Quote Originally Posted by 'Fursphere',index.php?page=Thread&postID=79118#pos t79118
If you're JUST playing WoW, you don't need a monster system. :)

Tigerdirect has a Geforce 8800GT for about $100. XFX brand. I bought one, its great.
The Core2Duo CPU is like $170 for a 2.66ghz one, and $190 for a 3ghz one.
That blows your budget right there.
I bought a Asus P5Q Pro mobo, and some DDR2 800 ram, dual channle (2GB) - that was another $200.

Then I realized my current PSU wasn't good enough, so I spent another $150 on that. (you can get one cheaper I'm sure).

What I'm saying is that for $300, you're not going to get very far.... I tired, and ended up spending like $650.

Remember, if you upgrade just one aspect of your system, you're gonig to bottleneck it.
QFT, this man knows wisdom!
don't need monster PC for WoW is true, but for anything else...

example:
I have one of my old PC that runs WoW at 30fps on all high
but can't even show 720p videos =(
6yers old PC, don't even remember specs now.