Getting back into WoW - new PC

Games, Gaming & Hardware
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I’m looking to get back into WoW and, unfortunately, due to lockdown I’m struggling to find somewhere that I can pick up PC parts on short notice delivery.

I have found the below pre-built set-up. Is this good enough to run WoW on reasonably high settings for 5-mans and raiding too?

CPU and Memory:

Intel Core i59400 F processor.
Quad core processor.
Processor speed 2.9GHz with a burst speed of 4.1GHz.
8GB RAM.

Hard drive:

1TB HDD storage.
256GB SSD storage.
Hard drive speed 7200RPM.

Graphics:

Dedicated graphics.
Shared graphics.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 with 4GB memory GDDR4.

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If the price isn’t overblown then yes, it will work. I benchmarked i5-9400F not so long ago:

https://rk.edu.pl/en/ryzen-5-3500x-versus-i5-9400f-world-warcraft/

Try fitting WoW on the SSD there or add additional one. GTX 1650 is kind of basic but it will run fine if you don’t push the resolution or quality that much, the rest is in the CPU domain.

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It’s probably over priced for what it is, I can get it for about £650.

When you say it’ll run fine if I don’t push resolution or quality, do you mean I’ll still have to run it on fairly basic settings?

It runs on my current laptop but I have to have everything set pretty low and even then framerate gets slaughtered in any raid.

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1080p with mode 7 or lower if in some GPU demanding content possibly. It won’t be low or lowest but still some compromises may be needed.

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A 1650 is a really weak GPU to get in 2020.
For example, it can’t even run an old game like Witcher 3 at 60 FPS on high.
Of course WoW is not Witcher 3, but still, BfA and then Shadowlands are more demanding on the GPU than most people think.
You might not get 60 FPS while questing at settings 7 in new zones.
Raids will be CPU-limited anyways.

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Ryzen 5 3600//RTX 2060 (Super)//16GB DDR 3200 or 3600Mhz - start with those 3 & add in a case, mainboard, storage drive(s) & 500-550W (minimum) PSU… job done.

Should get you very decent 1080p/comfortable 1440p game play.

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