New PC advice

[Candril]

Ok I am looking for a new PC for a little bit of Multiboxing use and mainly as a 2nd comp so me and my partner can play wow together, I am currently looking at a this PC http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/771743#productInformationSection and others like it with the 7050 nvidia G card/Mboard, is that an ok g card to handle wow? I know the processor / ram looks fine but no idea how bad/ good the card is, ty for any help :)

[pengwynman]

i don't know the exchange rate, i go by $$'s, but the specs on that comp look pretty underwhelming. The geforce 7 series is a couple years old now. 2.0 GHZ is also pretty slow for a dual core cpu in a desktop these days. i'd link you some other options, but i have to finish some stuff up at work so hopefully someone else will.

[wowphreak]

ends up being about $523
nifty thing yeh can do is go to google and type
£329.98 to dollars

If all yer gonna do is play on one wow or something else its fine. I would get more memory though

[Hor]

How do you feel about assembling your own pc? For that price, you could put together a decent PC yourself with a bit more oomph.

Just something I threw together on a Newegg Some of these have deals you can get when you bundle them together, this also doesn't include Windows. But, this would make a decent system for boxing imo. And it won't break the bank.

Qty. Image Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price $69.95 -$20.00 Instant $49.95 Update
http://c1.neweggimages.com/ProductImageCompressAll/13-131-299-05.jpg $129.99 -$10.00 Instant $119.99 Update
http://c1.neweggimages.com/ProductImageCompressAll/17-371-001-21.jpg $129.99 -$30.00 Instant $99.99 ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/javascript:Biz.WishList.Common.updateWishList%28%2 7WishListForm%27,%2717-371-001%27%29;')Update
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http://c1.neweggimages.com/ProductImageCompressAll/22-148-231-01.jpg $38.99 $38.99 ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/javascript:Biz.WishList.Common.updateWishList%28%2 7WishListForm%27,%2722-148-231%27%29;')Update
http://c1.neweggimages.com/ProductImageCompressAll/14-130-412-03.jpg Recertified: $109.99 $109.99 ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/javascript:Biz.WishList.Common.updateWishList%28%2 7WishListForm%27,%2714-130-412%27%29;')Update
http://c1.neweggimages.com/ProductImageCompressAll/20-220-348-01.jpg ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/javascript:Biz.WishList.Common.updateWishList%28%2 7WishListForm%27,%2720-220-348%27%29;')Patriot Viper 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1200 (PC2 9600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PVS22G9600ELKN - Retail ('http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220348')Model #:PVS22G9600ELKNItem #:N82E16820220348Return Policy: ('http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220348')Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy ('http://www.newegg.com/HelpInfo/ReturnPolicy.aspx#3')In StockMail-in Rebate ('http://images10.newegg.com/UploadFilesForNewegg/rebate/SH/Patriot26MIRsNov01Nov3008lt12US.pdf')

$78.99 $78.99 Subtotal: $687.89

[Smoooth]

That will be able to handle 1 wow at pretty high detail just fine. It will do fine for 2 wows with mid detail. With 4 or 5 you wont be able to go into cities or bg's without it freezing up. This is from my experience with a similar older computer.

[Hor]

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/11/04/what-hardware-should-i-buy-nov-2008/2

Here's something I found on Bit Tech, a nice article with various budgets in mind. And best yet, it lists price in both UK and US denominations.

[Tsunami]

as a second comp. it is fine, provided you add a third, fourth and fifth so you can 5 box. for running more than one instance of wow this comp. will suffer from many of the outdate components. plus the monitor included is very small, you will need to go to a 19" min. if you want to run 2 wow on this comp.

if you have the budget to pay for multiply wow accounts, than it would benefit you greatly to find the budget to get a more power comp. with a bigger monitor.