Hello my name is Josh. I am looking to build my own computer. The only game I will play is World of Warcraft, and will use the computer for web surfing typing up documents for college. I would like to run Wow on full settings (besides AA/AF) the whole softening the edges don't really matter to me, im more concerned on the other things. The game will be played on a 1280/1024 viewsonic monitor. There isn't really much I can salvage except mabe my 100gb hardrive, and my cd/dvd burner. I will only need the computer parts itself ex: case, mobo, cpu, os... Meaning I dont need input devices like keyboard and mouse, or a monitor. I would like to keep this build around 600-700 USD (I am a college student). Thanks again in advance.
I'm not a WoW player, and I don't know how much of an impact the recent expansion will have had on the graphical requirements but to play a relatively demanding game like COD4 at max settings at that resolution doesn't require a very powerful graphics card. so I'd suggest Core 2 Duo E5200 2x2GB Corsair XMS2 PC6400 RAM Gigabyte EP31-DS3L or EP35-DS3L motherboard nvidia Geforce 9600GSO graphics card Antec Earthwatts 380W PSU NZXT Alpha, Coolermaster Elite or Antec three hundred case 500GB Western Digital Caviar SE16 Hard drive
Ok I did change a one thing and that was the psu, I am not familiar with antec. Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146041 Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073 Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130362 Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004 Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184 Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128334 Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072 Operating System: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488 All of that puts me just under the $600 USD mark after shipping with all the mail in rebates calculated. Is the processor going to be just fine? Is it powerful enough so my graphics card isn't acting all funky? I changed the psu to 550watt because I wasn't sure if the 450watt was going to be enough, because the card itself recomeded a 400-450 watt psu. If I am wrong please correct me.
The 380W Earthwatts would have been enough, but the 550W Corsair is an even better unit, it just costs more
Ya, with all the mail in rebates im still within the lower end of my budget. So you think everything should run just fine together? Like will the processor be able to handle the video card. Thanks again for your help. If so then I will have enough money by the time WOTLK comes out.
Yes that system should work fine. I use a similar system to that in my file server, but with an older graphics card and slightly slower CPU (E4300 and X1900XT)
