My friend has no PC parts at all, but they have a desk. Is this the absolute cheapest they can get into WoW? I looked at the Steam Deck, and that would be the cheapest when it’s refurb or on sale - for about $30 cheaper than this. However this would be “real” PC gaming WoW.
Anyone have better option?
| Item |
Source |
Price |
| Dell Optiplex |
Facebook Marketplace |
$40 |
| Radeon 580 8GB |
eBay |
$75 |
| 1 TB SSD |
Amazon |
$50 |
| Cheapest 1080 Monitor |
Amazon |
$61 |
| Cheapest Mechanical Keyboard |
Amazon |
$18 |
| UtechSmart MMO Gaming Mouse |
Amazon |
$34 |
| 16GB RAM |
Amazon |
$30 |
| Total Cost |
|
$308 |
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Without knowing which optiplex this is, I literally can’t tell you.
That MB and CPU is pretty important to know. Case, too, though I’d hope you’re not going to try and jam a full size GPU into a micro.
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Yeah, the CPU is a big factor.
But assuming it’s an ok CPU, yeah at 1080p it’ll be fine for starting off. Cities and Raiding may lag. But world content, Delves and most likely BGs/M+ will all be fine.
Out of curiosity, what Mechanical Keyboard did you find for $18? Cheapest I’m seeing on Amazon is like $35
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I wouldn’t mind knowing about the RAM, too, that’s a good price even for DDR4
As a side note, I personally vouch for the Utech mouse. Phenomenal quality for the price. It’s what I use.
The ram has to be ddr3 for the optiplex.
The CPU is an older gen i7.
Keyboard is called RK61 or something.
That explains it.
I don’t know that I’ve ever worked with an optiplex, but as long as you’re on 4th gen CPU (which it seems likely) you’re probably good to go. It won’t be running the game beautifully or anything, but for the price it’s good.
Yah I bet they can run it 1080/60 at lower graphics.
Is there a cheaper setup?
Probably not, tbh, you’re riding on that Facebook Marketplace deal pretty heavily it seems. You could definitely cut back on the SSD size, if you were so inclined.
(Technically you can run TWW on a HDD, too, but I don’t recommend it - as someone whose SSD is full and is running WoW on an HDD.)
Mine is actually a hybrid drive so theoretically I’m not harming its lifespan too much, but I still don’t recommend.
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