looks like this is available on next day delivery:
Intel core i5 processor
8gb ram
2tb hdd
256gb ssd
Nvidia geforce gtx 1660
Does this seem like a reasonable set up to run BfA/Shadowlands?
Which i5 model is in there?. Other things seems reasonable (it would be good to have 16GB RAM and more SSD storage instead of HDD).
There’s several options on Amazon with 16GB, although I’ve never heard of some of them…
This one below is the same price:
PALICOMP Gaming PC INTEL Coffee Lake Core i7 8700 3.2Ghz - 4.6Ghz Turbo 6 Core - 16GB DDR4 2133Mhz RAM - 240GB SSD - 1TB Sata3 HDD - Windows 10 - INTEL HD Graphics - CAS1B
Or slightly more expensive:
CyberpowerPC Wyvern Gaming PC - Intel Core i5-9400F, Nvidia GTX 1660 6GB, 16GB RAM, 240GB SSD, 1TB HDD, 400W 80+ PSU, Wifi, Windows 10, Ttake J24
No dGPU it seems (really bad)
Seems reasonable.
Best value for the money would likely be Ryzen but that’s for the most part self-built systems or local integrators.
Yeah, agreed. Skip anything that has a system with on chip graphics in the cpu. Intel Graphics is poor. Second system is more like it as you have a 1660 so 1080p gaming is going to go okay and maybe 1440p as well.
Stick with either 9th Gen Intel or go Ryzen. I would avoid 10th gen like anything right now. The cpu’s are:
a) Run far too hot.
b) Power consumption is… Think of them like old FX processors, very hot, very hungry and serious watercooling is needed to get the Hyperthreading on without cpu throttling a lot.
9th Gen is fine still, 10th Gen is just not worth it for the gains you get with power requirements to run said processor. Intel has taken 14nm as far as it can go as it’s so in-efficient now.
For graphical level 7 on WoW, a i5 9th gen or Ryzen 5 2000 or 3000 series is good enough. 4000 series is out late September which will be 7nm+ and last CPU using AM4 socket.
If you want to stick with Intel, stick with 9th Gen. I would ignore 10th Gen for now. Wait until Intel moves on from 14nm and gets a bit more efficiency from their processors. The 14nm++++ is just, it’s not worth it at all. Too costly with what you need to add to it for cooling.
This is what i have
And yes, long loading screens but thats bout it ( 10-20 sec )
Ryzen+ (2000) isn’t really worth it over second gen (3000), unless on super tight budget - which is still a compromise on performance. The third gen Ryzen “late September” leak isn’t that certain as from silicon side they aren’t pushing it that quickly. It’s tempting to wait but waiting for many months has it downsides 
No guarantees that you may not have to wait that long for current stock to be delivered with the current situation, anyway…
I know, it’s just an option of refinements over the 3000 series as that’s what the 4000 will be. Actual Gen 3 is next year when 5000 series comes out which will be on AM5 boards. Seems Intel is moving onto DDR5 so makes sense for AMD to do the same in 2021.
But was saying that a 2000 series cpu is quite capable of playing WoW no problem and any other game you care to throw at it today.
Either a R5 3600 or a R7 3700 will do. R9 is just a bit overkill for the price. Sweet spot I would say is a 3700x right now but on a buget a R5 3600 will suffice.
Don’t mix generation numbering. Ryzen 4000 will be third gen with architecture changes but same node so the performance gains won’t be as large (yet may be important for some workloads or even if they just release some higher clock parts for that first stated ~25% increase). There likely will be bigger gap between Ryzen 5000 and 4000 than now as it’s a fresh node and a lot of peripheral changes - likely PCIe 5, DDR5, new socket, Infinity Architecture and alike. And you will have to pay a premium for that.
If it’s available in online-open warehouses/stores it can be shipped and it seems couriers are handling those packages with limited impact.
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