Looking for a low budget build.

[Deleted]

Hello. I'll go straight to the point. I have $500 (if it's really worth it I could add ~100).
I want to play WoW on ultra settings (without ultra shadows) while doing quests, achievements, exploring. I rarely do 25 man raids.
Also it would be great to run Skyrim and Dota2 on highest settings.

Oh, and I have 1080p monitor.

Thanks.

[Fluorescent0]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4330 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($132.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($32.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($32.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.66 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 1GB Video Card ($158.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $522.56
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-03 13:33 EST-0500)

Keep in mind this does not include an operating system.

[Cyrops]

I would go for Radeon myself:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4330 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($132.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($32.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($32.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.66 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card ($169.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $533.57
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-03 15:23 EST-0500)

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Not going to link you an entire build to make one change but I'd swap that XFX card (and the 1GB 650 for that matter) for this Asus 660:

Asus GeForce GTX 660 $170

[Cyrops]

Not going to link you an entire build to make one change but I'd swap that XFX card (and the 1GB 650 for that matter) for this Asus 660:

Asus GeForce GTX 660 $170

7870 is better than GTX660 :/

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7870 is better than GTX660 :/

Both will be good with Skyrim and WoW but the Asus cooling/fan setup is better than XFX's 1 fan card, this is what I'd pick but both are good performing cards.

Review of the Asus card

Some Skyrim comparisons

Nvidia is slightly ahead of AMD in WoW but then again both 7870 and 660 should do absolutely fine.

[Cyrops]

Both will be good with Skyrim and WoW but the Asus cooling/fan setup is better than XFX's 1 fan card, this is what I'd pick but both are good performing cards.

Bah I missed the one fan XFX, my bad but still the 7870 GPU is better in every aspect, according to this:

http://www.hwcompare.com/13302/gefor...adeon-hd-7870/

[Deleted]

yeah you can't really compare like that across different architectures. Benchmarks shows "wins" to both cards depending on the tiles, maybe slight favor towards 7870 but again 660 will be perfectly fine for either of those games OP plays.