Budget laptop for casual WoW

[Deleted]

Hi all,

I would to ask about your suggestions for a cheap-ish laptop for "casual WoW".

What I mean by casual WoW: I already have a 1500€ desktop which runs WoW on ultra with no issues. But it starts to bother me that I can't do anything when I am away from home for some time. I don't need to raid on the laptop, I just want to have something I can do garrisons, farming, tanaan dailies, levelling alts and some 5-mans. Possibly LFR as well but I think I can live wih something like 15-20 fps in LFR if needed.

Regarding size,I would like to find something in the 13,6" category, but I get it that it is hard to find a good priceower ratio there, so I am perfectly fine to get a 15".

I would like to bring the budget as low as possible (moving, setting up the new flat, wedding in etc) - any help will be really appreciated.

[Azurenys]

Would help if you mentioned preferred site for purchase or at least your country.

[alduron]

Pretty much anything, WoW doesn't demand much (intentionally).

[fixx]

Pretty much anything, WoW doesn't demand much (intentionally).

Unless you want more than 3fps in LFR at lowest settings.

[Deleted]

Would help if you mentioned preferred site for purchase or at least your country.

Thanks for mentioning, I completely forgot that thing. I am from Czech republic, which complicates thing a bit, since we do not use Euros.

But you can go here (shop I am going to buy the laptop in, EN version) https://www.alza.cz/notebooks/18842920.htm and have a look what is in store. Just divide the prices by 27 and you have the price in euros. I aim for 400-500 euros (11-13k CZK).

Thanks!

[fixx]

I Don't think it's possible. Raiding (even LFR) in WoW requires really strong gaming computer which means all cheap-ass laptops are out of the question and you need to be looking into 700-800€ price range.

[Master Guns]

I Don't think it's possible. Raiding (even LFR) in WoW requires really strong gaming computer which means all cheap-ass laptops are out of the question and you need to be looking into 700-800€ price range.

That's probably the dumbest thing I've ever heard anyone say in my entire life.

WoW runs at 20-25 fps on my 300 dollar notebook for college on medium settings.

[fixx]

That's probably the dumbest thing I've ever heard anyone say in my entire life.

WoW runs at 20-25 fps on my 300 dollar notebook for college on medium settings.

Including LFR? In WoD? I think you might be tad wrong and the one looking at a mirror for dumb comments.

[Deleted]

Could you mayve let me know what is most important for WoW? CPU/GPU/RAM

Would be great if I know whether to aim for 8GB RAM or better gpu etc...

[jcf190]

My 3 year old gaming laptop has no problems running wow on high (with shadows turned off). I've never had any issues raiding either. A mid-range laptop nowadays should have no issues whatsoever.

[Deleted]

My 3 year old gaming laptop has no problems running wow on high (with shadows turned off). I've never had any issues raiding either. A mid-range laptop nowadays should have no issues whatsoever.

The question is, what do you consider a midrange laptop...

[jcf190]

The question is, what do you consider a midrange laptop...

http://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming...95_51_162.html

The ones in the 800-900 dollar price range.

[Vash The Stampede]

http://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming...95_51_162.html

The ones in the 800-900 dollar price range.

That's a limited way of looking at laptops. In my opinion an i3 or higher with a dedicated GPU is mid range laptop. Why? cause i3's and i5's, and some i7's are dual core. Not much of a difference. Unless you get the Sager with the NVIDIA® GTX 950M [2GB], it's not a gaming laptop. Intel graphics is something any laptop gets.

To me this Acer $469 laptop is mid range, cause i5 with GTX 940M GPU.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834315016

Even this AMD laptop with A10 CPU + M240 GPU is pretty good mid range. The GPU is extremely low end but better than Intel graphics, plus you can even use the built in GPU from the A10 for hybrid graphics. You do this with Intel+Nvidia as well but when you switch to the weaker low power GPU you'll get better performance than the Intel+Nvidia setup. AMD for laptops isn't bad like it is on desktops with their CPUs.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...9SIA24G2NU4300

[Djuntas]

You are looking at atleast 500 dollars for any worth-while exsperience imo.

No, that Quad core celeron and Intel HD 4000 is not gonna work...

Aim for a good I5 and then squeeze inn a dedicated GPU. Maybe just 15 inch to keep price down etc.

[fixx]

Could you mayve let me know what is most important for WoW? CPU/GPU/RAM

Would be great if I know whether to aim for 8GB RAM or better gpu etc...

Basically you want i3 or i5 processor with four digit model number (no AMD) and you want discrete GPU (not Intel integrated GPU only). 4GB of RAM is fine but 8GB seems to be standard. EU selections for Intel based laptop with discrete graphics are slim and start usually from around 700€ although you might get lucky with previous year model.

[Master Guns]

The man said questing, and he doesn't need ultra settings.

You people are naive if you think ANY laptop can't run WoW on low settings. I have a 7 year old laptop with integrated graphics and a Pentium processor. It runs WoW just fine on low settings at about 20 FPS. And he also said he doesn't NEED LFR. He can do without it. Reading comprehension FTW.

[fixx]

And he also said he doesn't NEED LFR. He can do without it. Reading comprehension FTW.

Seems like you're the one with some reading comprehension issues. This is what the OP wrote:
"Possibly LFR as well but I think I can live wih something like 15-20 fps in LFR if needed."
That puts pretty high hardware requirements on a laptop.

Seems like an apology would be appropriate about now?

[Vash The Stampede]

These might be good if I got the prices right.

https://www.alza.cz/lenovo-ideapad-z...k-d2417813.htm

https://www.alza.cz/lenovo-ideapad-g...k-d2288083.htm

[fixx]

These might be good if I got the prices right.

https://www.alza.cz/lenovo-ideapad-z...k-d2417813.htm

https://www.alza.cz/lenovo-ideapad-g...k-d2288083.htm

First one looks ok for WoW. Bit under 700€ with previous year's model with generation old CPU and GPU just like I said above. Second one is useless with AMD APU, not suitable at all for MMORPGs.

[Master Guns]

Seems like you're the one with some reading comprehension issues. This is what the OP wrote:
"Possibly LFR as well but I think I can live wih something like 15-20 fps in LFR if needed."
That puts pretty high hardware requirements on a laptop.

Seems like an apology would be appropriate about now?

Do you not know what the word possibly means lol?