 15fps on low detail sometimes. The cards and WoW don't play nicely

Are you sure? as I was considering getting one of these as I have heard so much good things about the GTX 460

 

[gimik]

Please dont hijack my thread, once someone helps me with my last two parts, (CPU/Video card) you can use this thread for your own needs.

 

[akassaw]

Don't get a GTX460, this card sucks for WoW, many forum posts about it, I have brought one (before reading posts) and can hardly get 15fps on low detail sometimes. The cards and WoW don't play nicely

G

Well sir - I beg to differ. If you supply the card with enough power to run it properly you will not have these issues. 450W MINIMUM! Do yourself a favor and get a 600W if your running 1 card. No issues with a GTX460 here at all, 120 FPS on ultra detail no problems at all... EVER!!!!

I almost forgot to tell you to disable core parking in win. 7. For some reason I saw this on a forum a month or so ago and tired it and my fps jumped big time.

CUDA makes a big difference in my system being that wow is cpu intensive. Check to see if the cpu cooler is seated properly and look over everything for higher than average temps if you still have problems. I am OC'd from 3.2ghz to 3.6ghz with a thermallake cooler. No problem at all. I still use DDR2 ram in win 7 64 bit. Still at best I do believe wow only utilized 2 cores on any multi core processor. I could be wrong but thats what I am remembering.

 

[gimik]

I like Dave's recommendations, but do i really need a quad core? What are some Quad/Dual cores around 170-200$? And what are some video cards i can use for around 100-140$? I'll be using these other parts:


Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-4GBNT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138179http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138179
Newegg.com - hec HP585D 585W ATX12V Power Supply - No Power Cord - Power Supplies
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Elite 310 RC-310-RWN1-GP Black / Red SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Please help me out!

 

[gimik]

I like Dave's recommendations, but do i really need a quad core? What are some Quad/Dual cores around 170-200$? And what are some video cards i can use for around 100-140$? I'll be using these other parts:


Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-4GBNT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138179http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138179
Newegg.com - hec HP585D 585W ATX12V Power Supply - No Power Cord - Power Supplies
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Elite 310 RC-310-RWN1-GP Black / Red SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Please help me out!

 

[Lxxs]

I like Dave's recommendations, but do i really need a quad core? What are some Quad/Dual cores around 170-200$? And what are some video cards i can use for around 100-140$? I'll be using these other parts:

Yes, you really do.
Also please refer to the link that I posted if you want to build a computer. http://www.tinyurl.com/falconguide

460 - Newegg.com - MSI N460GTX CYCLONE 1GD5/OC GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
6850(instead of 5850) - Newegg.com - MSI R6850-PM2D1GD5 Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

 

[gimik]

Thanks for posting some video cards, but please try to make them within the price range i ask for, for the CPU between 170-200$ and the video card 100-140$

 

[gimik]

Thanks for posting some video cards, but please try to make them within the price range i ask for, for the CPU between 170-200$ and the video card 100-140$

Anyone? Bump.

 

[Lt.Leon]

Current Specs:
Video Card - NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

My god, you need to upgrade that

 

[Lt.Leon]

Anyone? Bump.

If you can spare and extra $30, this card can Max WoW's graphics and still have very little stress.

Newegg.com - Palit NE5TX460FHD79 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 768MB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

 

[gimik]

Yeah i know i need to upgrade a lot. That's why i'm going to be using Codename's build check post #91 (top of page 10) and those are the specs ima be using.

Yeah i'f i use all this video card + the ram/PSU/CPU/motherboard/case it will be perfect price. So this is prolly what i'm going to get:



CPU - Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X4 925 Deneb 2.8GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor HDX925WFGIBOX
Video Card - Newegg.com - Palit NE5TX460FHD79 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 768MB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
RAM - Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-4GBNT
Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138179http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138179
PSU - Newegg.com - hec HP585D 585W ATX12V Power Supply - No Power Cord - Power Supplies
Case - Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Elite 310 RC-310-RWN1-GP Black / Red SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

This comes to a total of ~505$. Can i get feedback on this build? Is it all compatible, is the PSU powerful enough? Etc just don't want to order everything then something won't work.

 

[gimik]

So if no one has any objections to the build in the post above this (#97) i'm going to order it soon.

 

[DaveLovesHonda]

OMG NO NOT A FERMI UNLESS YOU WANT YOUR COMP AT LIKE 100 DEGREES

man get an ATI Card

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-DL-D...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1291518929&sr=1-1

This. Please for the love of GOD dont get a fermi..

YouTube - The Misunderstanding - Presented by AMD

Watch this before buying a Fermi... Please...

 

[gimik]

Here is what the new build is when replacing the video card

CPU - Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X4 925 Deneb 2.8GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor HDX925WFGIBOX
Video Card - Amazon.com: Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 1 GB GDDR5 VGA/DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/Display Port PCI-Express Video Card 100315L: Electronics
RAM - Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-4GBNT
Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138179http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138179
PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171054
Case - Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Elite 310 RC-310-RWN1-GP Black / Red SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

This comes to a total of ~525$. Can i get feedback on this build? Is it all compatible, is the PSU powerful enough? Etc just don't want to order everything then something won't work.