Need a computer to run WoW. Help?

[Xl House lX]

Hey so some of you guys might remember that I made a post a little while back seeing if the $2000 rMBP with Intel Iris Pro would be good enough for WoW. Well, here is a followup post to that. I have decided to not go that route (for one, after some budgeting, it is quite a bit of money to throw down considering I already have a MBP, and for two I can get a Windows desktop to compliment my OS X laptop).

Anyways, so now I'm looking to get a desktop that can play WoW at 1080p@45-60fps. I would build my own, but I would prefer to buy something straight out because I am lazy. The only requirements I have is that it can run WoW at 1080p@45-60fps with medium to high settings.. My budget is anywhere between $800-$1200, but preferably on the lower end of that spectrum, and that budget is for just the tower itself, not including things like monitors, etc.

I've been looking around, and so far I've seen a labor day sale for an Alienware X51 for right at $1200 (or $1100 with only 8GB RAM), I've seen some ibuypower PC's right at $900-$1000. I also see a Dell XPS for $839.99.

And as long as I could get something that would allow me to upgrade parts in the future that would be awesome too. Please help me out computer champs. I wanna get back into the PC gaming world but without destroying my soul.

[barrsftw]

With that budget; the main things I would look for would be a GTX 760 gpu, and an intel i7-4770/4790 cpu if you can. I would also recommend any of the Corsair Liquid CPU coolers. If you get these three parts you could probably get an ibuypower prebuilt for probably 900-1000$ with stock everything else.

After a quick search this seems to fit what you're looking for:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883227505

Before I started building my own I always went with ibuypower. Never had any problems with them.

[chazus]

Moving this to the build/upgrade subforum

[Fuzzykins]

God please don't buy a prebuilt, especially an AlienWare.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($234.66 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($324.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1057.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-29 15:14 EDT-0400

[Kruncholyo]

Are AMD vid cards, even their 'high end' like the R9, just not good for WoW?

[Deleted]

This should cover you in any game, will do everything except raiding coffee.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($234.66 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 113.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($51.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($113.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($76.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.23 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($364.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1179.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-29 16:20 EDT-0400