Current specs
CPU: i7 950 @ 3.07Ghz 3068 Mhz 4 cores
GPU: Radeon rx 470
RAM 8GB
OS: windows 10 64 bit
With 3 months to wait for classic i think its time to upgrade to handle 40 man raids. any recommendations guys with a budget of 1000-2000
Current specs
CPU: i7 950 @ 3.07Ghz 3068 Mhz 4 cores
GPU: Radeon rx 470
RAM 8GB
OS: windows 10 64 bit
With 3 months to wait for classic i think its time to upgrade to handle 40 man raids. any recommendations guys with a budget of 1000-2000
Yes, you would benefit greatly from an upgrade.
I once played WoW on an i5-750 (similar age to you 970) and am sure it would wave a white flag if used for BfA.
One thing to bear in mind, is that the next generation of Ryzen CPU’s are due to be released in the 3rd quarter of this year, so prices of higher end kit may take a hit about the same time Classic launches.
First thing: is your current machine home built or pre-built? If you built the machine, you may be able to get away without buying Window 10 agaun, by digitally attaching your licence to you Microsoft account.
With that said, if you’re looking to buy a whole machine, 2000 (€…?) should easily get you a capable machine; my recommendations would be to include:
i5- or i7- 7th generation (or better) CPU or Ryzen equivalent (2600 or 2700)
16GB RAM
nVidia 16xx series or AMD Vega 56 graphics card (just got one of these, myself)
An SSD system drive will also speed up game-play as it performs more like RAM; if your budget allows for an M.2 drive, even better.
Hope this gives you some start and I hope I haven’t confused you.
RX470 will be fine for Classic, so you can re-use it until there will be a bargain on a high-end GPU. Also within few days we will get official news on new AMD Ryzen CPUs, Navi GPUs as well as some Nvidia announcement.
From GPU now there is GTX 1660 and going higher used GTX 1080 Ti have good value. RTX cards need a price drop. AMD good value is RX 470 which you have. Sometimes Vega 54/64 are nicely priced but those likely will get superseded by Navi. Depends how much you want to optimize for price :]
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