Thoughts on my 6700k rig (for the horde)

[Ughmahedhurtz]

CPU and RAM should be fine for retail (DX11 Legacy) or classic [edit] provided you're not capturing video and watching Netflix and etc. I'm still running 5x 1080p clients on a 6700K non-OC, though I do have 32GB RAM and a 980Ti. Have a search around the forums here for "slot swap macro renderscale" where you can dynamically change the graphics detail levels on clients every time you switch leaders. It makes a hell of a lot of difference in terms of your main window's performance.

[Lukeng89]

CPU and RAM should be fine for retail (DX11 Legacy) or classic [edit] provided you're not capturing video and watching Netflix and etc. I'm still running 5x 1080p clients on a 6700K non-OC, though I do have 32GB RAM and a 980Ti. Have a search around the forums here for "slot swap macro renderscale" where you can dynamically change the graphics detail levels on clients every time you switch leaders. It makes a hell of a lot of difference in terms of your main window's performance.

Thanks for your reply,

From you experience is Running x5 maxing your cpu? And do you think more than 5 is pushing it too far?

I want to test my setup before I get more retail accounts. Will a private server (tbc) work the same as classic or BFA with ISboxer? That is to say can I switch between games/versions of wow with ease or do you need to edit/reconfigure settings?

Thanks again.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

From you experience is Running x5 maxing your cpu? And do you think more than 5 is pushing it too far?

In terms of the number of *Classic* clients, it's about as many as I'd like to try to play normally. I like having my followers' mini-windows large enough that I can actually tell when they get a skill-up in chat or looting an herb/ore node, etc. and can see what's going on in their windows just in case. I could probably drop graphics down a fair bit on all clients and run a few more. I doubt I would want to try 10-boxing on anything less than a 10-12 core CPU. And since my 6700 cost about 85% of what a 12-core AMD costs these days...

I want to test my setup before I get more retail accounts. Will a private server (tbc) work the same as classic or BFA with ISboxer? That is to say can I switch between games/versions of wow with ease or do you need to edit/reconfigure settings?

Thanks again.

Generally, there is nothing special about versions of WoW aside from the macro syntax and spells you include. All of the group management stuff (/follow, /invite, etc.) is the same as far as I can tell. If you aren't using complicated helper macros built in ISBoxer, then no, you won't see much difference with configs. As for private servers, no, they do not behave like the real client, and best of luck with all that as you won't get much help around here for obvious reasons.