Building Budget WoW Comp

[ktg0505]

I'm looking to build a new system. It doesn't have to be top of the line; all i play is WoW, however, I would like to be able to turn up all the settings with multiple addons and have no slowdown in major cities, etc. I built my first PC five years ago, so i have some experience, but I haven't really kept up with what's good so I'm looking for some suggestions.

This is what I threw together in a few minutes on NewEgg:

CPU:
Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5Ghz $73
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072

MoBo:
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3L $98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128372

RAM:
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166

GPU:
EVGA 01G-P3-N959-TR GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported $70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130395

HD:
Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s $50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136098

Case:
HEC 6K28BBX585 w/ 585w PSU $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811121004
(Kind of skeptical about case+psu for only 60 but it has a lot of high reviews)

OS:
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP3 for System Builders - OEM $90

Total: $496

I'm highly open to suggestions for changes for the better as long as it's around the same price or cheaper.

Thank you!

 

[bebopin64]

thatll run wow fine

 

[daisymtc]

I suggest change the video card to ATI 4830
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131129

 

[Backwoods166]

What monitor do you have? A 1g GPU is not really needed on normal sized single monitor setups. And the RAM wont OC as well. Just a heads up.

 

[ktg0505]

Yeah, I'm gonna switch to the 512mb card suggested. And I don't plan on OC'ing since i don't really know much about it.

Thanks for the replies.

 

[bebopin64]

4830 isnt really necassary for wow. its not that intensive, ran fine with an 8500gt at 1680x1050

 

[daisymtc]

4830 isnt really necassary for wow. its not that intensive, ran fine with an 8500gt at 1680x1050

You'd probably right, but for extra $20 to get a decent card, no harm at all.

 

[us11csalyer]

IDK what you plan on hooking up to that MOBO, but for mmorpg gaming your wasting money on the bells and whistles that come with that mobo.

 

[Aastii]

In all honesty, anything will play WoW, i used to play on a celeron D, 512MB RAM and a (i think) 5200 video card, may have been 6200, but still crappy.

I would get a cheap build but if it is possible, go wired to the internet and get:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833342001

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833342002

because they will hugely decreaese your lag in 25+ man raids or battlegrounds

 

[us11csalyer]

If the OP is anything like me he'll want a little more then what is needed for WOW. I usually have other apps running while playing EVE Online and I run three EVE online accounts at the same time. Not onlt that but I have a secondary 15" monitor that i use to write down data into Excel to calc income per hour from mining and what not. Sooo it really depends on how serious you are about making the most out of the game.

So really just aim a little higher on what is needed for max setting for wow and add ram accordingly. IDK if WOW is more gpu hungery then EVE Online, but my 1650pro plays three accounts, excel, and vent fine on 1280* ???? res. I can't recall my res and not home to tell you.