Quote Originally Posted by 'Tynk',index.php?page=Thread&postID=159116#post159 116
I hate to drop this in, but it is not always about throwing top end hardware at it.
My setup has 3 machines.
Machine 1 with primary wow set to makes graphics
$150 from a best buy open box
2.6ghz dual core
2 gigs of ddr2 memory
8900 gt video card

Machine 2 with 2 slaves set at at lowest graphics
3 year old Aleinware laptop
3.6ghz hyperthread processor
2 gigs of memory
6500gt mobile video card

Machine 3 with 3 slaves set at lowest graphics
$150 from a best buy open box
2.2ghz dual core
1.5 gigs of ddr2 memory
8900 gt video card

All three machines are tied into 24" gateway monitors, avast anti-virus, windows firewall active, octupus for km sharing and keyclone. Machine 2 has ventrillo
Machine 1 is not fps limited, machine 2 and 3 have a max fps of 15 for both active and background.
Machine 1 hits around 25 fps in dalaran, machine 2 hits around 10 fps on both characters and machine 3 sits at 15 fps.
Grand total was $300 each for machine 1 and 3, $2.5k for machine 2, but that was 3 years ago and depreciated value puts it much, much lower (cry). $300 each on the monitors, $60 for keyclone.

With the money you have in already, I see no reason why you couldn't take the two computers you have and maybe pick up a a simple third one to split them up a bit more. My general theory is 1 monitor per PC and I have had very little problems. I have always had problems trying to run two games on different monitors of the same machine. That being said, I have heard nothing but great things about running SSD and am planing on doing that myself once the holidays are over and I recover. I will be looking at the suggested disabling of the sound cards on my slave machines though.
I am sure I can run the accounts on my old amd 3500+ with 2gig ram. That option would cost nothing but I would like to upgrade that pc to a fast i7 with great graphics. Sometimes I play FPS games and even on my current system I have to dumb down the graphics for it to play smooth. By getting the second new pc and using this one my wife will be happy because that old amd has its issues. She can use this and I can use the new one as my main gaming system. Plus it should make my 5 accounts fly. 3 accounts on the new one 2 on this one should be smooth. I can thank the stimulus check for the upgrade.