New PC, 2 x WoW

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11-29-2010, 08:13 PM
Bitzy

New PC, 2 x WoW
Hey all

My five year old pc is dying and I need to buy a new one. Hoping for some help here to decide what I need to get. =)

I run two WoW at the same time, only by alt+tabbing, no extra software for multiboxing and no extra screen.
At the same time I would like to be able to watch movies, listen to music, browsing the Internet and maybe play around a bit with graphic software, like photoimpact or photoshop... (+ things like MSN, Ventrilo, Antivirus, mouse/keyboard software and such)
I don't need the system to run on max settings when playing both accounts but I would like to be able to play on rather high settings when playing only one account in raids, bg and such... I am using screen resolution 1680x1050.

I have been looking around for some good setups but I feel so lost and I haven't really been able to get any help =/

I was thinking about i7 but that seems just way to expensive for me so I think that maybe i5 or AMD would be better...

Two systems I have tried to setup:

Antec Three Hundred
Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3
AMD Phenom2 X6 1090T 3,2GHz BE
2 x Corsair 4GB (1x4GB) 1333MHz XMS
Corsair VX 550W 80+
Sparkle GeForce GTX 460 1GB OC
500GB Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OEM
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus

Antec Three Hundred
Asus P7P55D-E PRO
Intel Core i5 760, 2.8GHz
Corsair 8GB (4x2048MB) 1600MHz XMS3
Corsair VX 550W 80+
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 1GB OC
500GB Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OEM
Noctua NH-U9B SE2

Some questions about the systems:
1. I have never overclocked anything, is it possible to do that as a total newbie without messing things up? Mainly thinking about the i5...
2. Memory. As you can see in the first setup there are 4 sticks - and in the second there are 2. Does it matter in the way of performance or anything else if I pick 2x4gig or 4x2gig? The price for the two different ones are about the same but I can ofc see that the MHz is different, is that a big deal when it comes to performance? Is it even possible that I can go for a total of 4gig memory without problem?
3. I have been reading that the cpu fan is a problem for both the AMD and i5 - as in loud and not that good to keep the cpu cool - so I guess I should get a replacement for that. I really don't know what to get but I have seen good reviews about both the fans above, so can I just go for the cheaper one..? :s
Don't know anything about motherboards, I just want one that will last for some years, I will not be using SLI so that doesn't matter, the above graphic card seems to be good for the price.
I will not build it myself, the shop will before they send it. Also, the above mentioned is all that my budget will handle - if I could I would like to get it down even more but I really don't see how...

I would be so happy if I could get some opinions about this because whenever I mention that I will be running 2 WoW on the system no one seems to be able to tell me what I need... I would like to get it asap since my pc is very unstable and Cata is just a week away =) Hopefully my spelling isn't too messed up, Swedish player here and I don't think I get everything right ^^

Thanks
11-29-2010, 08:55 PM
Teepeetop

you can easily run x2 wow on just about any pizza box they sell at best buy.
11-29-2010, 09:17 PM
Owltoid

What's your budget? I bought my computer about a year ago for $1,500 (specs listed below). Check out www.buyxg.com (where I bought mine)
11-29-2010, 09:45 PM
Bitzy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Teepeetop

you can easily run x2 wow on just about any pizza box they sell at best buy.

Well... I tried running 2 WoW on a 1 year old pc and that did not work at all - and I am sure that the pc was better than a pizza box, even though it's a year old. Don't know the spec of that pc atm but it was bought last christmas as a cheap gaming pc, took about 5 minutes to move from one side of Dalaran to the other (one char in Dalaran and the other in Thunder Bluff)
Anyway, that made me a bit scared... It works fine with one WoW running though... Anyway, it scared me when it comes to buying a new pc and that's why I would like some advice ^^

Quote:

Originally Posted by Owltoid

What's your budget? I bought my computer about a year ago for $1,500 (specs listed below). Check out www.buyxg.com (where I bought mine)

I live in Sweden so I am ordering from Sweden. Not 100% sure about the SEK -> USD but I think my budget would be something like $1,300
11-30-2010, 01:07 AM
MiRai

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bitzy

Well... I tried running 2 WoW on a 1 year old pc and that did not work at all - and I am sure that the pc was better than a pizza box, even though it's a year old. Don't know the spec of that pc atm but it was bought last christmas as a cheap gaming pc, took about 5 minutes to move from one side of Dalaran to the other (one char in Dalaran and the other in Thunder Bluff)
Anyway, that made me a bit scared... It works fine with one WoW running though... Anyway, it scared me when it comes to buying a new pc and that's why I would like some advice ^^

My Q9550 system is about to be 2 years old and doesn't have much of an issue running 5 instances at decent settings. If
you're running more than one WoW you can't be using heavy video settings. I'm not going to list out a new PC [someone
else might, though] because if you comb through the next 10 pages of this thread you'll see every 4 days someone is asking
for a new computer build. I'd suggest to look at the other threads and see what we've said time and time again about video
cards, CPUs, etc; then, decide on something and come back with a rough draft.