Hello, I’m looking at an entry level gaming PC with the following specs:
The specs are the following:
-CPU: I5 7500, 4 Cores, 4 Threads, Max Turbo Frequency: 3.80GHz (Kaby Lake)
-GPU: RX 550 2GB DDR5 (BRAND NEW) - better performance than the GT 1030 2GB GDDR5
-RAM: 16 GB DDR4
-SSD: 128 GB
-HDD: 500 GB
-Wi-Fi adaptor
-Activated Windows 10 Pro
Would this PC hold up okay in raids on low/med settings? Not expecting 100fps or anything flashy just want something that won’t drop to like <20FPS during raids ideally.
Priced at USD $215
Thanks peeps 
Which version of WoW are we talking about?
Retail WoW is about 100GB, so the drive is too small since it needs space for Windows too. You need 128GB free space, not total.
The CPU is 8 years old, so you wouldn’t run on medium settings, especially for raids.
The GPU doesn’t meet the requirements for Dragonflight and beyond (3GB+ is the requirement).
I’d look for something with a faster single-core thread rating, a larger SSD or NVMe, and a newer GPU.
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No offense OP but much like the above poster said this is not an entry level gaming PC. Its a 8yo+ system that should be considered “Condemned”
An example of an Entry Level Gaming System would be a
- i5-13600k/14600K or Ryzen 5700x/Ryzen 7700x
- RTX 3060
- 1TB SSD
- 16GB or 32GB Ram
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If you’re looking for an entry-level PC for gaming as a whole and not just WoW, take a gander at the requirements of all the games you play or wish to play, and use that as a starting point.
And of course, it’ll depend on the kinds of other games you play as well. But since your initial focus is raiding in WoW, I’d go with its recommended specs for your minimum, and adjust the graphic settings for a raid environment as necessary. The specs fall into a decent range that can work with most other games at decent FPS:
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