Opinions on what machine to choose details inside...
OK so I play wow and am very interested in Video production. I am interested in getting a second wow account 1) TO transfer my UD rogue to the same server as my alliance to gank friends and foes 2) my friend just recently got his main account back after it was banned for no reason about 6 months ago and he has since got a second account and now has 2 and wants to try out 2 boxing with me.
So... I have been in the market to get a new Desktop computer since my laptop broke a while ago. I am also very interested in video production so I am torn between wether to get a Mac or a PC. I have used Mac's to edit almost allof my videos in the past and would like one in order to use Final Cut. But if I do get a Mac will it work for 2 boxing? do programs such as keyclone work for Mac also? I am assuming it doesnt but if there are any people here that do multibox with a Mac I would love to hear from you. However I am not opposed to getting a PC either because I have heard good things about the editing program Sony Vegas so I have about $2500 to spend on a system.
Here is what I have been looking at so far. Also note that I am a noob when it comes to what all the detail stuff means like how to determine what is better in terms of graphics cards and motherboards etc.. If I do get a pc I would like to go the Nvidia route for graphics cards though. I will post what I have been looking at so far.
MAC: $2,373
-iMac, 24-inch 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
-4 GB 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM - 2x2 GB
-500GB Serial ATA Drive
-NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS w/512MB GDDR3
Apple Mighty Mouse
Apple Keyboard (English) + User's Guide
Final Cut Express preinstalled
Accessory kit
PC's:
From Ibuypower.com - $2,423
-Nzxt Guardian 921 Gaming Tower Case
-750 Watt -- Corsair CMPSU-750TX Power Supply Quad SLI Ready
-Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6700 (4x 2.66GHz/8MB L2 Cache/1066FSB)
-INTEL Certified Liquid CPU Cooling System kit
-Motherboard - eVGA Nvidia nForce 780i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, 3-Way PCI-E MB 3-Way SLI
-4 GB [1 GB X4] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair XMS2 Xtreme w/Heat Spreader
-eVGA NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT 1GB w/DVI + TV out video
-500 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache]
-LG GGC-H20L BLU-RAY Reader & DVD±R/±RW Burner Internal Combo Drive Creative Lab Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card
-Killer K1 - Online Gaming Accelerator - w/ 333Mhz Network Processing Unit + Lag & Latency Reduction Technology
-2x Sceptre 24" LCD 16:9 Wide Screen HDTV Video & PC Monitor Support Resolution 1920x1200
from AVAdirect.com : $2.098.62 - 1,582 w/ no monitors.
-NZXT, Tempest Black Mid-Tower Case w/ Window, EATX, No PSU, Steel
-NSPIRE, NSP-750V2.2BF14PFC Modular Power Supply, 750W, 24-pin ATX12V 2.2, 140mm Ball Bearing Fan
-Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6700 (4x 2.66GHz/8MB L2 Cache/1066FSB)
-ASETEK, LCLC CPU Liquid cooling System, Socket LGA775/AM2, OEM
-Motherboard: ASUS, P5Q, LGA775, Intel® P45, 1600MHz FSB,DDR2-1200 16GB /4, PCIe x16, SATA 3.0 Gbit/s RAID 5 /8
-4 GIGS of ram
-500GB HARD Drive Western Digital SE16 (WD500AAKS), SATA 3 GB/s 7200-RPM, 16MB cache
-LG GGC-H20L BLU-RAY Reader & DVD±R/±RW Burner Internal Combo Drive
-Killer NIC Network Card - w/ 400Mhz NPU, 10/100/1000 MBPS, PCI 2.2
-2x Samsung 22" 1680x1050 8000:1 5MS DVI
things in green are the same on both PC configurations.
AVA also has aGAMING PC, Uberous 790i SLI Gaming Systemthat is $2,606 but seems a little far out of my reach financially
Also on both of the PC's I need to buy Sony Vegas which is about $400 dollars from what I have seen. Hence the MAC choice, I would greatly appreciate your responses to each of these systems and how viable you think they would be for multi-instancing 2 accounts.
Thanks, Manarath
edit for clarification.
