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What should I upgrade?

Discussion in 'New Build and/or New Hardware' started by Shadolit, Nov 9, 2009.

  1. Shadolit

    Shadolit Junior Member

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    First of all, i am new to this forum so sorry if this is in the wrong forum. I was wondering what i would need to upgrade to help my computer play WoW (World of Warcraft) without using up most of my CPU usage. When i have WoW open it is at about 96%. Right now my computer specs are:

    AMD Athlon 64 3500+
    ASUSTeK Computer INC. A8N-SLI
    4 gigs of DDR memory
    Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
    (If you need anything else ask didn't know what else to put up :p)
     
    Shadolit, Nov 9, 2009
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  3. DirtyPolo

    DirtyPolo Inactive Staff Member

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    I will leave this to Dalo as he is an avid WOW player and also our Hardware Guru :p He should be around today sometime.

    Here are the basic requirements for World of Warcraft:

     
    DirtyPolo, Nov 10, 2009
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  4. Dalo Harkin

    Dalo Harkin Registered Members

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    ASUS - are there any others worth buying?
    CPU:
    Q6600 at 4.0Ghz per core (Watercooled)
    Memory:
    OCZ PC8500 4x1GB sticks
    Hard Drive:
    Samsung - all the way
    Graphics Card:
    XFX 260GTX rev 1
    Power Supply:
    Seasonic 600Watt
    Hi,

    To be honest the only thing that seems to be letting your PC down from playing WoW is the CPU, you really need a dual core, so if you are looking to just get it to run then just upgrade the CPU to a dual core
    There were plenty of socket 939 dual cores to choose from
     
    Dalo Harkin, Nov 10, 2009
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  5. Shadolit

    Shadolit Junior Member

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    Thanks for the info! Any idea suggestions on which dual core you think would be nice?
     
    Shadolit, Nov 10, 2009
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  6. Match

    Match Registered Members

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    Computer Brand or Motherboard:
    Abit AN52
    CPU:
    AMD Athlon dual core 5000+
    Memory:
    4 Gig Corsair
    Hard Drive:
    160 Gb Hitachi 500 Gb Western Digital
    Graphics Card:
    Radion XFX 4650
    Power Supply:
    550W EZcool
    thats a question on how deep your pockets are, so give us an idea of price range and we will have a look round for you ;) also if you have a prefered shop or site let us know that as well as we have members world wide who will look in various places :)
     
    Match, Nov 10, 2009
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  7. Dalo Harkin

    Dalo Harkin Registered Members

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    CPU:
    Q6600 at 4.0Ghz per core (Watercooled)
    Memory:
    OCZ PC8500 4x1GB sticks
    Hard Drive:
    Samsung - all the way
    Graphics Card:
    XFX 260GTX rev 1
    Power Supply:
    Seasonic 600Watt
    You probably wont have much of a choice more likely a lack of options, most major companies have stopped selling socket 939 CPUs and you may have to look on places like ebay
     
    Dalo Harkin, Nov 11, 2009
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