I need a new computer but not sure what to get, im on a budget

Question

This may sound dorky and a little nerdy but, It is time that I buy a new computer.  It has been such a long time since I have bought one, and even then I didnt make the purchase my ex-wife did.  The deal is this....I am a major World of Warcraft geek.  So one would expect that I know what kinda computer I should buy.  Not the case.  I need to know what I should look for when I am purchasing a computer strictly for the purpose of playing World of Warcraft.  I dont have a ton of money to spend and I am going to get the computer from Best Buy because, well frankly, I have a lot of gift certificates for there.  So in short I need a solid computer for gaming, have a limited budget and I dont care if its a desktop or laptop, all though I would prefer a desktop.  Please if you have any advice to offer I would appreciate it very much. 

Answer 1

You have bigger problems then looking for a good computer.  A Destruction Warlock at lvl 70.  /shakes head.  LOL, just kidding.  I would recommend going Affliction or Demonology until you hit lvl 80 unless you are leveling strictly through the Random Dungeon tool.  Although even with randoms, Affliction is still completely capable of outperforming Destro locks until the early to mid gear levels of level 80 toons.  Plus, as Affliction your mana is almost endless and there is virtually no downtime to drink and eat between mob pulls while questing.  Two words:  Drain-tank.  Plus its.........wait a minute......we're on a Best Buy site.  Hmmm....got a little bit carried away.
For a computer system, you don't really need an awesome graphics card to run WoW.  Although with Cataclysm I believe the system requirements will be raised a bit with the ability to fly through Azeroth.  I was actually with a customer today looking for a computer to play Flight Sim on and we found a great ASUS desktop for $499.  4 gigs of ram, with a great graphics card 1.74 Gigs of shared memory.
I, like others on here, would recommend you purchasing a desktop for computer gaming.  As games grow, their requirements grow larger and desktops give you the best option for a system that you can upgrade.
I hope this helps........and at least try out my suggestion about re-speccing to Affliction.  Just remember not to Clip your DoTs.  Warlocks are OP.  
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