Build new computer from Old XPS 630

trish v

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I'm new to this, need new pc and thinking about rebuilding my xps.
I play WOW and Skyrim, have been having bad lag problem with wow.
will the following work and is it worth it or should I buy a pre built?
ASUS Z97A
Intel I5 4690
Nvidia GTX 760
Crucial Ballistix sport 8BF DDR3 1600mhz
WD Blue 1TB
XFX 550 Watt

I have always loved my XPS and want something that at the least performs the way it used to.

Thanks for any feedback
 
Its a pre-build that he already owns.

How much you looking to spend?

The best way to wake up that old xps is to add a 256gb - 512gb Solid State Drive to put your games on it. Your graphics card is not all that bad and WoW is not a very GPU demanding game.
 


I'm little bit confused because i googled "xps 630" and it shows some old dell pc so i will just wait for the OP's reply
 
it's from bits & pieces of pre builds that i've looked at. i actually purchased windows 7 64bit to do a complete install over the 32 bit vista that's on it hoping that would fix the problems but started researching rebuilds, if my original plan doesn't work then i wasted $100 on W7, don't know if i should install it or get a new motherboard and start from scratch
 
Whats your budged ?
Windows 7 is vastly superior to vista so it wasen't bad buy however windows 8.1 in some cases proves to have better performance in gaming and windows 10 is around the corner...
 
No , you shoud build a new system and install your win 7 .
I will make you a rig tomorrow so you can have a guideline but you can start
reading some builds for 800$ that are already solved in tomsharware
 
Well i'm not able to format this the right way so i will leave the link here http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vKLVZL
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[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vKLVZL) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vKLVZL/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
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**CPU** | [AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd6300wmhkbox) | $98.98 @ OutletPC 
**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2) | $28.75 @ OutletPC 
**Motherboard** | [Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a97r20) | $83.99 @ NCIX US 
**Memory** | [G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f312800cl9d8gbsr) | $74.98 @ Newegg 
**Storage** | [Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7te250bw) | $123.87 @ OutletPC 
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003) | $49.88 @ OutletPC 
**Video Card** | [Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100363l) | $261.99 @ SuperBiiz 
**Power Supply** | [Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx600m) | $53.99 @ NCIX US 
 | | **Total**
 | Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | $776.43