The current system requirements are set for players to have what we consider to be a good experience with the game. We have updated our minimum system requirements to reflect that World of Warcraft will also run on a Hard Drive (HDD); however, note that players using an HDD may experience lower performance or quality of play depending on the performance of their drive.
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