Oh, I absolutely agree that they were always overpriced. I’m just saying that when they first came out, they were the top of the line and cutting edge. Before they sold out to Dell.
Those days are long gone.
I bought one from newegg and just added additional ram and a better video card on it.
NZXT has a custom build service:
Go on YouTube, plug in the name of whatever company you’re considering plus the word review, and look for reviews from Gamer’s Nexus. They’ve reviewed machines from quite a few system builders and can give you an idea of how well they build, and what to look out for, where companies typically cut corners (no dual channel ram, low quality components, especially power supplies, bad cases, etc.)
Since I like spending other people’s money, here’s an NZXT build that should last a good while, just under your budget:
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I also have to include: if it’s your first build, you might have concern about problems, things not working, etc. Building your own PC used to be something only truly uber geeks did. Nothing worked, there was always some weird issues, everything took HOURS to work properly.
I did my first PC build for Legion and gave myself plenty of time to be patient with problems. I got all my parts from Newegg. Waited for everything to arrive, laid it all out on my workspace, put it all together, turned it on… and… everything worked fine! lol
Easiest thing I ever did, best decision I ever made. I built a SCREAMING, play-everything-at-Max system for well under $2k, when the same thing from anywhere else was basically $3k. And the best part, I was able to make slight upgrades when I felt like it.
Build your own. It’s SUPER easy and well worth the time. It’s basically like a Lego kit with 6 pieces. You just have to be a little more precise with those 6 pieces. 
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Oh yea, another thing… Their case is just… Awful.
I mean don’t get me wrong, they look nice, but the overall shape of one is just backwards, and getting them to open is just… Hell.
Ugh. Lovely. 
I’m guessing it’s to cut costs, but they are saving dollars to make cents.
Gamers Nexus took it apart. They took an old small-sized case from 20 years ago (literally) and just bolted extra junk on it that impeded the already insufficient airflow.
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Oh yea, and that too. 
Yep, that’s the reason it was only getting 40% of the performance. Because the case and the cooling were nowhere near sufficient for the hardware.
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I’d take a look at CyberPowerPC.
A pretty intuitive website with great deals that allows you to manually pick and choose what parts you want in your PC and they build and ship it out to you.
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wow great info on here…
Question: How do I find out what all my current specs are? Like the Memory, is it DDr4 or 5 and what speed? What Motherboard am I using? What processor intel or amd? I have always wondered how I find all that out as I don’t have any of the original docs.
Grab both CPU-Z and GPU-Z, it’ll tell you pretty much everything.
You can hit a pretty stable 4k120, but it pretty much requires upscaling and a 3080/4080//6950xt/7900xtx or better in most games
If you’re upscaling, it’s not 4k.
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Native 4k 120 you want a 4090 to have any chance of it being consistent.
Try clxgaming.com
It’s my personal favorite computer builders.
D E L L . . .
I’ll second this. They’re great. They always go above and beyond, consistently have sales going on and their support is top notch.
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If you want to go with a Quality Pre-Build Buy from Microcenter. Their Powerspec Line is extremely well made, with good components. Their warranty is great as is their customer service.
They have the PowerSpec G476 Gaming PC
- Intel Core i9 14900KF (2.4GHz) Processor
- 64GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Graphics Card
- 2TB NVMe SSD
- 2.5GbE LAN, 2x2 WiFi 6E (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.3
$4000.00
I don’t know how true this is anymore. It was certainly the case back in the Classic era but I think gaming in general just requires more dedicated hardware these days than it did back then, WoW included.
Especially if you want to run anything over 1080p, a monitor over 60Hz, or use Ray Tracing.
a 7800x3d will out-perform the i9 in WoW specifically, while using substantially less power and requiring a less cooling.
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