Buying a new computer!

[Intoxxicate]

Hey everyone. As you can see I'm new here, but I have been lurking around the forums for a long time now. I am looking to buy a new computer with around a 500.00 (Canadian dollar) budget. A friend of mine is selling his and the specs are:

Motherboard: AsusTek M3N78-VM nforce-720a chipset
Graphics:Asus Radeon 5770HD 1GB,DDR5 COPPER-CORE PCI-E
Ram: 3GB DDR2
CPU: AMD Phenom 8450 Triple core 2.1 GHZ
HD: 120GB
Monitor: Samsung 953BW 2ms 19' LCD Monitor (1400x900)
Mouse: Logitech MX-518 Optical Gaming Mouse

I am not a computer guy at all, and have little idea one how good any of this stuff is. I was just wondering if you guys (or gals) could give me some input on if this computer would run WoW smoothly and without trouble. I do not need it on ultra graphics or anything, just something that beats my current laptop

Thank you!

[vesseblah]

It's weak, will probably get around 20fps on medium/high settings with that small monitor.

Problem with those parts is that the computer is around 4 years old, and when you're buying any electric devices that old you have very high risk of something being at the end of it's lifetime.

[haxs101]

Terrible computer, first gen phenoms are terrible. The only thing good is the video card, and still then its, meh.

Look at this http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...eet+spot+build

[Deleted]

You'd be better off adding another 200-300 dollars to that and getting a prebuilt machine from somewhere like Newegg. You'll save more money ofcourse if you build it yourself, but the customer support that comes with a prebuilt machine atleast gives you that safety net if you're not feeling all that technical.

A system such as this http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16883229265 and coupled with

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16814131434.

Or you could try and salvage the card from your friends PC. But like others have said it's totally not worth the 500 dollars (Can).

[Intoxxicate]

Thanks a lot for the fast feedback! I really appreciate it. I have decided I'll hang on to my money and try and find a better setup.

I found this computer on Best Buy, it looks pretty nice for $500.00. I'll maybe just pick up an after-market graphics card.

Here's the specs:

Processor Type: AMD Athlon II X4 645
Processor Speed: 3.1 GHz
Processor Cores: 4
RAM: 4GB DDR3
Hard Drive Capacity: 1 TB
Optical Drive: 16X DVD+/-R/RW Drive
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE