Hello friends, I am trying to talk my buddy out of spending 2000 dollars on a prebuilt PC from best buy. I need help with the specs so i can build him a pc and save him money.

He doesn't play much games besides WoW, I've insisted multiple times that he doesnt need top of the line to play Wow with 100+ Fps ( I already understand this is stupid )

Description: Gaming

Budget: 2000-3000

More specific use (what games, what programs): WoW

Planned time until purchase: Now

Do you need an Operating System?: Yes.

Do you have any specific preferred components?: No

Do you need a sound or wireless card?: No

Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?: No Overclocking
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?: No

Zip code/location? (Shipping costs): CA

This post was edited by AlphaofAlphas on Nov 18 2019 08:12pm

I just posted a build for someone with a $1500 budget that would more than do that. lol

here's a link: https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=82035844&f=189&o=10

obviously remove the mouse, keyboard, speakers, and monitor.

He could change the case and fans if he wants. everything else is solid and would more than do what he needs it to.

should come out to a little over $1200 (depending on case and fans he chooses)

Also, if he changes the fans, make sure he chooses some with atleast 50cfm of displacement. idk if he cares about sound or not but anything below like 25db he's not gonna notice in a silent house.

if he wants the best pc he can get for $2k lmk and I can change everything around.

Thing is a 1500 build won't compete with a 2k+ build.
The gap in price with show the prebuilt on top in most cases but with shit tier parts.

Here's something you can show him so he can compare part by part so he can see how much is being wasted...
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NCzp27

IF you convince him to go custom then comeback and we'll put something together for cheaper if he wants to.

The problem is he doesnt understand what he's buying. Basic consumer and has stubborn about stuff he doesnt know. So I'll show him this and if he doesnt wanna listen after I do a comparison then I'll just let him waste his money.

Basically my point. You can't fix stupid.