Pc for World Of Warcraft - other games.

[Warlanoth]

Hello! i've recently been using Tomshardware a whole lot, found so many solutions to so many problems! but now i have one last problem, i would like to upgrade my gpu, but i would like for it to run wow, and numerous games for at least a year and a half or more hopefully. I know wow is very cpu heavy BUT with Warlords coming in, blizzard have stated that they will optimize it a bit better for gpu's.

My pc build is as following -
Cooler Master HAF 922 Midi Tower Black.
Corsair TX V2 650W PSU.
AMD FX-6100 6-Core Processor.
Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3, Socket-AM3+.
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 16GB CL9.
XFX Radeon HD 6950 1GB GDDR5 "Dual Fan".

theres a while yet for Warlords, so i was thinking of upgrading my cpu if it would not be able to handle it. Any suggestions to a gcard or an upgrade is welcome! - side note i'm getting a bigger psu as most gpu's i've been looking at recommend a 750 power supply.

Thanks in advance!

 

[dasulman]

you don't need 16GB of ram, you can save money by getting only 8GB.
with that spare money you can upgrade your GPU to something with a bit more meat to it.

 

[Vic 40]

The hd 6950 isn't that bad for WoW i thought?

What is your budget?

That psu is fine btw,no need to upgrade that one.

 

[Warlanoth]

you don't need 16GB of ram, you can save money by getting only 8GB.
with that spare money you can upgrade your GPU to something with a bit more meat to it.

this is my current build! not something i am GOING to build!

 

[Warlanoth]

The hd 6950 isn't that bad for WoW i thought?

What is your budget?

That psu is fine btw,no need to upgrade that one.

well atm in raid finder and stuff, i have around 20 fps if im lucky with everything low lol.. so i dont know if its faulty or not but yeah its time for a change.

 

[Tradesman1]

Do you have a budget?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Get a 6300.

 

[Warlanoth]

Do you have a budget?

Nope no budget, just would like a decent gcard that'll last for at least two years.

 

[Warlanoth]

Get a 6300.

6300 what?

 

[Tradesman1]

6300 CPU and I'd primarily look for a better GPU, a 6950 is rather long in the tooth, I'd look to 760, 770 anyway if if will fall in the budget, your current GPU rates around a 750 or so performance wise

 

[Warlanoth]

I was going to get a r9 280x or a toxic version, would that be an ok card to go with? also is my cpu that bad?

 

[Tradesman1]

A 280X would be fine, your CPU will prob suffice for now, if it's in the budget though a better CPU would help considerably also...as I mentioned though, the GPU would be my first choice to upgrade