Budget build for WoW

[Azmos]

Evening...just got back into WoW...don't have a gaming PC right now just your run of the mill desktop for school and what not....In need of help with the build..would also like some room to upgrade in the future.



Budget- 500 to 600
Games / Settings Desired- WoW And D3 Highest possible for the budget that will allow me to raid...currently using a HP slimline and staying around 10-15fps outside of raids...ran LFR the other day and was around 9fps
Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc)- None
Country- US
Parts that can be reused- none
Do you need an OS?- no
Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)?- no I do not.

[Remilia]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4360 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($141.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill NS Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270X 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($178.98 @ Directron)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ Directron)
Total: $609.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-09 23:57 EST-0500

[Azmos]

What kind of performance would you guess I would get out of this build?

[azkhane]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4360 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($141.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill NS Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270X 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($178.98 @ Directron)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ Directron)
Total: $609.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-09 23:57 EST-0500

i think you had made a mistake, why using the h97 anniversary without a g3258? it cost aroung 5x - 70$ and with the anniversary board anyone can overclock just add a evo 212, a r9 280 and you will have a much better wow machine.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($68.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill NS Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB DUAL-X Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $574.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-10 00:24 EST-0500

[Saphyron]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant


CPU: Intel Core i3-4370 3.8GHz Dual-Core Processor ($159.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Vapor-X Video Card ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($42.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Thermaltake 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $601.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-10 00:35 EST-0500

Above build is also pretty good, the psu though is way too op for what you need

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What kind of performance would you guess I would get out of this build?

With his/hers, would not be able to play everything on ultra everywhere but you should be able to get a much smoother experience.

[Kagthul]

i think you had made a mistake, why using the h97 anniversary without a g3258? it cost aroung 5x - 70$ and with the anniversary board anyone can overclock just add a evo 212, a r9 280 and you will have a much better wow machine.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($68.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill NS Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB DUAL-X Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $574.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-10 00:24 EST-0500

I dont see a mistake, particularly. Overlocking simply does NOT give you that much extra performance (go look at Tom's and Anandtech's benchmarks, where often times a 400-800 Mhz overlock gives sub-5% performance gains) compared to the extra threads of the i3; if he were on a super-budget (sub 500$), sure, the G3258 is a great CPU, but you're literally saving him 30$ for no real-world performance gain at all (other than perhaps the slightly better GPU) but as he will also be using this machine as a daily-driver, the extra 2 threads in the i3 will be FAR more useful, as will the fact that i3 has about half a dozen multimedia instruction sets that have been removed from the Pentium-G line, which will make it much more snappy in daily use.

[Azmos]

Actually this will be strictly a gaming PC i will keep the slimline for school.