Creating a benchmark for Multiboxing Systems.

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THanks!

I am not completely done with the numbers im hoping to have everything crunched and presentable come monday. On top of that we will have a doghouse solution for our end result with a 3 year warranty.
I am guessing the bang for your buck with end up being a 920 with a single 4870 ( 1gig) with 6 gig of ddr3. Still working on the storage solution, looking forward to seeing these results and will relay to you all soon!

These are the specs I'd expect to see on a bang-for-the-buck 5-boxing machine:
- i7 920
- X58
- 6GB DDR3 (minimum!)
- HD 4870 1GB (although at the current price, the GTX 280 is also looking very nice.. and I like the GTX 285 as well)
- *quality* power supply.. SeaSonic or SeaSonic-based (like the Corsair 520w/620w models). The CWT-based Corsair 1000w is also very nice, but not even close to necessary for a bang-for-the-buck machine. SeaSonic/Corsair 620w will run this machine with plenty of power to spare.
- Large hard drive.. this shouldn't be a place to cut corners. 1TB 7200rpm is under $100, and it's plenty fast. A lot of storage space is something that shouldn't need to be added later for any machine costing $1500+.
- SSD.. here's the performance for multiboxing. 30GB is more than enough space for WoW/data, and it's also under $100. Since we only need it for fast random reads, we don't need a high performance drive. Even the worse SSDs are much faster than a Velociraptor for our use.