Guild Wars 2

Im willing to spend around $1000 on the computer itself monitor not included. Any advice would be appreciated thanks!

Firstly, posting this in the Tech Support thread would give you much more and much faster advice than this sub-forum for this topic.

Secondly, I’m going to assume you have an older computer to grab the useful spare parts from.

CPU: i7- 4770K ~ 280 (if you live close to a Microcenter) otherwise 350.
ASUS/Gigabyte Motherboard Socket 1150 (pick what you need on the board and make sure you have enough space for future expansion) ~ 75+
GPU: GTX 770 ~ 400
8GB of DDR3 1600Mhz+ RAM ~ 80+

At this point you might need a new power supply depending if you can grab an older one. I would suggest a Corsair TX 750W.

If you need a new case someone else can pipe up and suggest one, I was never very good at finding good case designs.

CD/DVD/BluRay drives salvage or purchase if you really need CD media (gross).

If you don’t want to go over the 1k budget and need to buy new everything, you can get a GTX 670 instead of a 770. It’ll still run Guild Wars 2 at max, it just won’t play other games in the future at max as long as the GTX 770 will. This downgrade will save you about 65 bucks after a mail in rebate. If you don’t plan on overclocking (highly recommended for Guild Wars 2 WvW) you can save a couple bucks by getting a 4770 (non K version) instead. Another option would be to get an i5 4670K (or non K if you don’t want to overclock) which would be just as good for gaming right now, but lacks the extra 4 threads you can run. Basically without getting too deep into the differences, if you play games and do minor multitasking, like web surfing, the 4670(K) will do fine. If you do stream your gaming sessions and do a lot of video/audio encoding, get the 4770(K). Getting the i5 over the i7 saves you about 70 bucks.

Quick 2 cents-
CPU is the single most important factor in WvW, well above video card – don’t skimp on that part.

An SSD is attractive but won’t give you more than better loading times when you waypoint/zone.

Save some money and get the i5-4670K, i7s don’t buy you a whole lot when gaming. $120 less at the moment than the i7-4770K.

While the GTX 770 is a very nice card, it’s still a hefty chunk of your budget. The GTX 660Ti is around $100 less while the GTX 670 is around $50 less.

Don’t forget the Microsoft Tax (ie a legit copy of Windows). OEM Home versions will run you $100.

Z87 motherboards aren’t anywhere as cheap as Ilithis states. Especially if you are going to pay for a K class CPU for overclocking purposes. Asus Z87-A is $150 for a motherboard with SLi and CrossfireX support. If that isn’t important than the Asus Z87-K is $130.

As for cases, there are several nice ones for under $100, even under $50. Just remember the lower the cost, the less frills, like included fans and dust filtering.

Examples:
Antec Gaming Series One
Antec Three Hundred Two
Corsair Carbide 300R
Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced (USB 3)

I’m using NewEgg for all my pricing.

My build is alright for most things but WVW it takes a hit on. I personally assume that it’s because this game like most others is not optimized for an AMD 8 core processor. I only see real FPS hits when it’s a huge battle in WVW. However I bet if I had like an i5 3570K or better or i7 3770K or better, it would be very fine.

And yes as Valin mentioned, CPU is a very important aspect for Guild Wars 2 so it appears. I believe an i7 will do fairly well.