Need advice

JLV2k5

JLV2k5

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I am building a system soon for gaming with a budget of around $1200 and do not need a monitor and am not overclocking this system. I primarily play World of Warcraft. Does anyone know what sort of components I should be shooting for to build a computer to play this game with nice rez and no lag? Thanks.

I hadn't done much thinking in respect to what game i will be playing.
Any advice will be appreciated, thanks.
 
The one in your sig looks fine? I run WoW at 1650x1080 at 60 FPS with everything useful maxed and 4x antialiasing (8x makes it unplayable :( CSAA plx), and if I have to raid I just tone down the settings a bit if it gets laggy. You'll have no problem, though I think the 320gb barracuda got discontinued.
 
The only thing I would change is the motherboard, I think you would be better off with a x38 chipset instead of the p35. But otherwise it's a screaming system.

The x38 chipsets support some of the newest standards, while the p35 board might be bio's upgradeable, or might not be depending on which board you get.

http://techreport.com/articles.x/13351
 
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P35 is fine for a budget builder, but the X38 is another great alternative if you wish for native 45nm support and PCI-E 2.0.
 
I heard the only real benefit of the X38 over the P35 is the additional PCIe slot and a few more USB ports. I do not plan on running two GPUs and would rather spend $100 on a nice mb than $200.
 
yea thats how i c it. I can either get a raptor or a more expensive motherboard, and since the motherboard won't really improve anything, raptor here i come.
 
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