Guild Wars 2

My wife and I are getting back into gw2 but we recently sold our second computer during our last move. I’m trying to build something that will run the game at 30+ frames in pve/pvp on low to medium settings. We don’t wvw much and 20 frames on low in wvw would be acceptable.

I need to buy everything but a hard drive.

Anyone know of any cheap and good barebones combos?
Am I able to get the desired framerate without a dedicated video card?
Would an AMD APU handle this game without being choppy at low/med and not run too hot?

Trying to keep the price around $300. I already have a hard dive with windows 7 ready to go so all I need is the case/psu/CPU/ram.

All suggestions are appreciated!

Hello! I’m not a pro, but I have been looking into building one for myself, so I have some entry-level tips for you

It’s a bit complicated ensuring compatibility between all parts, so it’s a good idea to use a site like PCPartPicker. Here’s a (Black Friday intended) guide covering from very low to glorious gamer builds: http://pcpartpicker.com/blog/55/black-friday-build-guides

Good combos in there, with price tags (and you can buy their parts piece by piece).

Hawkpro.8563:

Am I able to get the desired framerate without a dedicated video card?

The short answer is: No.
Some of the more recent Intel processors are very good at integrating graphics – not as good as a video card, by far, but they are worth considering, if you want a PC without a GPU. Look up Haswell in particular.
When my laptop’s GPU died, I was pretty much left integrating everything through that poor Intel CPU. It was a good one – i7, too, – which let me continue playing the game, if a little choppily.

Hawkpro.8563:

Would an AMD APU handle this game without being choppy at low/med and not run too hot?

If by “handling”, you mean “integrating”, then to my best knowledge, AMD won’t handle that at all. But if you have a GPU backing you up – and a reasonably good CPU, – you’ll be fine! Intel and AMD are rivals, so at the very least you can expect good performance for the run-of-the-mill tasks. Not integrating, though. (that may be Intel-proprietary, for now)

Edit: I looked it up and AMD can integrate indeed. I seriously, seriously doubt a chip of theirs can outperform a GPU.

Hawkpro.8563:

Trying to keep the price around $300. I already have a hard dive with windows 7 ready to go so all I need is the case/psu/CPU/ram.

Don’t forget a motherboard, utility circuits (if it’s an old mobo and needs extras), and so on! Look at that guide I linked you. It has the price ranges and you can pick cheaper parts which will also be riskier.

Good luck!

I’ve already decided going with AMD over Intel just because of price, I know the Intels are better though.

I guess I’ll have to get a mid range GPU if integrated AMD graphics won’t cut it.

I’ve been building computers for 15 years so compatibility and such isn’t an issue.

Planning on a low power 4gb ram, 3.0ghz+ dual/quad set up.

My current computer is an old 3.06ghz i3, 4gb ram, nvidia 8800gs and it runs on low-mid at 30-40 frames just fine.