Cheapest Comp To Run WoW On?

[UVA Pride]

i used to play WoW and loved it but quit because my computer sucked and i was wanting to try and play again but was wondering whats the best comp for WoW thats cheap like 500-

 

[Baconater]

just make one urself
for $500 if u wanted a system to play wow with throw together something with like 500 gb hd, 4 gb ram, dual core, etc everything of mediocre quality and a radeon hd 5770 video card

u could prob play with like ~40 fps on high settings

 

[Adrian Ochoa]

get a dinosaur
ontopic: Intel Pentium® III 800 MHz or AMD Athlon 800 MHz
* 512 MB or more of RAM
* 32 MB 3D graphics card with Hardware Transform and Lighting, such as NVIDIA® GeForce™ 2 class card or above
* DirectX® 9.0c (included) and latest video drivers
* 6.0 GB available HD space
* 4x CD-ROM drive
* A 56k or better Internet connection

RECOMMENDED:
# Intel Pentium® IV 1.5 GHz or AMD XP 1500+ MHz
# 1024 MB RAM
# 64 MB 3D graphics card with Hardware Transform and Lighting, such as NVIDIA® GeForce™ FX 5700 class card or above

 

Seriously to be honest, nearly every computer on the market can run WoW. The reason why WoW has such low graphics is so nearly anyone can play the game.

 

[Baconater]

Seriously to be honest, nearly every computer on the market can run WoW. The reason why WoW has such low graphics is so nearly anyone can play the game.

pretty sure comfortable wow play was implied, in which case not many computers you'll snag at a shop will work for this

most computers from say futureshop or bestbuy (pre manufactured ones from dell, hp etc) will probably run wow at ~20 fps max because of their shitty GPU, not to mention these systems are usually stock meaning you can't upgrade the GPU because there is no space..

in any case to run wow comfortably nearly any pc will work yes, but to run it comfortably you will need a half decent graphics card (these start at like ~$120 in price) and then you can play on high settings etc

 

[LaMUsik]

Don't buy manufactured comp from future shop, best buy, etc...
Pay your local geek 50$ to put together a comp that'll cost you 350-500 and will run the game OK.

 

[UVA Pride]

thanks everyone i was just waiting to save like 500 bucks to buy a fancy comp from best buy p=

 

[UVA Pride]

Also is newegg a good place to buy the parts?

 

newegg is one of the best places on the internet to get computer parts. If you stalk it for a bit it's possible to get every part on sale, and save quite a bit and still make a very nice machine.