My friend has a $400 budget, He mostly plays W.O.W and League. How will this build perform for him?

[BojastheGreat]

Here's the build on PC part picker. https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Bojasthegreat/saved/LRQGXL

I recommended waiting, but the laptop hes playing on is dying so he needs this out of necessity.

He's also not very tech savvy so he wont need to overclock anything. 

 

[You_are_a_cunt]

Decent for Warcraft (High-ish settings), no idea for League

[BojastheGreat]

1 minute ago, revsilverspine said:

Decent for Warcraft (High-ish settings), no idea for League

League isn't too intensive so if it can run wow it can run league

[You_are_a_cunt]

1 minute ago, BojastheGreat said:

League isn't too intensive so if it can run wow it can run league

A billion years ago when I still played League, it would run a potato but I've heard they changed stuff

[Glennieboyyy007]

i'm not sure if that psu is a time bom. eventhough you already have it (i think), you may want to look for a better one.

[BojastheGreat]

Just now, revsilverspine said:

A billion years ago when I still played League, it would run a potato but I've heard they changed stuff

Its still like that, they value availability over graphics. the more people that can play the more money they make on skins 

[Guest Kloaked]

I can tell you for sure that WoW will have stuttering out the ass with that CPU. I would get an i3 at minimum and work the budget around that.

[Archeval]

it'll be fine for those as they changed around league so that it could run on a wider range of machines while at the same time looking better for those who've been around a while as the map is basically a painted backdrop. not sure about PSU

[BojastheGreat]

1 minute ago, Glennieboyyy007 said:

i'm not sure if that psu is a time bom.

yeah, turns out it doesnt even have enough cables to run a graphics card so its out.

[BojastheGreat]

1 minute ago, Kloaked said:

I can tell you for sure that WoW will have stuttering out the ass with that CPU. I would get an i3 at minimum and work the budget around that.

cool, but will it be alright with a dual core?

also that processor is pretty beefy, does wow just not like AMD

[hconverse02]

Yup

[NTDaws]

I would buy this

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fgWNBP
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fgWNBP/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.33 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($24.38 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 500GB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($39.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-05 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($31.49 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $347.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-17 12:51 EST-0500

 

And then get a used GTX 660 or something.

[Guest Kloaked]

Just now, BojastheGreat said:

cool, but will it be alright with a dual core?

 

Yes. AMD's IPC sucks, especially with that 4350.

[Glennieboyyy007]

1 minute ago, BojastheGreat said:

yeah, turns out it doesnt even have enough cables to run a graphics card so its out.

yeah, good idea. would be nice to have that gpu running.

if you want to find a good psu, check this and look for tier 3 or higher.

[onlybuilt4cubanxlinx]

Change the HDD to the 7200rpm WD Blue.

[TheTechnicalGeek]

This build is actually overkill for something like WOW or League of Legends because both the GPU and CPU Have High clock speeds and the memory for the GPU will allow you to play in ultra or high at least. If you aren't sure, check out http://www.game-debate.com/can-I-run/?EA They can check what parts can run certain games. 

[AdamBGames]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MVzqwV

I went and made a better list, the 1050 for those games will be fine so you can save some money and get a better CPU.

[Ashiella]

8 minutes ago, BojastheGreat said:

Here's the build on PC part picker. https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Bojasthegreat/saved/LRQGXL

I recommended waiting, but the laptop hes playing on is dying so he needs this out of necessity.

He's also not very tech savvy so he wont need to overclock anything. 

 

You could go used to save a buck or more performance per dollar, I would recommend a Kabylake pentium, 2c 4t as the single core is considerably higher, and I'm fairly certain those games don't use more than one core, so the dying socket with the already shit single threaded performance may make performance worse

[NTDaws]

and then maybe place a bid on this

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-560-Ti-N560GTX-Ti-Twin-Frozr-II-1GB-1GB-max-/222374354591

[Guest Kloaked]

Just now, TheTechnicalGeek said:

This build is actually overkill for something like WOW or League of Legends because both the GPU and CPU Have High clock speeds and the memory for the GPU will allow you to play in ultra or high at least. If you aren't sure, check out http://www.game-debate.com/can-I-run/?EA They can check what parts can run certain games. 

It's underpowered for both of those games, actually. Both of those games are more CPU bound and the 4350 is a terrible CPU today.

[NTDaws]

Get this rig man

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fgWNBP
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fgWNBP/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.33 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($24.38 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 500GB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($39.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-05 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($31.49 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $347.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-17 12:55 EST-0500

 

and then go on ebay or to your nearest seller on craigslist or something and buy a gtx 560 or 660

[BojastheGreat]

thanks guys

im working on a new list now

 

[TheTechnicalGeek]

3 minutes ago, Kloaked said:

It's underpowered for both of those games, actually. Both of those games are more CPU bound and the 4350 is a terrible CPU today.

Are you sure about that? It beats recommendations by 200%

http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=17114&game=League of Legends&p_make=AMD&p_deriv=FX-4350&gc_make=Nvidia&gc_deriv=GeForce+GTX+1050+Ti+4GB&ram=16&screenRes_width_FPS=1920&screenRes_height_FPS=1080&checkSubmit=#systemRequirements

[Guest Kloaked]

Just now, TheTechnicalGeek said:

Are you sure about that? It beats recommendations by 200%

http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=17114&game=League of Legends&p_make=AMD&p_deriv=FX-4350&gc_make=Nvidia&gc_deriv=GeForce+GTX+1050+Ti+4GB&ram=16&screenRes_width_FPS=1920&screenRes_height_FPS=1080&checkSubmit=#systemRequirements

I know this because I used to have one. I upgraded it to a 6300 and it was still bad for WoW.

[BojastheGreat]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FjrdJV

hows this