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    Opinions on this build? (World of Warcraft)

    With a recent move and job change I decided to take a break from wow after raiding a little in seige of org, however I miss it like crazy and I am wanting to return when Warlords of Draenor releases. I feel that this historic return warrants a new build and stumbled across this build and it looked like a nice setup to me, however I am not an expert, so how well would this computer fair in the coming expansion. I will be trying to get back into raiding. This budget is around $600-650 without a case or operating system so any counter builds would need to be similar in price.

    CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($118.00 @ Amazon)
    Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($73.99 @ Newegg)
    Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($72.99 @ Amazon)
    Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
    Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.91 @ OutletPC)
    Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($172.98 @ Newegg)
    Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
    Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
    Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
    Other: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($21.00)
    Total: $650.83
    Last edited by timoteo; 2014-07-30 at 06:54 PM.

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    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

    CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
    CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($22.99 @ Micro Center)
    Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
    Memory: Kingston XMP Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($75.71 @ Amazon)
    Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)
    Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
    Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
    Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
    Total: $613.63
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-30 14:29 EDT-0400

    This build assume you overclock the CPU to 4GHz + which is really easy.

    If you're not open to overclocking then the following would be alright, mATX board. Make sure it fits whichever case otherwise just get the Z97, this way you could upgrade the CPU in the future if need be.

    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

    CPU: Intel Core i3-4350 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($147.98 @ SuperBiiz)
    Motherboard: ASRock H97M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($75.66 @ Newegg)
    Memory: Kingston XMP Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($75.71 @ Amazon)
    Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)
    Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
    Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
    Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
    Total: $654.30
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-30 14:38 EDT-0400

    If you don't have a lot of extra stuff you need storage for then you could just go with the 256GB SSD and add the HDD later on.

    For the first build (or Z97 motherboard) there are deals on RAM but they end today/tomorrow just so you're aware:

    G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133
    G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133
    Last edited by mmocca5d152c38; 2014-07-30 at 06:43 PM.

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    I assume that you took out AMD is because it does not run well with WoW?

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    Quote Originally Posted by timoteo View Post
    I assume that you took out AMD is because it does not run well with WoW?
    Yes Intel's offerings are simply better across the board.

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    What is the case you got? Would be nice which one you got so we can if the aftermarket cooler below fits. The following build is highly overclockable making wow almost as good as an i5 4690k overclocked. The catch or disadvantage is that its a 2 core so you can't multitask while gaming. It does tho offer you the future cpu upgrades when you can afford it. This includes current and the following gen cpu's. Its still better than the build you linked.

    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

    CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
    CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($22.99 @ Micro Center)
    Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
    Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($76.50 @ Newegg)
    Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)
    Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
    Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
    Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($57.98 @ SuperBiiz)
    Total: $652.41
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-30 15:00 EDT-0400


    For the sake of comparison the following is an i3 setup. No overclocks ofc from mobo or cpu but since it has hyperthreading it can give you the multitasking part. This compared to my first proposed when the first overclocked is weaker in gaming and doesn't offer you much as much upgradability meaning no unlocked cpu's. Still better than the amd up there:

    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

    CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
    Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)
    Memory: Kingston XMP Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($75.71 @ Amazon)
    Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)
    Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
    Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
    Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($57.98 @ SuperBiiz)
    Total: $648.63
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-30 14:55 EDT-0400
    Last edited by mmoc73263b3bd5; 2014-07-30 at 07:01 PM. Reason: fixed ram

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    What parts can you reuse from your current PC?

    A powersupply and case together with the HDD / SSD will save allot of money that you can then put into a better CPU and GPU.
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    LOL Notarget beat me to it

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    The A-Data RAM is actually $111 at Amazon not $73 as the build link shows.

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    What the hell, good catch, edited the build thanks man.

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