Is this computer decent enough for good quality for Legion?

[KoolKidKaos]

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/qFPJM8
It's what I currently am trying out for someone else

They want it to be as close to 700 as possible

[Jtbrig7390]

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/qFPJM8
It's what I currently am trying out for someone else

They want it to be as close to 700 as possible

WoW is more CPU demanding then GPU. With that said ur build should be fine. I came up with this one early'er today because I was bored.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($32.46 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($36.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 460 2GB Video Card ($119.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Raidmax ATX-502WBG ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($31.30 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer ($15.88 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full 32/64-bit ($119.99 @ B&H)
Total: $711.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-26 22:55 EDT-0400

Here is the same build with a better video card.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($32.46 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($36.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 470 8GB NITRO+ Video Card ($240.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Raidmax ATX-502WBG ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($31.30 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer ($15.88 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full 32/64-bit ($119.99 @ B&H)
Total: $832.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-26 22:59 EDT-0400

If you don't need a OS you can save $120 on ether.

[Shadochi]

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/qFPJM8
It's what I currently am trying out for someone else

They want it to be as close to 700 as possible

Going for a Kinguin windows key will cost aroun $70 less, opening up the budget for an RX 480 or an SSD for MUCH faster load times (and 120GB is enough for WoW and OS only, everything else on HDD, tho I would recommend at least 240GB). A K(overclockable) CPU would be better, but there aren't any i3's out there and wow uses only 1 core, so the i3 is good with it's clock speed.

Other than that, everything is good.

[Jtbrig7390]

Going for a Kinguin windows key will cost aroun $70 less, opening up the budget for an RX 480 or an SSD for MUCH faster load times (and 120GB is enough for WoW and OS only, everything else on HDD, tho I would recommend at least 240GB). A K(overclockable) CPU would be better, but there aren't any i3's out there and wow uses only 1 core, so the i3 is good with it's clock speed.

Other than that, everything is good.

The bolded isn't true, WoW use's 2 cores.

[Shadochi]

WoW is more CPU demanding then GPU. With that said ur build should be fine. I came up with this one early'er today because I was bored.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($32.46 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($36.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 460 2GB Video Card ($119.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Raidmax ATX-502WBG ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($31.30 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer ($15.88 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full 32/64-bit ($119.99 @ B&H)
Total: $711.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-26 22:55 EDT-0400

If you don't need a OS you can save $120 on ether.

If it's for WoW only and he doesn't plan on overclocking the i3's 3.7ghz are better in theory. (not sure about IPC and cache)

Also this is a good build and going for a Kinguin windows key would open up the budget for an RX 480

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The bolded isn't true, WoW use's 2 cores.

My bad, still i3's are dual core CPUs, so still good for wow

[Jtbrig7390]

If it's for WoW only and he doesn't plan on overclocking the i3's 3.7ghz are better in theory. (not sure about IPC and cache)

Also this is a good build and going for a Kinguin windows key would open up the budget for an RX 480

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My bad, still i3's are dual core CPUs, so still good for wow

Quite true but if he plans to play anything else ever his CPU will be the bottleneck. With the current prices of the i3 Vs i5 IMO its better to get a low end GPU and grab a i5 over a i3 and a med end GPU.

But can't go wrong with ether.

Edit: Also my build lets him overclock if he needs/wants to.

[KoolKidKaos]

If it's for WoW only and he doesn't plan on overclocking the i3's 3.7ghz are better in theory. (not sure about IPC and cache)

Also this is a good build and going for a Kinguin windows key would open up the budget for an RX 480

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My bad, still i3's are dual core CPUs, so still good for wow

The digital Keys, how exactly do you use those in a fresh computer build?

[Kagthul]

The digital Keys, how exactly do you use those in a fresh computer build?

You put the key in when you install the OS, just like any other install.

i'd go with something like this on your budget: (i left the full price Windows, but you can swap that out to save more money)

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/bdfgbj
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/bdfgbj/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($53.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($32.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GAMING Video Card ($249.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Raidmax Vortex ATX Mid Tower Case ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($43.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($92.99 @ B&H)
Total: $670.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-01 21:04 EDT-0400

What i changed and why:

I can see almost zero purpose to using H170 or B150 for a budget gaming rig.... ever. They are more expensive (almost twice as much or more) and offer..... RAID support and a few more USB ports, which you really dont need on a budget. So.. H110 motherboard, which is just fine for a budget build.

One RAM DIMM instead of 2x4. Because the H110 only has two slots, going with 1x8GB lets you have space to upgrade without throwing away perfectly good RAM. Despite how much hype it got, Dual-channel memory doesn't really increase performance in games and daily-driver tasks at all. You're losing nothing here.

GTX 1060 instead of that Radeon R9 380X... for the same price. I dont really feel i should have to explain this one. You could go with an RX 480 if you wanted.. though the 1060 is currently performing better across the board.

Dropped the Media Drive - unless you REALLY must have one, this is pointless. I haven't had one on a computer ive owned other than my HTPC in 10 years... and its only on the HTPC because its an older Mac Mini and the drive was standard. I haven't used it except to play a few old DVDs (which i could just as easily have found digitally) in 6+ years.

Swapped to a slightly cheaper PSU. There's nothing wrong with that XFX you had chosen (IIRC, its a Seasonic OEM, so its very good), but i was being budget concious and the EVGA is perfectly good and a little cheaper.

As for how many cores WoW runs on - lots. It has dozens of threads. But the nature of the game is that the primary thread (which issues Draw Calls to the GPU) can only run on one core, and the other two dozen threads can easily be handled by a second core (as they make up less than about 20-25% of what the game is doing) so an i3 is just about as good as an i7 at the same clock speeds would be (for WoW, at least). Theyre perfectly good for budget builds. Paying the 30+$ for the 200Mhz bump is not worth it, though. Just stick with the 6100.