AMD quads are priced pretty low these days. While I consider the Intel stuff to be better, if you are not buying the cutting edge I don't think it's that big an issue. And the price for an AMD quad + motherboard can be pretty good. I've run 4 x WoW on a 2.4GHz Core2Quad + 2GB memory with no problems (Radeon 4870, 800 x 600 and all details turned down). A 2.4-2.6GHz Phenom with a Radeon 4850 should do the job for 5 x WoW, shouldn't it?

As for Sam, this happens at pretty much every forum he goes to, so I just sort of tune out the extraneous stuff. If he is not going to listen to advice, well that is going to harm him or help him, and have no real effect on me. Prepared has his team at level 72(?) already. Sam is at 24-26. Whether or not he is king of the interwebz won't change that. Listening to good advice could change that, but you can only drag a Deathwalker to water, etc etc.