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    Coming back to WoW, new build

    So I have not played WoW, since the early parts of WoD. Figured I'd come back, but I no longer have a pc, but a 2017 MacBook Pro i7 (it does have discrete graphics, but I'd rather build a desktop). Here is what I came up with. I'd like to use an ultra wide 1440p monitor in conjunction with this, I'll probably also play Destiny 2 as well, so I may need to upgrade the gpu to a 1070ti.

    Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor
    Corsair - H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler[
    ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
    Corsair - Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory
    960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
    EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card
    Corsair - Crystal 570X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case
    SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Platinum 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
    Total Price $1408.58

    Thoughts? I can go up a few hundred dollars if need be.

  2. #2
    Quote Originally Posted by Illuman View Post
    So I have not played WoW, since the early parts of WoD. Figured I'd come back, but I no longer have a pc, but a 2017 MacBook Pro i7 (it does have discrete graphics, but I'd rather build a desktop). Here is what I came up with. I'd like to use an ultra wide 1440p monitor in conjunction with this, I'll probably also play Destiny 2 as well, so I may need to upgrade the gpu to a 1070ti.

    Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor
    Corsair - H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler[
    ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
    Corsair - Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory
    960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
    EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card
    Corsair - Crystal 570X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case
    SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Platinum 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
    Total Price $1408.58

    Thoughts? I can go up a few hundred dollars if need be.
    I would go with the I7 8700k and a pair of 3000Mhz ram instead and maybe skip the very expensive AiO cooler to a aircooler.

  3. #3
    Quote Originally Posted by Illuman View Post
    So I have not played WoW, since the early parts of WoD. Figured I'd come back, but I no longer have a pc, but a 2017 MacBook Pro i7 (it does have discrete graphics, but I'd rather build a desktop). Here is what I came up with. I'd like to use an ultra wide 1440p monitor in conjunction with this, I'll probably also play Destiny 2 as well, so I may need to upgrade the gpu to a 1070ti.

    Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor
    Corsair - H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler[
    ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
    Corsair - Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory
    960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
    EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card
    Corsair - Crystal 570X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case
    SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Platinum 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
    Total Price $1408.58

    Thoughts? I can go up a few hundred dollars if need be.
    I'd swap the 8400 for the unlocked 8600K and switch to a good air cooler (AIO water cooling isnt any more effective than a good air cooler) like the Cryorig H7 or something from Noctua or BeQuiet!.

    Get the faster RAM as long as it isnt too expensive (when i did my recent Coffee Lake build, DDR4-3000 was actually *cheaper* than 2400 or 2666). The gains are largely not noticable but you might as well.

    Otherwise, looks fine. You can max out Destiny 2 at 1080p with a GTX 1060 no problem.

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    I didn't realize this actually posted, as it originally gave me errors, so I made another post here https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads...-Build-for-WoW

    Lock this one up please.

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