Budget gaming build around $700 for World of Warcraft

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for some guidance regarding a PC build—just the tower itself, mind you—that I plan to use primarily for playing World of Warcraft. My main goal is to run everything on ultra settings while maintaining a decent frame rate... ideally somewhere in the 60-70+ FPS range during 3v3 arena matches. I don't really participate in those massive 25+ player raids, which helps, I suppose. Is a budget of $4500-$1667 sufficient to meet these requirements, or should I be prepared to invest a bit more?

This setup is more than enough for ultra settings:
1 x Intel Core i7-series desktop (3.5GHz, 14MB, 95W, AM3+) box
1 x Patriot Signature DDR3 1600Mhz, 4GB, CL11
1 x MSI MAG series motherboard
1 x Seagate BarraCuda hard drive (3.5", 500GB, 32MB, SATA III-600)
1 x Samsung DVD drive SATA Bulk Black 24x
1 x Zalman Z3+, USB3.0 black
1 x Fortron Raider S 550W, 80+ SILVER
1 x LC POWER LC-CC-95, Socket 775/1155/1156/AMD
1 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX series 3GB DDR5 Graphics card total Black edition

Total: $1573
Assembly and shipping are on the house. If you're looking to maximize your budget, grab 8GB RAM and you'll be all set to go $1667.

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I guess Intel really struggles when it comes to titles like World of Warcraft, Skyrim, or StarCraft.

1 x ASUS Prime series motherboard, Socket : 1150, Intel H87 chipset, 2xDDR3 1333/1600
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 (3.10GHz,1MB,6MB,84 W,1150) Box
1 x DDR3 8GB (1x8GB) Crucial, 1600MHz CL11
1 x Seagate BarraCuda hard drive, 1TB, Serial ATA III, 7200 rpm, ST1000DM003
1 x EVGA Black Edition 80+ 450W PSU - EasyRail technology
1 x MS CONQUEROR gaming case without PSU, MBO: ATX, mATX
1 x LG GH24NS, DVD±RW, 24x DVD±R ,8x DL , 40x CD-R
1 x NVIDIA GeForce R9280, PCIe 3.0, 3072 MB, DDR5

$1661 Best Buy

How bad? 😕
All those builds were overkill for World of Warcraft before they were ever considered bad.

I guess I was being way too harsh on Intel 😉

http://anandtech.com/bench/product/699?vs=702

Anyway, yeah... this rig will definitely crush World of Warcraft, but I’m mostly talking about what makes more sense given the actual game selection and system requirements out there.

1 x MSI MAG series motherboard, AM3,AM3+, Intel 970, SB950, BUS 5200 MHz, DDR3
1 x Intel Core i7-series desktop 3.5GHz,14MB,95W,AM3+, FD6300WMHK
1 x DDR3 8GB (1x8GB) Crucial, 1600MHz CL11
1 x SILVERSTONE Strider 500W, Essential ST50F-ES AC 90-264V, 47/63Hz
1 x Samsung DVD drive, DVD±RW, 24x DVD±R ,8x DL , 40x CD-R
1 x Seagate BarraCuda hard drive 500GB, 7200rpm, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB, DT01ACA050
1 x ZALMAN CNPS 5X, Socket 775/1155/1156/AM2/AM2/AM3
1 x MSI ENDEAVOR gaming case without PSU, ATX, mATX
1 x NVIDIA GTX series, R9-270A-CDFC, Dual Fan edition 925 USD www.ebay.com

$1439
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this is more than enough for World of Warcraft

if you want to blow through all your $1667 then go this way:
1 x Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H, Socket : 1150, Intel B85 chipset, 4xDDR3 1600
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 (3.10GHz,1MB,6MB,84 W,1150) Box
1 x DDR3 8GB (1x8GB) Crucial, 1600MHz CL11
1 x EVGA Black Edition 450W PSU - EasyRail technology
1 x Samsung DVD drive, DVD±RW, 24x DVD±R ,8x DL , 40x CD-R
1 x Zalman ZM-T1 PLUS micro tower case. 189(W) x 427,5(H) x 364(D)mm
1 x ASUS R9280-DC2T-3GD5, NVIDIA GeForce, R9280, PCIe 3.0, 3072 MB, DDR5
1 x WD 1TB, Caviar Blue 10EZEX, 1000 GB, SATA3,64 MB, 3,5", 24mj

$1674

It looks like the MS CONQUEROR's product page actually lists USB 3.0 support, which puts it a step ahead of the ENDEAVOR

Timothy Kim60 said:At least that MS CONQUEROR model actually lists USB 3.0 on its spec sheet, unlike the ENDEAVOR.

It's all the same garbage. 😬

Thanks a million—I spent some time digging into what you all mentioned, weighing the pros and cons, so I'll likely have a decision made pretty soon. Thanks again for the solid advice 😁