Recommend me a spec

[SMAndy]

Hi guys.

Recommend me a build please - not for me, but it needs to run WoW, thats about it. Also, cheap is good.

No peripherals required, but OS is. add the cost of W7HPx64 to anything you spec please.

I'm a gaming geek, but i don't play WoW, and thus don't know what it requires. I can see the minimum spec, but we all know it needs more than that.

Cheers all, hope to hear from you soon.

 

[Redmint]

Could you be a bit more specific on 'cheap' as to some that would be 350, others 500... Also what size/resolution monitor is it going to run on?

edit: 1st bash at a spec, I've gone for the GTS 250 as I seem to remember others saying WoW runs better on NVidia cards, you could save a bit of money by picking up a 2nd hand 9800 GT or something similar.

AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Palit GeForce GTS 250 Green 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £92.99
(£79.14) £92.99
(£79.14)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version) £89.99
(£76.59) £89.99
(£76.59)
Asus M4A78LT-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £57.99
(£49.35) £57.99
(£49.35)
Corsair Value Select 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Memory Module (VS2GB1333D3 G) £54.99
(£46.80) £54.99
(£46.80)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £41.99
(£35.74) £41.99
(£35.74)
OCZ StealthXStream 400w Silent Power Supply £32.99
(£28.08) £32.99
(£28.08)
Xigmatek Asgard Mid-Tower Case - Black £28.99
(£24.67) £28.99
(£24.67)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £438.23
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £78.53
Total : £527.26

 

[SMAndy]

Thanks for that. Probably similar to what I'd have gone for.... same cpu thats in my main PC.

Good choice on the PSU and graphics, overall a pretty decent sounding build. I'd be tempted to balance it a bit more by going for a dual core cpu, and a full set of dual channel RAM though. Other than that, very similar to what i'd have guessed at myself!