My setup is:

Quad 2.8ghz 9550,4gb ram,1gb screencard(280 something,cant remember and im at work)

This is how my clients are spread:

c: Main wow folder with the original DATA folder

e: wow2 and wow3

h: wow4 and wow5

All are symlinked from the c: drive and im wondering if this is a bold thing to do?

My c: drive is a 10000rpm drive while e: and h: is 7500rpm.

I run Vista 32 and it if i move all 5 clients into Dalaran everything freeze, Shatrath is doable but NOT with tons of other players in it.

I run everything else SMOOTH apart from Dalaran and shatrath, ofc i can struggle abit in Orgrimmar at peak times but i usualy dont lose slaves.

Its pretty clear that 3.3gb of effective ram isnt enough for 5 clients!

But im realy not sure how to handle the clients!

This is my affinity settings btw:

Main Char: Use core 1 and 2.

Slave 2: Use core 2

Slave 3: Use core 3

Slave 4: Use core 4

Slave 5: use core 3 and 4

Using 1 core on my main window is far from enough since i got heavy lag when i tried that.