cheap WoW desktop

[Izzy90]

Hey everyone I had a few questions. I would like to play the game WoW but I'm going to build the pc myself( actually my father is building it for me) I need to know whwat parts of a computer I need to get in order to run the game. my budget is really really tight. about 400-500. I already have a 80g harddrive but I know I need a graphics card,ram, fan, and quite a few other things. can anyone please help me with this? I am really clueless about what to get. my os is windows xp. don't know if that matters or not. and it's an older computer it's a gateway, it originally had windows 98 on it. thanks.

[Joey]

What state do you live in or what country do you live in? In parts of the Western US there is a store called Fry's Electronics that has good prices on motherboard/CPU combos.

[izzy90]

I live in ohio. i just want to make sure it's a good deal. not go to some place and they rip me off. so does anyone have urls to items I can purchase for the Pc? $400-$500 max

[Joey]

Hi Izzy,

They don't have a Fry's where you live. Two good sites to go on to buy computer parts from when building a PC is NewEgg.com and Amazon.com. I have bought PC parts from both of them many times.

I went on NewEgg.com and put together the core of your computer. CPU, Motherboard, RAM and Graphics card for about $351. This system will play WoW VERY well. You will love it.

In the future, like 2-3 years when the newer, next generation games need more power the motherboard will allow you to add a faster CPU, graphics card and double the memory to 8 GB.

Here is a screen capture I took of the core of your computer I built for you
http://i31.tinypic.com/112csxj.png @ NewEgg.com

[Joey]

I forgot to add that I left over $100 for stuff like the case, power supply, DVD-rom, etc.

[izzy90]

wow you have been very very helpful I appreciate your time in doing that for me. I'm actually shocked response would come so quickly. it's always nice to know that there are people like you in this world that are willing to help. Thanks Joey.

[izzy90]

Hey sorry one more thing. my brother mentioned I would need a fan for it? what type is that?

[Joey]

You are welcome. Glad I could help.

Do not forget to tell your friends about this site :-)

Your brother is correct. The CPU does need a fan. Good thing is the exact CPU model # I chose for you (in the picture above) includes a fan and heat sink.

[izzy90]

Sweet thanks very much again. and I will be sure to pass this site on to friends.