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System Name | ChaoticG8R / Lil'G8R |
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Processor | Intel i7-970 / Intel i7-4790K |
Motherboard | ASUS Sabertooth X58 / ASUS ROG Impact VII Z97 |
Cooling | Swiftech H220 AIO / Cooler Master Nepton 140XL |
Memory | Mushkin Enh. Radioactive 3x4GB DDR3 1600 / Corsair Vengeance 2x8GB DDR3 2133 |
Video Card(s) | 2 x EVGA GTX 680 4GB / Zotac AMP! GTX 980 |
Storage | 240GB Crucial M500 + RAID1 2x2TB WD BlackCaviar / Raid0 3x256 GB Crucial MX100 + 2TB WD BlackCaviar |
Display(s) | QNIX QX2710 @ 120hz + 2x Sceptre 20" |
Case | Cooler Master Storm Sniper Black Edition / Thermaltake Core V1 |
Power Supply | BFG LS1200 1250W / Corsair AX860i 860W |
Mouse | ROCCAT Kone XTD |
Keyboard | ROCCAT Ryos MK Pro |
Benchmark Scores | Runs daily @ 4.5Ghz; Runs stable @ 4.8Ghz; Max OC on air: 5.0Ghz |
I am putting together a gaming PC for a friend who only plays World of Warcraft. She does not play anything else, so please make your recommendations based on this information.
Based on the current build assembly, I have ~$300-375 to work with, so I gravitated towards the GTX770 and the R9 290 (Yea the price swing down there infrequently). Upon reviewing W1z's reviews (which are my gold standard), it actually looks like nVidia products actually generally outperform their nearby or sometimes better AMD/ATI cousins in World of Warcraft.
Thus, while I know in general benchmarks and all other games, the R9 290 is the better option in the price window, but if I'm looking at a machine for JUST World of Warcraft, should I just choose a very nice 770?
TIA everyone!!
(In advance, the reason I'm asking here is for possibly more real life experiences of the two specific models, or brands in general, especially since I do not know what kind of benchmark run W1z executes to achieve his values, or if it was patch dependent or something)
Based on the current build assembly, I have ~$300-375 to work with, so I gravitated towards the GTX770 and the R9 290 (Yea the price swing down there infrequently). Upon reviewing W1z's reviews (which are my gold standard), it actually looks like nVidia products actually generally outperform their nearby or sometimes better AMD/ATI cousins in World of Warcraft.
Thus, while I know in general benchmarks and all other games, the R9 290 is the better option in the price window, but if I'm looking at a machine for JUST World of Warcraft, should I just choose a very nice 770?
TIA everyone!!
(In advance, the reason I'm asking here is for possibly more real life experiences of the two specific models, or brands in general, especially since I do not know what kind of benchmark run W1z executes to achieve his values, or if it was patch dependent or something)