How well will this system preform?

[Mudfish]

So I've played with dualboxing in the past but never was able to go full time into it. I'm looking to change that. In order to do so, i know that I need to severely upgrade my pc to fully enjoy it the way I would like. So I'm thinking about going after a whole new machine. Before I do so, I want your thoughts. What I want to be able to do is 4-5 characters with the settings cranked, and FPS high. However, I don't have a huge fund for it. I want to keep it <$1,000 for sure. I'm looking at the following:




CASE: Raidmax Sagitta II Mid-Tower 420W Gaming Case w/ Side-Panel Window (Black Color) Neon Light Upgrade: NONE Extra Case Fan Upgrade: Default case fans POWER SUPPLY Upgrade: 600 Watts Power Supplies (Nzxt PP600 Watt Power Supply-SLI Supports) CPU: AMD Phenom™ X4 9750 Quad-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology COOLING FAN : XtremeGear Ultra Heatpipe Cool Copper Heatsink CPU Cooling Fan (Extreme Silent at 20dBA & Overclock Proof) MOTHERBOARD: MSI K9N SLI-F V.2 NVIDIA nForce 570 LT SLI Chipset DDR2/800 SATA RAID PCI-Express MBoard w/GbLAN, USB2.0, &7.1Audio MEMORY: 4GB (4x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair or Major Brand) FREEBIES: None VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA) VIDEO CARD 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA) VIDEO CARD 3: NONE LCD Monitor: NONE 2nd Monitor: NONE HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (320GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD) Data Hard Drive: NONE USB PORTABLE DRIVE: NONE Optical Drive: (Special Price) LG 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR) Optical Drive 2: 16X DVD ROM (BLACK COLOR) SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO SPEAKERS: NONE NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100 NETWORK CARD MODEM: NONE KEYBOARD: NONE MOUSE: NONE Extra Thermal Display : NONE Wireless 802.11B/G Network Card: PCI Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Interface Card Flash Media Reader/Writer: None Cable Wiring: None Rounded Cable: None VIDEO CAMERA: NONE PRINTER: None PRINTER CABLE: None IEEE CARD: NONE USB PORT: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports FLOPPY: NONE OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 (64-bit Edition) FREEBIES: FREE! (Halo 2) Game Media Center Remote Control & TV Tuner: None SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT RUSH SERVICE: NO; READY TO SHIP IN 5~10 BUSINESS DAYS

Total: $835.00 (before shipping and rebates)

Straight from http://www.cyberpowerpc.com

I just want to know if this will do what I want it to and if not, what can be upgraded/downgraded to do so?

Thanks in advance! :)

[spannah]

Everything looks good except for the video card(s)

A single 9800 GT will be better and more trouble free then two 9400 GT in SLI configuration.

Take a look at this link:

9800GT vs 9400GT ('http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=575&card2=578')

Now take a look at the "At a Glance" section and pay attention to the Memory Bandwith, FLOPS, Pixel and Texture fill rates. You will notice that if you double up the numbers from the 9400 they are still lower then the 9800.

Then take a look at the Details. Here you want to look at Shader Processors and Texture Units. Again, if you double up the number for the 9400 it is still lower then the 9800.

Add to that that SLI configurations and WoW multibox don't mix to well, they may work, but probably more trouble then what is worth.

[Mudfish]

Everything looks good except for the video card(s)

A single 9800 GT will be better and more trouble free then two 9400 GT in SLI configuration.

Take a look at this link:

9800GT vs 9400GT ('http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=575&card2=578')

Now take a look at the "At a Glance" section and pay attention to the Memory Bandwith, FLOPS, Pixel and Texture fill rates. You will notice that if you double up the numbers from the 9400 they are still lower then the 9800.

Then take a look at the Details. Here you want to look at Shader Processors and Texture Units. Again, if you double up the number for the 9400 it is still lower then the 9800.

Add to that that SLI configurations and WoW multibox don't mix to well, they may work, but probably more trouble then what is worth.Awesome, that does seem a lot better. Thanks for your input.

So that sort of setup will idealy run up to 5 instances of WoW, main able to get 30+ FPS with settings cranked? <3 if it does.

[Turenn]

Since your getting a new rig, why not spring for another 4gigs of ram :)

Ram is so cheap these days so why not just get 8gigs from the get go?

[JasonB87]

Since your getting a new rig, why not spring for another 4gigs of ram :)

Ram is so cheap these days so why not just get 8gigs from the get go?I whole heatedly agree with this it's not too expensive and you will see an improvement with wow and the system as a whole. I just upgraded to 8 gigs and it's great.