Easy PC's for WoW (and other games)

[Smitetor]

not super cheap from amazon but you can get cherry switch test samples

[Fagan]

IT'S ALIVE!


PC Tech Specs: (Price £1219.97 from Currys PCworld eBay store)
Type: MSI Aegis X-037EU Gaming PC
Operating system: Windows 10
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-6700K Processor, Quad-core, 4 GHz / 4.2 GHz (Turbo Boost), 8 MB cache
RAM: 16 GB DDR4
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (8 GB, GDDR5X)
Storage: 2 TB HDD, 7200 rpm, 256 GB SSD
Motherboard: Proprietary m-ITX Z170
Wireless: 802.11 ac
Ethernet: Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.1
USB: USB 3.1 Type-C x 1, USB 3.1 x 1, USB 3.0 x 7, USB 2.0 x 2
Video interface: HDMI x 2, DisplayPort x 4, DVI x 1
Audio interface: 3.5 mm jack x 1, OFC audio jack x 5
Other connections: WiFi antenna connectors x 2, S/PDIF x 1, Gaming device port (PS/2) x 1
Optical disc drive: DVD/RW
Expansion card slot: PCIe x 1
Sound: Nahimic 2 with Audio Boost 3
Mouse / trackpad: PS2 / wireless mouse
Keyboard: PS2 / wireless keyboard
Other features: Silent Storm Cooling 2 Pro, Killer DoubleShot Pro, Gaming centre
PSU: 80 Plus Silver (1U), 600 W


Monitor: (Price £399 from eBuyer)
Acer Predator Z271 27" Curved Monitor with G-Sync
1920 x 1080 Full HD
144Hz
27" Curved Design
HDMI & DisplayPort
NVIDIA G-Sync

Keyboard: (Price £110.99 from Amazon)
Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Ultra-fast RGB mechanical gaming keyboard
Romer-G mechanical switches
Up to 25 Percent faster actuation with increased durability
Intelligent RGB illumination for customisable lighting
Arx control integration via smart dock
Nine fully programmable G-keys

Most of the setup is now done, just need to do a few more adjustments to the monitor settings.
We're now able to run WoW at max everything and it takes moments to log in to Dalaran! The keyboard is very quiet compared to some of the mechanicals we tried at PCworld, it feels very nice and I'm pretty much comfortable with it already, just need to get used to the G keys near shift and stop pressing them by accident. The customisation of the lighting is epic, you can individually change the colour of every key, and it has many nuts presets like fire or a matrix effect, plus setting for various games highlighting the used keys.
The PC has an overclock button on the front which boosts the processor to 4.2 Ghz and also boosts the GPU which makes a noticeable difference (with a little more noise).

All in all two very happy campers here! Just need to try some BG's/Raids to really test it out.

[Vitki]

Excellent news...so...get some FFAs posted!

[Aleila]

weeee! Looks awesome! Hope we'll be seeing more of you both in game

[Mehetabel]

I'm liking this!

Most mornings I hit the login button, go make a coffee, go sit down and I'm more or less in time for my char to actually log in.

Today it took like 2 seconds!

Only one downside . . . *goes back to addon hell*

[Tsumecho]

Only one downside . . . *goes back to addon hell*

If you start up the old machine, copy the interface/addons and WTF folders, it will have all your addons and settings.

[Amazone]

It must be a super feeling that loading screens don't take forever!
And I love to see happy players!

And yes I make backups of the WTF and interface folders, saves loads of time!

[Mehetabel]

Only one downside . . . *goes back to addon hell*

If you start up the old machine, copy the interface/addons and WTF folders, it will have all your addons and settings.

I rather wanted to start with a clean slate . . . I had so many redundant or unsupported addons still floating about. My UI is fairly minimalist so it didn't actually take too long in the end, thankfully.

[Bipsie]

Only one downside . . . *goes back to addon hell*

If you start up the old machine, copy the interface/addons and WTF folders, it will have all your addons and settings.

I rather wanted to start with a clean slate . . . I had so many redundant or unsupported addons still floating about. My UI is fairly minimalist so it didn't actually take too long in the end, thankfully.

I usually do that too. I make a note of the essential addons and then do a clean install of those. My elvui didn't even take nearly as long to reinstall when I got my new PC too.

[Soraya]

Tell me you have 2!