I was going to get a solid dell gaming system however, discovered in Ireland there is very good PC builders and so I went with a custom build and I give to you my build 
Ryzen 3600 cpu ( could not for the life of me get 5000 one)
xfx rx5700xt triple 3 fan
corsair 110q quiet case, I like the classic simple look
1TB M.2 SSD
16GB ram 2x8GB
700 watt bequiet PSU
B450 Aurus Elite B450 Motherboard
And all this cost me with labour and parts
1080e
200 euro more than the dell I had my eye on
Looks decent for WoW and most other games at 1440P.
700W is a bit overkill, but i guess itâs good to have for future upgrading.
What about the RAM speed though? I hope it is at least 3200Mhz CL16.
Itâs a shame you could not get a 5600X though⌠that would be a big boost in WoW.
certainly is in this weird time when high-end cards are pulling 300-450w. 
Always best to future proof when it comes to PSU.
Just because you bought a 1000w PSU doesnât mean it will use that much power. Itâs always best to have some leeway with power reserves to use later on when upgrading.
Yeah, the 5600 is just out of stock right now and lot of queue waiting to get said processor. 3600 will do though for WoW at 1440p
I have that cpu and its perfect for what I do and whatever my son is doing on it. My specs are reasonable-
Aorus x570 elite mobo
Ryzen 5 3600 cpu
Arctic freezer34 esports CPU cooler
16gb corsair vengeance LPX 3200mhz CL16
Gigabyte GTX1660 super
Toshiba 1tb SATA ssd
Samsung 1tb HDD
So! I looked at the Dell machine and it has a properitary psu of 500 watts, I then looked around at different cards and their recommended wattage it was like 550 watts for the rtx2060 (base) thatâs before powering anything else, so to me it made sense to get a bigger PSU for future upgrading
The ram is indeed 3200, crucial ballistix
Go probably a 650w psu and youâre gucci - not a bad idea to have more watts available than what you need
I donât know if I mentioned but my as of now PC speccs
intel duo core 2 processor
8GB of ram 2x4GB
330 watt PSU
Gtx750 ti
No SSD
No wifi card
I am running WoW on a toaster
I feel your pain there, my old specs -
A gigabyte ga970a ud3p mobo
Fx8350 cpu
Arctic a30 CPU cooler
16gb ddr3 ram @1866mhz
Pny gt610 GPU
I was lucky to get 20fps most of the time
a pny? My gosh my friend, you have my condolences atleast my 750ti was a evga
Only thing I hate about Dell, is their use of non-standard parts so you canât just replace a PSU with another make but have to buy their parts.
Indeed lucky. That GT 610 is basically for office and some solitaire 
Than the FX CPU on top of that which is also like the worst choice for WoW (gaming).
Well, FX8350 wasnât that bad for WoW, it just needed a better graphics card really. Had a 970GTX with my old FX system.
And never went below 80-100fps on graphic setting 7 with BFA.
I suppose I also had a decent 990FX motherboard that was able to keep any FX built in turbo speed going and a AIO cooler. FX free fan and heatsink were rubbish what came with that CPU.
But FX8350 is pretty much getting near to being minimal spec for Shadowlands anyways, since FX8100 is the bare minimal.
Even first gen Ryzen is way better than those old Piledriver chips.
this is a common misunderstanding. the recommendations are for the graphics card plus the rest of the computer, plus they put some extra room in there just in case someone is using a more power hungry system or their power supply is a bit crap.
you can expect the rest of a typical gaming computer to pull about 100-150w while playing games. a typical 2060 will add about 165w to that. so as you can imagine, 550w is more than enough.
at the same time, top-end components can be very power hungry, particularly when overclocked. a 3080 or 3090 will happily slurp 400w on their own if you let them, which is more than many entire gaming computers. the spread in terms of power draw between a typical value gaming pc and a high-end enthusiast one is very wide right now.
I had no idea, this is really god to know, I appreciate it, the more you know aye
I recently built a new gaming PC which is high end. About the PSU thing, I always looked at it like this yes it would better to keep it at lower wattage but if you want to future proof and have the ability to do small upgrades going forwards having a higher rated one is worth the expense. I have on my last two machines always gone for a 1200w PSU usually modular cables and with a high-efficiency rating, some would say that is overkill but the way I looked at it was if I make a GPU or CPU update or RAM I have that PSU there to back up the extra draw if itâs needed.
Also, my new system has an Asus Thor 1200 which actually displays the wattage in use and itâs stayed relatively low on a draw at the moment itâs running at about 143W on the load it hits about 450-500W.
You can try Overclockers. Wider range.
If you have a 1200 watt PSU, am I correct in thinking that the machine does not access the full watts if itâs not needed? It only uses what is needed right?
Yes itâs 90 plus platinum on efficiency so the thing manages itâs draw from the transistors and onboard management. Takes what it needs and only kicks up more if I am gaming.
Correct, the PSU will only draw from the mains on what it needs. It is always best to have a PSU that isnât being run near to itâs capacity as it can wear out faster. So having 30-40% leeway of not using said power is a good place to go.
But getting too high is not wise either, itâs best to see how often youâre going to upgrade your computer and work out a balance between that. If youâre going to upgrade regularly then getting a high rated PSU is good as you can exclude that from the cost.
The PSUâs are usually good for 10/15 years depending on hour use, so it depends on how many times youâre going to upgrade during that time.
But getting a high wattage PSU wonât take it all on the mains so it only uses what the components inside calls for. All you have is a fair bit of leg room if you get something a bit more hungry for power later on down the line.