Upgrade Help for Legion

[Jolex]

Hello All,

I'm looking to build a new rig for legion and have already assembled what I would say is a decently good upgrade from my current setup.


But first to the Read Me questions:

Budget ~800 CAD (plus or minus 50 would be fine)
Resolution: 1080p
Games / Settings Desired: Mostly WoW (I'd like to play legion around settings 7-8 comfortably [i.e 50 fps +)
Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc) Nothing special
Country Canada
Parts that can be reused: Doubtful (I've included a list of my current components below
Do you need an OS? No
Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)? Nope I've got all i need


I do have a preference for an AMD CPU and a nVidia GPU





Current Setup

CPU: AMD Athlon II x4 640
Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P23(FX)
Memory:Patriot (sorry I don't have the speed) x 8GB
Storage: WD WD6400AAKS-657B2 600 GB
GPU: Zotac GTS 450
Case: Don't have the model number, its a Thermal Master
PSU: Cheap one came with the tower 500W [/B]



Upgrade




Component Selection Base Promo Shipping Tax Price Where
CPU

AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor
$134.99 $134.99


Motherboard

Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard
$104.99

Memory

Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
$44.98

Storage

Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
$53.86

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
$67.99

Video Card

EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card
$229.99

Case

Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case
$108.92


Power Supply

Corsair CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
$89.99


Total: $835.71

[Thunderball]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($149.99 @ Amazon Canada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($32.00 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($104.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($55.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Crucial MX200 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($271.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($81.83 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $876.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-08 12:30 EDT-0400

Reuse your HDD, if there are any problems with it, get this. I've included only Amazon.ca and Newegg.ca so you can probably save some money if you order elsewhere (click on the part to view prices from other vendors).

[Listat]

Dont get GTX 960 when you can have RX480 AIB in 1-2 weeks

[Jolex]

Thank you for the quick reply

Couple of questions

1) Why a Dual Core with HP over a hexacore?
1.a) Not that i think it will matter but I do usually have Skype and YT at the same time as wow

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Dont get GTX 960 when you can have RX480 AIB in 1-2 weeks

Unfortunately I have had really bad luck with AMD GPUs in the past i had two cards back to back be doa

[Thunderball]

Dont get GTX 960 when you can have RX480 AIB in 1-2 weeks

Still wont fit his budget.

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Thank you for the quick reply

Couple of questions

1) Why a Dual Core with HP over a hexacore?
1.a) Not that i think it will matter but I do usually have Skype and YT at the same time as wow

1) WoW is a CPU dependant game. Most games dont use that much cores and Intel single core performance is miles better. AMD unfortunately doesnt have any competitive CPUs right now.
2) Not a problem.

I updated the list in the post above, change the case.