question for you guys/gals using one computer

[Sam DeathWalker]

I have 6 computers to 31 or so box.

You are way way better to run 5 toons on 5 junk computers with 5 seperate monitors, instead of one computer.

You just need to run one keyboard / mouse to all 5 computers.

[Bollwerk]

I have 6 computers to 31 or so box.

You are way way better to run 5 toons on 5 junk computers with 5 seperate monitors, instead of one computer.

You just need to run one keyboard / mouse to all 5 computers.

Personally, I feel that if you're going to spend the money on 5 "junk" computers and monitors, why not combine that money into one powerful computer that can run 5 toons? If you already have the 5 "junk" computers and monitors, then that's fine.

Of course, part of this is a matter of personal preference and if you even have the space for 5 computers/monitors. =)

[Tonuss]

You are way way better to run 5 toons on 5 junk computers with 5 seperate monitors, instead of one computer.

Now that quad/hex-core CPUs and powerful graphics cards are more affordable, I think that most people are better off with one PC capable of running five clients. A good quad/hex CPU is in the $200-350 range, a good motherboard is in the $150-250 range, and a good GPU is in the $170-300 range. You can build a pretty good five-boxing rig for $1500-2000 or possibly less if you research it carefully. You might be able to build five systems for $400, but I am not sure that they'd run WOW as well as the $2000 box.

I'm five-boxing on an AMD 1090T and a Radeon 5870 with all WOWs running off of a 750GB RAID 1 setup that is fairly old (7200RPM, probably 16MB cache), though my OS is on a 128GB Corsair SSD. I'm using 1920x1200 resolution, with the main window set to moderate/high graphics and the slaves at low. It runs smoothly, although I can't recall what performance is like in crowded cities (currently running my team through Northrend and Dalaran is empty these days).