Hey everyone, I'm buying a new computer because I'm getting into raiding a lot more and I need to get off this macbook pro laptop so it stops lagging and just being plain bad in the raids and major cities. I have 2 possible set ups in mind right now. 1 of them goes over my budget by about 300 dollars but I want to post it anyway just to see what everyone thinks. Keep in mind I'm not looking for the best of the best as far as the computer goes. Just something that will run wow without lagging while in org and shrine and high populated areas. And something with good enough graphics to put them on high or ultra all the time and to perform well in raids. So my budget is $1,000 dollars, here are the two set ups i had in mind.
1). comes out to $949
Alienware X51
PROCESSOR 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-3330 (6M Cache, up to 3.0 GHz)
MEMORY 16GB (2 X 8GB) Dual Channel DDR3 up to 1600MHz
HARD DRIVE 1TB SATA 3Gb/s (7,200RPM) 32MB Cache
VIDEO CARD NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 640 1GB GDDR5
OPERATING SYSTEM Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English
POWER SUPPLY 240W External Power Supply
2). comes out to #1,249
Alienware X51
MEMORY 16GB (2 X 8GB) Dual Channel DDR3 up to 1600MHz
HARD DRIVE 1TB SATA 3Gb/s (7,200RPM) 32MB Cache
PROCESSOR 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-3330 (6M Cache, up to 3.0 GHz)
OPERATING SYSTEM Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English
VIDEO CARD NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 1.5GB GDDR5
POWER SUPPLY 330W External Power Supply
Those are the two set ups I'm looking at, Ideally I would like to stay in my budget with the first set up. I dont know much about computers but I want to just be able to have an enjoyable play experience while in WoW with not much lag and some good graphics. Any suggestions to post as well would be appreciated.
Thanks for any feedback!