zenga
11-29-2009, 01:56 PM
hi,
I was thinking to revamp a comp I'm using as a server inhere and turn it into a wow system for a 2nd group. With as little spending as possible.
The motherboard is an Asus P5N32-E SLI+
8GB DDR2 ram, core 2 duo E8800 cpu @ 3mhz
nvidia8800GTS nvidia gpu.
I have 24" monitors connected to it.
It runs 5 wows fine, but nothing more than that. But i do have 2 other 17" widescreens and a single 15" non-widescreen monitor. So I was thinking to add at least the 2 other 17" to it and possibly also the 15". Which basically means extra GPU's As this is not very straightforward under linux (my main and only os), I guess I'll have to setup a win box. WoW will be the only thing I do on this machine, so it shouldn't be too bad security wise (avira, comodo & ad-aware should be enough i guess?).
Now my questions as I'm not really uptodate with hardware.
- When I would add a 2nd and prolly 3rd video card, should they be exactly the same, or can I just go to the shop and buy a recent one, plug it in and go (note, I'll stick to nvdia, as I 'll never buy an ati again in my life due to past issues).
- I was thinking to buy a mid range video card instead of a high end. What Impact will that have on my system under windows? Will it be a significant boost or will it just slow down things (as I will run my slaves in a higher resolution obviously).
- In terms of power / cooling, what are the consequences for my system? I did buy a (back then) high end power supply (Thermaltake Toughpower CM). Don't think I have any *special* cooling stuff though.
Thanks in advance
z
I was thinking to revamp a comp I'm using as a server inhere and turn it into a wow system for a 2nd group. With as little spending as possible.
The motherboard is an Asus P5N32-E SLI+
8GB DDR2 ram, core 2 duo E8800 cpu @ 3mhz
nvidia8800GTS nvidia gpu.
I have 24" monitors connected to it.
It runs 5 wows fine, but nothing more than that. But i do have 2 other 17" widescreens and a single 15" non-widescreen monitor. So I was thinking to add at least the 2 other 17" to it and possibly also the 15". Which basically means extra GPU's As this is not very straightforward under linux (my main and only os), I guess I'll have to setup a win box. WoW will be the only thing I do on this machine, so it shouldn't be too bad security wise (avira, comodo & ad-aware should be enough i guess?).
Now my questions as I'm not really uptodate with hardware.
- When I would add a 2nd and prolly 3rd video card, should they be exactly the same, or can I just go to the shop and buy a recent one, plug it in and go (note, I'll stick to nvdia, as I 'll never buy an ati again in my life due to past issues).
- I was thinking to buy a mid range video card instead of a high end. What Impact will that have on my system under windows? Will it be a significant boost or will it just slow down things (as I will run my slaves in a higher resolution obviously).
- In terms of power / cooling, what are the consequences for my system? I did buy a (back then) high end power supply (Thermaltake Toughpower CM). Don't think I have any *special* cooling stuff though.
Thanks in advance
z