Salutations,

I have been lurking around these forums and the WoW Games/Gaming/Hardware forums for a few weeks, trying to learn about what I need.

My goals:

- Play WoW on ultra with great fps (in town, raids, bg's, etc).
- Great multitasking (WoW on one monitor and movies/streaming on another (to include watching others stream and possibly myself streaming))
- Fast converting (I convert many movies/shows from .avi/.mkv/etc to .mp4 to watch on my iPhone)
- Basic web browsing
- Photoshop
- Possible video processing, if I stream/make videos


I currently do all of the above, not at the same time, on my wife's iMac (Core i5-2400s @ 2.5Ghz, Radeon HD 6750M - 512MB, 4GB 1333 MHz ram). Playing WoW on this computer gets me 30fps in raids and 20fps in towns... on the lowest settings possible. If playing WoW, the computer cannot do anything else, it lags way too hard.


From what I have learned so far, Intel/Nvidia is the best setup for WoW; but I am still unsure what level CPU/Vid card I need for my interests. I am looking to buy in the next couple of weeks, can do pre-built or assemble myself (been a few years since I last built one), and trying to keep it under $1K.... ideally, $700-800 would be pimp. Please leave advice on what I need to look for (4, 6, 8 cores? MHz>cores? 8, 16, 32 GB ram? etc etc)

Thanks!!

Budget:
More specific use (what games, what programs):
Planned time until purchase:
Do you need an Operating System?:
Do you have any specific preferred components?:
Do you need a sound or wireless card?:
Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?:
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?:
Zip code/location? (Shipping costs):

E: Examples

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X9Pm7P
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FTRNBm


This post was edited by WWI on Nov 1 2014 04:02pm

Also looking for advice on what to look for in parts.

May as well wait for Cyber Monday (Dec 1st) for the best possible deals.

I have never found black friday/cyber monday deals any better except at microcenter

Iirc, based on last year, the majority of better sales are 1-2weeks prior to cyber monday, oddly enough. So I'd just keep an eye out for the next few weeks. I think the FX 8320 was $119 online like 3weeks before cyber monday and only $139 for actual cyber monday.

yeah the 2500k was $99 couple years ago around this time for a weekend at microcenter

This post was edited by yupitsmeh on Nov 2 2014 11:05am

I have no problem waiting. I will be out of town Thanksgiving week anyways, so buying before/after is perfectly fine.

What level CPU/Vid card should I be looking at though? How much RAM would I need for my requirements?

oh yeah i picked up a 2600k for 199 that year

for ram, 8gb is plenty.
cpu nowadays are GG, so intel 4670k, 4690k, or fx 8320e, 6300 any of those will do GFG justic
vid card, 970 would be the best thing to purchase in terms of price/perf.
otherwise anything around 270x/760+ will be fine too