How good of a comp will I need?

[Voidshift]

My comp now is way to horrible to 5-box or Quad box, what kinda of comp parts/stats will I need to run 4-5 accounts on one computer? I don't want an overkill comp that has 80 fps on each window, just one that will work for arena/bgs. So if any of you pros could tell me what stats and a rough estimate of the cost for a half decent comp that would run it fine that would be great.

Voidshift

[Silaspop]

I use two computers. I have a year old single core processor computer, and a year old dual-core processor computer. Both purchased on Craigslist.org for cheap, updated their video cards, and put 4 gigs of RAM into the dual-core. All together, with two 19 inch monitors, one wide-screen and one just an older HP LCD 19" Flatscreen, I probably spent about a total of $700 US.

I get 60 FPS on my single core, which I have my Main on, and about 40 FPS on each WoW window on my dual core, playing four instances of WoW. When I want to do BG's, I use a main on my single processor, and three slaves on my dual-core. Remember, you don't need 40 FPS to play WoW. I've played with full settings and got about 20 FPS and never lost a character while doing long runs, and instances, terrain, and BG's all look perfectly fine for me. I use Synergy, and Keyclone.

I've never had any problems.

There are a TON of questions that are similar to yours on this forum, as it's probably the most common question too. You will run into lots of posts with people saying "Will this work" - listing about $1500 worth of computer parts, and they will work, but not a whole lot of people actually multibox on such updated systems.

[Freddie]

My comp now is way to horrible to 5-box or Quad box, what kinda of comp parts/stats will I need to run 4-5 accounts on one computer? I don't want an overkill comp that has 80 fps on each window, just one that will work for arena/bgs. So if any of you pros could tell me what stats and a rough estimate of the cost for a half decent comp that would run it fine that would be great.

Voidshift
If I were building a PC today, I'd get something like the following. The components are high quality but not overpowered. This is a "sweet spot" system, and it will run five WoW's easily. I left out the case because that's a matter of taste. If you're going to overclock, substitute the OEM version of the CPU and add an aftermarket CPU cooler.

Western Digital 640 GB AAKS hard drive ('http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218')
VisionTek HD4850 graphics card ('http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129112')
Seasonic 500 watt power supply ('http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151034')
G. Skill 4GB 1066 ram ('http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166')
Intel Q6600 cpu ('http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017')
Gigabyte P35 motherboard with solid capacitors ('http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128086')

Total price before rebates including shipping (to my house, anyway)..... $798