Budget 5 Box

[charlie476476]

Deciding i would be better off getting a new pc instead of testing my luck with my 2.1g triple core. Thinking about the following pc. Only concern is it has 8 gigs or ram but thats max supported as well. I have no plans to do more than 5 box. Think it should be fine for anything Cat wants to throw at it ? It has a very nice graphics card. All the other more expensive pcs I see are running a lower 5570 I believe. Is there possibly anythings with this setup that might hender the performance?

Processor AMD Phenom™ II X4 Quad-Core Processor 810 (2.6GHz, 6MB L2 Cache)
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Memory 8GB DDR2 Dual Channel Memory (4 x 2048MB Modules)
Memory Capacity Maximum 8GB
Hard Drive 1TB SATA hard drive (Green Product - variable RPM)
Video ATI Radeon™ HD 5750 Graphics Card with 1GB Dedicated Video Memory
Optical Drive 16X DVD+/-R/RW Super Multi Drive
Application Software Microsoft® Works & Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 (60-day complimentary trial period)
Audio High Definition Audio with 7.1-channel Surround Support
Available Expansion Slots Available: 0 - PCI-E x16, 1 - PCI-E x1, 2 - PCI
Chassis Designed for power and productivity, sleek and stylish mini-tower PC
Digital Media Software Nero® 9 Essentials
External Ports (8) USB 2.0 ports (4 Front, 4 Rear), IEEE 1394a, VGA, (2) PS/2 Ports, HDMI™, (6) Audio Ports
Keyboard Multimedia Keyboard
Media Card Reader Multi-in-One Digital Media Card Reader with Photo Frame Button
Motherboard Systemboard with AMD® 780G Chipset
Mouse Optical Mouse
Network 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port)
Power Supply 300W Power Supply
Security Software Norton™ Internet Security 2009 (60-day trial)
Warranty 1 Year Parts and Labor Limited Warranty with Toll-Free Tech Support
Weight 25 lbs. (11.3 kg) system unit only / Approximately 30 lbs. (13.6 kg.) box

[David]

I think the power supply will be way to low to power the quadcore + videocard not to mention harddrives and other devices. Besides that I`d say it is enough to 5box. For cata? Well nobody knows.

[charlie476476]

Well thats what I thought about the power supply however it comes from the manufacturer with that. It seems or so I would hope they would ship it with the proper power supply lol
Gateway® DX4300-21

[e2thex]

According to AMD, the HD5750 needs at least 450W. I would think about getting them to upgrade to a beefier PSU. It shouldn't cost a whole lot to go to 600 or 750.

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/ati-radeon-hd-5000/hd-5750/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-5750-system-requirements.aspx

[Ughmahedhurtz]

If that's a budget PC, I'd love to see what your "splurge" PC looked like. :P

Are you savvy enough to build a PC? You can build a 2nd box for about half that which you could offload 2 or 3 WoWs on and run two boxes for your 5 WoWs. I did that on laptops. Of course, if you're using one of those boxing apps that requires a single-PC solution for its advanced features, you might have to upgrade to a solid PC like this to 5-box effectively. In that case, you could build a Q6600-based PC for much less than $900 if you built it yourself. And it's a tried-and-true config.

[Harrypott]

Everyone goes way over the top with power supplys, including me. We all want the biggest and best. Would have assumed a 450w would be the minimum for that sort of system too. Guess if gateway sells it they figure it can manage. Probably wouldn't want to be putting much more in it without upgrading the PSU tho.