Super Budget System to Play WOW

[frenchsquared]

I would like to build a system for like $350 so my daughter can play wow.

I might have a power supply, need to check the basement.
I have monitor, mouse and keyboard.

Can, I get away with an I3 or should I look for a used I5 or and older I5 on sale.
An I5 is only $50 more. So if everything else is the same, seems I should get the I5.

I figure a used GPU of ebay. Maybe an old 8800 whatever you guys recommend.

I typically just go to newegg and get the top rated stuff. To go this cheap you really
have to know what you buying.

 

[Eximo]

I mean I ran WoW at 1366x768 on an AMD e350, barely more powerful then a ebook. I would just go out and get something like this and make it multi purpose:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-15-6-laptop-amd-a8-series-6gb-memory-500gb-hard-drive-black/2996026.p?id=1219567191659&skuId=2996026

 

[Elemential]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($78.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($49.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.23 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($41.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 250 2GB Core Edition Video Card ($70.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($22.99 @ Micro Center)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($91.69 @ NCIX US)
Total: $385.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-25 17:37 EDT-0400
This is as cheap as I can possibly go

 

[Eximo]

New desktop:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220689

Pretty good deal:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4DY2NN1645

 

[frenchsquared]

She has one like:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-15-6-laptop-intel-celeron-4gb-memory-500gb-hard-drive-black/7910008.p?id=1219304150404&skuId=7910008

But it has a hard time playing minecraft.
That intel card is crap. I think an SSD would make the computer
a lot more responsive but that wont help with gaming.

 

[frenchsquared]

nice work Elemential

I have never bought an AMD processor.
Price sure is nice.

 

[qwerty987123]

heres a 250 for about $40 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2579685/wts-barely-asus-250.html

 

[Eximo]

She has one like:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-15-6-laptop-intel-celeron-4gb-memory-500gb-hard-drive-black/7910008.p?id=1219304150404&skuId=7910008

But it has a hard time playing minecraft.
That intel card is crap. I think an SSD would make the computer
a lot more responsive but that wont help with gaming.

That pretty good deal link to Newegg.com has a quad core CPU with the equivalent to an r7-250 on the CPU.

Though that WTS add for $35+ is pretty good. If you used that along with the Athlon 860K build you would have a decent upgradeable machine as well.

 

[frenchsquared]

Thanks guys.
I am going to look over the AMD stuff.
Seems like a great solution.

I found a DVD drive, 10k 300GB hd and some fans I can use from an old build in the basement.
Unfortunately, I had already robbed the power supply. It had a 280w out of a Lenovo sitting in the case. Mobo and Processor are to old. Its a Q8200 and a P5DL/EPU that was a nice processor 7 years ago.