2 things, one thread, 2nd one is more techy but a lot of tech people play wow and post in this forum.
Thing#1.
My sisters PC which I built like... 5-6yrs ago lol, is having a problem. She deleted wow recently and didn't want to play no mo, but, as is the trend, she reinstalled like last night. Whenever she turns on an addon, she gets fatal errors or, upon every log in, her settings reset. Like chat bubbles reset, sometimes resolution, sometimes addon placement. Something is always wrong, that is, if she doesn't have the fatal error.
I tried deleting some folders running repairs, trying 1 addon at a time to find a conflict... nothing works. Friend said her ram probably went bad. He said he had a similar problem, new ram fixed it. I've been planning to reformat her pc, hoping it might fix it, but if she also needs ram and maybe a few upgrades... WHY NOT BUILD A NEW PC FOR HER RIGHT???
Thing#2 NEW PC FOR WOW
She doesn't do much more than play wow, TONS OF PHOTOSHOP, and upload videos etc to youtube im guessing she'll want to learn to edit them too... shes running dual monitor now, on a shitty pc by todays standards. Under 1000$ sounds pretty good, but my dumbass always goes overboard, and goes too far as far as specs go. I got to 800$ building this:
Newegg.com - Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases
Newegg.com - ASUS P5QL PRO LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100259-1GL Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
Newegg.com - Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU 500W ATX 12V 2.0 Power Supply - Power Supplies
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK - Desktop Memory
Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE 22X DVD±R DVD Burner - CD / DVD Burners
Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit for System Builders - Operating Systems
I made it a while ago so some things are probably outdater or there are cheaper options now.
I can cut back on processor, its the one I have currently so i grabbed it, cause its awesome. PSU can prob cut back and on mobo... There is probably cheaper/better ram out there now as well. GFX card should be good but I think I want nvidia, what's the equivalent to the ati one I picked? I know this should be more than enough to run wow, but some advice on cutting back on a few options would be great. Any known ways to help the addon thing would be awesome too.