Been gaming for YEARS on a 2012 MacBook pro & am FINALLY building my first gaming PC. What i wanted to know is do you think these specs will be enough to run WoW at 1920x1080 res on mostly “high” settings and still hold a steady 90-120 fps?? (That is my goal and pretty much all I need to be a happy gamer lol.)
i7-12,700K 3.6GHz 12-core CPU
32GB RAM (2x16gb)
1TB SSD
Geforce RTX 3070 GPU
In total with the case, motherboard & everything the cost for the build says $1,540
Will this build run the game at the criteria i mentioned above? ALSO, any suggestions or changes to the build you guys recommend?? It’s my first time so i’m trying to learn and do this the best way possible.
Thank you ! 
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You will achieve 90-120 FPS in WOW and most games with that set up, it’s very good
Would I make changes? Sure, more for personal reasons but not necessary
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Just out of curiosity what are those changes you would make ?? i’m trying to build some PC understanding/knowledge
also ty for reply
Sounds similar to my build that I completed in September, but my build has 2 M.2-2280 SSDs, one for the OS and the other for my games.
I have my graphics in the open world set to ultra or high and it nets me between 70 and 110 fps with a lot of tabs open in Chrome and Discord running.
The only place it doesn’t perform well is in central Valdrakken, where it drops to around 60.
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plan to move to a 1440p monitor
is the CPU & RAM a microcenter bundle? If so I would go with the 12600k and 16GB of ram. If not why not go with the 13600k?
Keep the GPU as a place holder and see what Nvidia has to offer with new 4XXX series GPUs this summer/fall otherwise maybe look at AMD GPU’s if you play other games than WoW.
Like I said, that’s me. Your set up is fine.
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same, actually I have my games on three other SSDs.
Yeah that sounds VERY solid then. I usually game with no tabs or browsers open, nothing but WoW. the FPS you said you get is definitely enough for me, also i heard the new main city is causing everyone’s FPS to dip even people with gtx 4000 series GPU’s . i think that’s just optimization
Optimization and the game is incredibly CPU dependent. GPU load on my 3070 is only around 30-40% in Valdrakken even though the fps suffers. Nothing we can do about it unfortunately, Just a part of the experience.
@op, that rig with the 3070 will absolutely achieve your target numbers as others have said, but make sure RT is turned off in game once you get your new rig. It adds next to nothing in this particular game but will bring your FPS down by a ton.
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RT is the “ray tracing shadows” right?? never had a pc that could even turn that on so i just wanna be sure 
and ok awesome then that’s def the setup i’m gonna go with! if it can get my target FPS i’ll be more than happy with it & honestly the $1,500 cost is realllly not that bad .
thank you for reply
Correct. RT is fun to play around with in some games, but in wow it’s pretty useless.
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i say that will work. bump up to 3080 if you really want to make sure… also budget a 120hz monitor
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Def. get a better display. It will matter more than a CPU or GPU class up or down
I would advise 13600K, 32GB RAM and GPU with at least 12GB as well.
Probably need to clarify that GPU VRAM - 3060/6700XT has 12GB but is going to be inferior to a 3070, 3070ti, or 3080 10GB. IN the case of the 3080, vastly inferior.
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This says otherwise.
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/hogwarts-legacy-benchmark-test-performance-analysis/6.html
Its terribly optimized game though.
You took note of GPU VRAM usage, but then what about the actual performance?
Usage:
Performance:
12gb 3060/6700XT aren’t performing better. The 3060 isn’t even getting 60fps at 1080p, and the 3080 gets almost 50% more performance than the 6700XT.
And Ray Tracing is even worse.
Yeah, but some cards with low VRAM struggling when higher settings and RT applied.
I wouldn’t go less than RTX 3080 12GB or RX 6800 XT for 2560x1440 now.
1440p Ray Tracing:
3080 10GB: 32fps
6800XT:…10fps.
Like I said, terribly optimized game. RX 7900 XT losing.
Won’t argue with that for sure. But this data does more to support my case than the opposite.
I will also agree with you that Nvidia should have put more than 8GB and 10GB on their higher end cards, but that’s a different discussion.