looking for advice on new PC that runs WOW well

[Behindew]

title sums it up. budget is between 1500-1800
was going to build my own, but apparently, parts are hard to find, so I'm going with a pre-build.

the computer I have now is 10 years old, graphics card phase in and out every 10 minutes. runs 25 fps wow on lowest settings on a good day. can hardly run youtube and wow at the same time without lagging out hard. i also edit a lot on sony vegas and need something that wont take 15 hours to render a 15 min video at 1080p. thanks for advice shoot at me.

 

[Anexa]

1500 - 1800 what? EUR? USD?

here's two examples that should go around that price

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2.

also check if you will get bottleneck'ed with the parts before buying any PC - https://pc-builds.com/calculator/

pretty much any PC handles WoW well btw

 

[fungchewuchi]

https://www.mmo-champion.com/content/1683-Build-of-the-Month
https://pcpartpicker.com/
excluding the physical clearance between the ram and cooling fan, the latter does a pretty good job keeping you compatible.
video cards are still shitty due to cryptomining and bot-buying-resellers. don't pay over retail, fuckem.

 

[Selaya]

dont buy prebuilt.
you dont need a 3080 or 6800 to run wow, go look for a used 1060-6gb or something and you'll be fine.

 

[Counsel]

Yeah I was gonna say that WoW isn't a huge graphical strain compared to other titles. If that's all you're playing and you're trying to save some $$$, older and cheaper graphics cards will be fine.

This channel might be helpful for you, he does a lot of benchmarks using WoW specifically. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVTvrgSgjmEruGyyTclpq2w

 

[Yayo]

I just built a new pc without issues /shrug. No reason to spend that much on a prebuild when you can put it together for much cheaper.

As mentioned before, you don’t need an incredible graphics card either to run retail just fine on high settings.

 

[Selaya]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7MrhJf
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wDWCVc
nevermind the gpu prices, you're supposed to buy one of those used

Edit: Looks like it cannot filter against the 4gb 580 specifically - do not buy that, get the 8gb one
Edit2: After looking at prices a bit, they're totally batshit crazy - in a pinch the 4gb ones will do fine (as would a 1060-3gb) - aim is to spend no more than $200 basically. Good Luck. (You'll need it.)

 

[Warglave]

No reason to spend that much on a prebuild when you can put it together for much cheaper.

The best reason for a prebuild is to get one of the new graphics cards along with it for about what you'd pay just trying to get the card itself. I dont think the other components are too bad on price nowadays, just the GPU and slightly CPU.

If you're not after the newest cards then absolutely build it yourself. A lot of sketchy shenanigans in prebuilt lately.

 

[Selaya]

id rather buy a gpu at 100% markup then get the parts i want (and end up somewhere in the same ballpark anyways)

the problem is people make prebuilts like they make mtg precons - half the parts in one are like, fucking intentionally bad
fuck, id fucking pay those guys $200 extra if they give me good board, psu memory and ssd instead of pure, distilled garbage

 

[Chops]

Just whatever you do, dont get an ibuypower prebuilt with one of their proprietary liquid cooling systems, or you’ll spend an afternoon frantically learning how to replace it with a regular heatsink and fan system.

 

[Loveto]

https://www.mmo-champion.com/content/1683-Build-of-the-Month

I bought a new PC for $2,000 in December similar to the Narwhal listed on fungchewuchi's link. Overpaid some for the labor and RTX 3070, but too lazy to build PCs these days. Similar parts to below should be near your budget. I bought it from a PC builder in New York, message me if you want their ebay name and website.

• MSI GeForce RTX 3070
  
• AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
• Lian Li Lancool case
  
• Asus TUF Gaming X570 mobo
  
• G.Skill 16GB 2X8 D4 3600
• IPSG 512GB NVME SSD
• NZXT Kraken X73 Cooler
• EVGA 750w power supply
• Windows 10 Pro

It replaced a 5 year old PC with i7-4790 and GTX 980. It blows the old PC out of the water.

I've been an Intel chip guy most of my life. The one time I had an AMD chip was 21 years ago. It ended up heating the house, it was giving off so much heat. I swore I wouldn't buy AMD again, but dang the reviews on the Ryzen were glowing. So gave the Ryzen a chance and it's pretty damn good.

 

[Selaya]

i wouldnt buy the 5800x, for multiple reasons
for once the pricing is totally retarded (50% more expensive than the 5600x but only like 35% more powerful)
for the other they're jamming way too many watts into it for no particular reason basically (up to 120 or 140w; it'd be like 3% slower on MT at 70w but a lot more economic)

but yeah

 

[Behindew]

thanks for all the info everyone.

 

[Greenmtnboy]

What did you end up doing?

 

[Behindew]

nvidia geforce rtx 3060 w/ i9 processor-10850k @3.6 ghz 32gb ram, tempered glass case, liquid cooling with duel corsair fans 750 gold standard power watt supply

 

[Counsel]

Nice dude, hope you didn't have to pay through the nose for that 3060, these prices are getting ridiculous. I paid $570 last February for a rtx 2070 super, now selling for 3x that.

 

[Behindew]

Nice dude, hope you didn't have to pay through the nose for that 3060, these prices are getting ridiculous. I paid $570 last February for a rtx 2070 super, now selling for 3x that.

computer was 2200 for everything. i think its a fair price. with all the additions including the gaming mouse, keyboard, head set, 32 inch monitor, it was all around 2700 i think, give or take.

 

[Selaya]

did you end up buying prebuilt, or build it yourself

also, whats your board psu and memory, and the size of the clc
(not that you can change anything anymore but yeah xd)