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Another similar prebuild from Best Buy looks promising as well. Not sure how the CPUs (AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs. i7-11700F) stack up against each other. Common theme between both prebuilds are the poor cooling and cheap motherboard. Do MMOs like GW2 really stress out the PC that much that adequate cooling is essential/required? I’m sure the answer is yes for the longevity of the rig and parts but I also don’t plan on overclocking or running the system to the absolute limits either. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-rog-gaming-desktop-intel-core-i7-11700f-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3060-1tb-hdd-512gb-ssd/6479509.p?skuId=6479509&ref=212&loc=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5NWG37i69wIVK4lbCh2UyAEpEAQYBCABEgL6evD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

@ArchonWing.9480 Thank you for the replies! Any recommendations on monitor resolutions and g-sync for performance/FPS?

Thank you all for your replies! I will definitely look into updating the GPU. I’m just not very tech savvy and feel like I need to upgrade the PC anyways. I did see this pre-build from Walmart which looks like it has solid specs for the price. What are your thoughts? -AMD Ryzen 7 5700G -RTX3060 -16GB RAM -256GB SSD https://www.walmart.com/ip/ASUS-ROG-Strix-R7-RTX-3060-Gaming-Desktop-AMD-Ryzen-7-5700G-NVIDIA-GeForce-3060-16GB-RAM-1TB-HDD-256GB-SSD-Gray-Windows-10-Home-G10DK-WB764/797509896 Also- for monitors, what are the ideal specs for performance? I’m looking at 27in but am deciding between 1080p and 1440p. Does G-Sync have an advantage for MMOs like GW2 if you have an Nvidia GPU?

Hello I am looking to potentially upgrade my 7 year old PC (Dell XPS 8900). I mainly play MMORPGs such as GW2, WoW, and FF14. Spending hours looking at guides to improve FPS, I still consistently get between 20-40 FPS in open world, not including Boss fights or larger Zerg content. I have the usual culprits (shadows, shaders, models, etc) either off or at the lowest setting but I still hardly manage decent frames in newer content or zones. After looking through GW2 Reddit, forums and other online benchmarks and sources I’m still as lost and overwhelmed as I’m definitely not a “computer guy”. All drivers are updated and I’ve updated all windows and graphic cards settings to best performance. I have not used Dx12 yet as I’m hopeful Dx11 is almost off of beta. I’ve read up about the game’s optimizations and am hoping to receive some suggestions of online pre-built PCs from Amazon, Best Buy, or other reputable sites that would be a significant upgrade over what I have currently. As far as budget, I’m pretty flexible. It would be nice for a decent upgrade over what I have for between $800-1,500. I don’t know much about newer generation CPU and GPU so I’m not looking to build on my own, rather buy directly from a site. If you think my specs are fine and for my price range I won’t recognize a big difference that would be helpful feedback as well 😊 My current specs are: CPU: i7-6700 @3.4GHz (4 cores) GPU: Nvidia GTX 745 RAM: 16GB

Hi @Ben Phongluangtham.1065 When can we expect the new PvP armor set to be available in game? When the patch drops next week or just sometime during the Living World? Also, will this set be available in both Ascended stats and as Skins like the other PvP armor set? Thanks!!