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#1 vhtboomer
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well a friend of mine wants a new pc (his barely runs wow AT all) he just want to play wow with a decent frame rate and mid/high rates his budget is 250$ i dunno if this would cut it so i came to u guys. He has the OS hdd keyboard mouse etc. (and cd/dvd drive too)

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#2 04dcarraher
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Well what is current Pc model/brand and specs. We need to know what else he can reuse.
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#3 vhtboomer
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Well what is current Pc model/brand and specs. We need to know what else he can reuse.04dcarraher

he has a reallly old custom pc that is about to crap out on him and givin to his brother so hes not gonna reuse anything and his mom already got him a HDD and a OS from a friend so basically just a whole new PC (he only plays wow)

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#4 ProudLarry
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Can he still use the case? And what are the specs of the power supply?
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[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]Well what is current Pc model/brand and specs. We need to know what else he can reuse.vhtboomer

he has a reallly old custom pc that is about to crap out on him and givin to his brother so hes no gonna reuse anything and his mom already got him a HDD and a OS from a friend so basically just a whole new PC (he only plays wow)

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103688 Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138156 RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820161183 Also does he have Vista? if so get him this card so that he can enable Hybrid Crossfire with his motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102821&cm_re=3450-_-14-102-821-_-Product. Otherwise get this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131133&cm_re=4650-_-14-131-133-_-Product
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#6 04dcarraher
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Best you can do with a $250 limit, which is $262

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103688&cm_re=athlon_x2_cpu-_-19-103-688-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157158&cm_re=athlon_ii_x4-_-13-157-158-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148163&cm_re=ddr2-_-20-148-163-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156236&cm_re=computer_case_with_power_supply-_-11-156-236-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136113

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131168

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#7 aura_enchanted
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that will do highest no aa or af if your drivers are up to date. though the cpu is a tad sluggish

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#8 crazy-player
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$250 is a very low budget, since you said he already had the OS, HDD, and CD/DVD this is what I came up with. $268