Budget WoW Machine

[Pinscher]

You should play Warhammer Age of Reckoning instead of WoW. Thousand times better, doesn't take to much more than WoW to run. WaR is really the game that WoW wanted to be

Eh, that game is OK. I still got bored with it. Play Age of Conan, now that is a real game. Very immersive world with realistic looks instead of a bunch of cartoons running around. Age of Conan has a soundtrack and certain areas of the world are actually voice acted so you don't have to read stories every time you get a quest. If a person isn't voice acted, you read a conversation and get different responses to give. The stories of the game actually feel real and you can get into them. Combat is actually somewhat interactive instead of just mashing your combos. True, the game still has alot to work on but it is a far better game than WoW and War combined. There also aren't millions of quests where you have to go gather 15 boar feet and 10 rabbit ears.... LAME. Get some real quests that actually make sense and progress a story.

Edit: PC_Caveman, don't build a rig around WoW because it is years old and as you said, its not going to get more demanding for PCs but EVERYTHING else is. Why would you build a rig thats based around something thats years behind in quality. Thats just a waste of money

 

[PC_Caveman]

Lol again i did the beta and launch for that game as well and it looked a lot more promising than WoW, but they are still behind on their updates and doesn't look like they are going to do anything worthwhile with it any time soon?

Did you even get to 80 and do end game content in AoC? i got my necro to 80 in a few weeks and saw there was nothing to do and the end game items didn't improve much form the blue sets you got form epic kesh boss runs. AoC is one of the biggest letdowns since Vanguard, im astonished you still play it. I got two characters to max level in less time than it took me to get my first 60 in WoW. At least WAR was alil harder to level in.

 

[Druid]

Eh, that game is OK. I still got bored with it. Play Age of Conan, now that is a real game. Very immersive world with realistic looks instead of a bunch of cartoons running around. Age of Conan has a soundtrack and certain areas of the world are actually voice acted so you don't have to read stories every time you get a quest. If a person isn't voice acted, you read a conversation and get different responses to give. The stories of the game actually feel real and you can get into them. Combat is actually somewhat interactive instead of just mashing your combos. True, the game still has alot to work on but it is a far better game than WoW and War combined. There also aren't millions of quests where you have to go gather 15 boar feet and 10 rabbit ears.... LAME. Get some real quests that actually make sense and progress a story.

Edit: PC_Caveman, don't build a rig around WoW because it is years old and as you said, its not going to get more demanding for PCs but EVERYTHING else is. Why would you build a rig thats based around something thats years behind in quality. Thats just a waste of money

I don't mean to offend anybody, but with some wow people, it is all they do so that is the reasoning. It still sounds like a retarded idea to me though. They are just so confident that it is the best game ever and it is all they are ever going to need for at least a few more years.

 

[Pinscher]

Lol again i did the beta and launch for that game as well and it looked a lot more promising than WoW, but they are still behind on their updates and doesn't look like they are going to do anything worthwhile with it any time soon?

Did you even get to 80 and do end game content in AoC? i got my necro to 80 in a few weeks and saw there was nothing to do and the end game items didn't improve much form the blue sets you got form epic kesh boss runs. AoC is one of the biggest letdowns since Vanguard, im astonished you still play it. I got two characters to max level in less time than it took me to get my first 60 in WoW. At least WAR was alil harder to level in.

I haven't played it for awhile but I just started playing again. They have added some new content and they are working on DX10 which is supposed to be released really soon and they just opened a new area. I think they are in the works of adding alot of new armor too. I just like it because I actually can get into the stories of the game. I'm not too concerned about my items. As long as I can kill who I need to kill, I'm good. They just need to get a good marketing campaign going to get people to start playing it again so they can fund getting out those big updates that they need. It probably won't happen though unfortunately.

 

[philbar71]

eww wow, yuck. any ways just go with some thing cheap like this

Newegg.com - Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

Newegg.com - CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies

Newegg.com - MSI N9800GT 512M OC GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards or Newegg.com - ASUS EAH4830/HTDP/512MD3 Radeon HD 4830 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500AAJS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives

should be around $500 leaving 100 for case and dvd drive of choice.

 

[Tenenbaum]

Just something I threw together.

Newegg.com - Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases
Newegg.com - MSI R4670-2D512 Radeon HD 4670 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Plus RS-500-PCAR-A3 500W ATX12V V2.3 Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory
Newegg.com - ASUS P5Q SE PLUS LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards
Newegg.com - Intel Pentium E2180 Allendale 2.0GHz 1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops

387$ All together, leaves you room for a better power supply, and a DVD Drive, and possibly a better processor.

 

[PC_Caveman]

I haven't played it for awhile but I just started playing again. They have added some new content and they are working on DX10 which is supposed to be released really soon and they just opened a new area. I think they are in the works of adding alot of new armor too. I just like it because I actually can get into the stories of the game. I'm not too concerned about my items. As long as I can kill who I need to kill, I'm good. They just need to get a good marketing campaign going to get people to start playing it again so they can fund getting out those big updates that they need. It probably won't happen though unfortunately.

Yea but the content they added was for the lack of content for the mid to high mid levels, 40-50 and 60-70. They are still lacking on stuff to do end game, especially after killing PvP. It had many promising features but they seemed to all fall apart.

I don't mean to offend anybody, but with some wow people, it is all they do so that is the reasoning. It still sounds like a retarded idea to me though. They are just so confident that it is the best game ever and it is all they are ever going to need for at least a few more years.

Yea my lil brother is like that, im just getting back into it since there isn't anything better as of right now,and i'll have more money down the road for a new i7 build when D3 comes out.

 

[Pinscher]

Yea my lil brother is like that, im just getting back into it since there isn't anything better as of right now,and i'll have more money down the road for a new i7 build when D3 comes out.

I would just save your money until you can afford an i7 because if you buy this WoW system, you will waste that much money that you could have put towards an i7 rig. None of the stuff you want to buy is going to have any resale value so you might as well save until you can afford i7.

 

[zedman3d]

My 2 cents:

Newegg.com - Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops - $83
Newegg.com - BIOSTAR TForce TP43D2A7 LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards - $69 (AMIR)
Newegg.com - CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory - $25 (AMIR)
Newegg.com - Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases - $49
Newegg.com - Rosewill RP550V2-D-SL 550W ATX12V v2.01 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply - Power Supplies - $58
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives - $65
Newegg.com - LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - CD / DVD Burners - $20
Newegg.com - XFX PVT96OSDFH GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB 192-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards - $78

Approximately $447 using Mail in Rebates.

 

[Hussein19891]

+1 for Zeds build

Zed add in a 9800 GTX+ or 4850 and you got a gaming system

Should still be under $500 which was his initial budget.