5 Boxing on 1 Machine - Will these specs work?

Power Supply ( 650 Watt -- NZXT PRC-650 Power Supply SLI Ready )
Processor ( [Socket-AM2] AMD AthlonT64 X2 6000+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology )
Processor Cooling ( [=== Silent ===] Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooling Fan System Kit Silent & Overclocking Proof = Ultimate cooling performance + Smart CPU & System Thermal Management )
Motherboard ( Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe nForce 590-SLI MCP Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Dual Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394 Dual PCI-E MB )
Memory ( 2048MB [1024MB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair-Value or Major Brand )
Video Card ( NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 640MB w/DVI + TV Out Video )
Video Card Brand ( === High Performance === eVGA Brand Video Card Powered by NVIDIA )
Hard Drive ( 500 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache] )
Monitor ( LCD Monitor Viewsonic 22" Widescreen VG2230wm TFT LCD Monitor 1680x1050 [Black] )
Operation System ( Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic

i think youll probably want a little more memory. the general consensus seems to be at least 4gig to 5 box. i personally went for 8gig just to be safe. everything else looks fine 22" monitor is what i use and its adequate. oh and maybe get 2 250gig HDs instead of just the 1 500gig. that might be better but maybe not necessary.

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Originally Posted by 'Bot',index.php?page=Thread&postID=142016#post1420 16

i think youll probably want a little more memory. the general consensus seems to be at least 4gig to 5 box. i personally went for 8gig just to be safe. everything else looks fine 22" monitor is what i use and its adequate. oh and maybe get 2 250gig HDs instead of just the 1 500gig. that might be better but maybe not necessary.

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i plan on upgrading to 4gig. until i do, would it run it at least to where i could open the 5 wow apps and level?

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Originally Posted by 'Bot',index.php?page=Thread&postID=142016#post1420 16

i think youll probably want a little more memory. the general consensus seems to be at least 4gig to 5 box. i personally went for 8gig just to be safe. everything else looks fine 22" monitor is what i use and its adequate. oh and maybe get 2 250gig HDs instead of just the 1 500gig. that might be better but maybe not necessary.

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this

also, vista home basic kinda teh sux. it's really limited, i'd go for at least home premium 64-bit
memory is dirt cheap right now, so don't skimp there. at least 4GB imo

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Originally Posted by 'Taybox',index.php?page=Thread&postID=142025#post1 42025

i plan on upgrading to 4gig. until i do, would it run it at least to where i could open the 5 wow apps and level?

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not sure never tried with less than 4. hopefully someone else can weigh in :)

vista with 2gigs ? yeh might be able to play 2-3 maybe but only in the starter area.

vista really need 2 gigs just for itself without hitting the hard drive.

Vista seems to be the only issue I see. Go XP Pro, lot easier on the memory usage. With 2 gigs, you are just barely in the clear after the OS finishes it's take.

If you were thinking of SLI (I know I only see 1...), don't worry bout it. SLI + WoW = bad from my experience and other benchmarks I have read.

Personally, I can run 7 box on my rig and it's nothing special, while running IM, Vent and assorted other crap (mind you, that's 7 boxing and laggy coming into Org...6 box no lag thanks to Symlinking!)

AMD 64 X2 5600+
4gig mem
Some junky vid card...GeForce 8500GT
1TB 10k rpm Drive

Basically....

XP Pro calls for 512megs memory to run smoothly. You want 500mgs per WoW client and about a 400meg buffer.

So..

XP Pro + 5 box = 3.5 gigs approx.

Vista still calls for in excess of 1gig to run smoothly (some versions require 2gig). So...yeah you will have issues with only 2gigs of mem even to login and move. But...never know until you crash and it catches fire. :)

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Originally Posted by 'hotdogsrgross',index.php?page=Thread&postID=14210 1#post142101

1TB 10k rpm Drive

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