Puppy build performance.

[Zethras]

Pretty simple question for those in the know, how well would the current Puppy Build run WoW?

My current system is really old and i’m looking to fully replace it, but my budget is pretty low, and looking around for all my options.

[Nuckels]

What is your budget and do you plan to raid?

[Zethras]

What is your budget and do you plan to raid?

Yes I plan to raid, and my budget is ~600 dollars.

[chazus]

I'd suggest filling out this info first:

Budget
Resolution
Games / Settings Desired
Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc)
Country
Parts that can be reused
Do you need an OS?
Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)?

In the meantime, here's a platform to work with. Maybe a nicer GPU, or different case.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($45.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($32.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($72.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.89 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($37.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($27.00)
Total: $507.82

[Nuckels]

Yes I plan to raid, and my budget is ~600 dollars.

My advice for you would be to hold on to your money till you can spent 750 dollars so you can get a Intel i5 cpu. As much as I hate to bash on a certain brand AMD cpu's are known for their poor performance in WoW. If WoW is your main game and you plan to raid 20man the framerate will be a serious annoyance. That being said a i3 can do the job so if you really don't wanna wait i'd look in to that.

And as I post this chazus drops a complete build for 507 dollars.

[Zethras]

My advice for you would be to hold on to your money till you can spent 750 dollars so you can get a Intel i5 cpu. As much as I hate to bash on a certain brand AMD cpu's are known for their poor performance in WoW. If WoW is your main game and you plan to raid 20man the framerate will be a serious annoyance.

Yeah, the biggest problem with my computer is that it's a mac (don’t crucify me) it was a gift from 7 years ago, and haven’t really needed to upgrade, it’s ran WoW at acceptable frames with acceptable levels of graphics settings, but when 7.0 dropped, my framerate just tanked to like, 10.

[Nuckels]

Yeah, the biggest problem with my computer is that it's a mac (don’t crucify me) it was a gift from 7 years ago, and haven’t really needed to upgrade, it’s ran WoW at acceptable frames with acceptable levels of graphics settings, but when 7.0 dropped, my framerate just tanked to like, 10.

What mac is it if I may ask?

[Thunderball]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($45.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($60.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 2GB OC Edition Video Card ($123.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($28.98 @ Newegg)
Other: Windows 10 - Kinguin.net ($28.00)
Total: $596.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-19 19:00 EDT-0400

[Zethras]

What mac is it if I may ask?

iMac (24-inch, Early 2009)
2.93 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 256 MB

[Nuckels]

iMac (24-inch, Early 2009)
2.93 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 256 MB

Ouch, well I see some nice builds posted above. I stand by my advice to save up for 750 dollars as you can get the full package so to say but I can imagine with legion coming out that waiting isn't really a option.

[Zethras]

Ouch, well I see some nice builds posted above. I stand by my advice to save up for 750 dollars as you can get the full package so to say but I can imagine with legion coming out that waiting isn't really a option.

I’m shocked at that it was able to run WoD as well as it did tbh.

[Thunderball]

I’m shocked at that it was able to run WoD as well as it did tbh.

C2D is still a pretty decent processor for the applications not optimized 4+ cores. And WoW doesnt really care much about GPU.

[Sanct]

If your budget is ~600, do yourself a favor and get an i5 and a 1060. I finished a microATX build for a friend of mine last week, and it beats WoW to death in raids @ 1080

[Nuckels]

C2D is still a pretty decent processor for the applications not optimized 4+ cores. And WoW doesnt really care much about GPU.

These days WoW uses the GPU more and more, that being said a nvidia card on WoW plays a lot nicer.

[Sanct]

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($45.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($32.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($72.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.89 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($37.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($27.00)
Total: $507.82

This is pretty much the exact build, just with the i5/1060. The 3gb 1060 is in stock pretty much everywhere atm.

[Thunderball]

These days WoW uses the GPU more and more, that being said a nvidia card on WoW plays a lot nicer.

Doesnt really use the GPU, uses videomemory.