Upgrading my PC for World of Warcraft and VM's

[jupwijnen]

Hi all,

I would like to upgrade my PC so i can run World of Warcraft on Ultra and run some VM's for education purposes (Windows Server etc.). I think only my RAM and GPU should be replaced. but i don't really know where to start.

My specs:

Power supply: Antec Truepower 650
RAM: Corsair XMS3 DDR3 3x2 gb 1600MHz 1.65V (6GB RAM in total)
MOBO: ASUS rampage II GENE (supports up to DDR3)
CPU: I7 920 - 2.67GHz 4 Cores
GPU: Nvidia GTX 260

Thanks in advance!

 

[Tony_186]

I would upgrade the ram to 8gb and the gpu.
I would get a 1050ti

 

[jupwijnen]

I would upgrade the ram to 8gb and the gpu.
I would get a 1050ti

ASUS Cerberus GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Advanced Edition graphic card ?

 

[Tony_186]

It doesn't really matter what 1050ti just don't over pay it.

 

[Tony_186]

And the cerberus one should do.

 

[logainofhades]

WoW ultra, you need a whole new rig. That CPU is just a bit over the minimum requirements for BfA.

http://www.wowhead.com/news=281321/world-of-warcraft-battle-for-azeroth-system-requirements-for-windows-and-mac

 

[Tony_186]

For ultra you need like a 1000-1600 dollar rig and espacily with the GPU pricing.

 

[jupwijnen]

It doesn't really matter what 1050ti just don't over pay it.

Is this better then a GTX 970 4GB?

 

[Tony_186]

The 970 is much better.

 

[logainofhades]

The 970 is about even with a GTX 1060 3gb, so much better. Still not going to be doing ultra though. 1080p ultra is going to require at least a GTX 980/1060 6gb. Even then, that i7 920 is going to severely hold you back. WoW is still highly CPU dependent, despite Blizzard's efforts to increase GPU dependency. A gen 1 i5 750 is the minimum requirement, just to play. Your i7 920 really isn't any better, from an IPC standpoint, as it is a gen 1 i7.