Ordered for 10 account computer, hopefully its good enough

[Owltoid]

Intel® Core™ i7-950 (3.06GHz, 8MB L3 Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (English) Service Pack 1 64-bit
Copper base Heat Sink with aluminum fins
No Productivity software pre-installed
1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis
6GB Tri-Channel DDR3 at 1066MHZ (3x2GB DIMM)
600GB Velociraptor Performance RAID 0 (2 x 300GB SATA-II, 10000 RPM HDDs)
nVidia GeForce GTX 285 1024MB
Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
No Monitor
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
No Keyboard
No Mouse
No Floppy Drive
Aluminum with Clearcoat Chassis
Subtotal $3,119

This is seriously overpriced. You can have an i7 machine with 12 gigs of ram, SSD, and top video card fully assembled for under 2k.

www.buyxg.com

You can have an i7 920 machine with 12 gigs of ram, GTX250 video card, and SSD for around 1500 bucks. I'm sorry, but it's going to be tough to get 5 low-end machines that would keep up with that.

[Owltoid]

The following system is $1,466 (including assembly and shipping to CT) and has the following highlights:
i7 920
12G 1600MHz Corsair RAM
650W Corsair Power Supply
500GB Drive and a 64GB SSD
GTS250 Video Card

No, it doesn't have the best processor or video card available, but it will smoothly run 5 clients in Dalaran and is less than 1500 bucks fully assembled. The only thing it's missing is the OS and that's because I'd just put Windows 7 on it until the retail version is available. If you wanted a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 1792MB 16X PCI Express video card then the total would be $1,608 including everything.

From www.buyxg.com:

*BASE_PRICE: [+799]
CAS: Thermaltake Element T Mid-Tower 420W Case [+31]
CS_FAN: Default case fans
CASUPGRADE: NONE
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-920 2.66 GHz 8M L3 Cache LGA1366
CD: (Special Price)LG 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
CD2: NONE
CABLE: None
FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK COLOR)
FA_HDD: None
FREEBIE_CU: FREE! 4GB USB 2.0 Portable Flash Drive
FAN: Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX Gaming CPU Cooling Fan (Excellent Overclocking + Silent Proof 16dBA) [+45]
FLOPPY: NONE
HDD: Single Hard Drive (500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
HDD2: 64 GB Ritek RiDATA 2.5 inch SATA Gaming MLC Solid State Disk (Nearly Instant Data Access Technology) [+153]
IEEE_CARD: NONE
KEYBOARD: Logitech Deluxe 250 USB Keyboard (Black Color)
MOUSE: XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse
MODEM: NONE
MONITOR: NONE
MONITOR2: NONE
MOTHERBOARD: Asus P6T SE Intel X58 Chipset CrossFireX Mainboard Triple-Channel DDR3/1600 SATA RAID w/ eSATA,GbLAN,USB2.0,IEEE1394a,&7.1Audio
MEMORY: 12GB (2GBx6) DDR3/1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Module [+238] (Corsair or Major Brand)
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OS: NONE - FORMAT HARD DRIVE ONLY
PRINTER: None
PRINTER_CABLE: None
PRO_WIRING: None
POWERSUPPLY: 650 Watts Power Supplies [+101] (Corsair CMPSU-650TX - Quad SLI Ready)
RUSH: NO; READY TO SHIP IN 5~10 BUSINESS DAYS
SERVICE: Standard Warranty: 1-Year Limited Warranty Plus Life-Time Technical Support
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
SPEAKERS: 600Watts PMPO Subwoofer Stereo Speakers
TEMP: NONE
TVRC: None
USB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
USBHD: NONE
VIDEOCAMERA: NONE
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1GB 16X PCI Express [+34]
VIDEO2: None
VIDEO3: None
WNC: NONE
_PRICE: (+1401)

[Moorea]

I wouldn't buy a new pc with a GTS 250 which is essentially a rebadged 9800GT - I think the minimum to get is the 260 - on the other hand I don't think you need 1600Mhz ram

[Smoooth]

I finally got it built today and installed Win 7 on the 64gb SSD. I figured the 64gb would be big enough for the OS and 2x wow folders. I totally forgot that you need as much free drive space as you have memory so I ended up with only enough room for 1 wow folder. I put the folder that runs all 9 alts on the ssd and put the main folder on a sata hdd.

With "ultra" settings with only the main wow up I was able to run through Dalaran at around 30 fps. It was only using the 1st and 2nd core though. I'm not sure if its possible to run on all 4. That frame rate was kind of disappointing. It was stable at 60 fps anywhere else I went.

Then I loaded up all 10 wows and set cpu affinity to main on 1 and 3 of alts on each of the others. Sent summons to all of them from Dalaran and put them all on follow. None of them dropped while running around but it looked like it was real close to happening. The frame rate was kind of finicky at around 10-15 fps. This was using ultra on the main and low on the alts.

Odd thing is that I was only using 7 GB or ram while doing this. I figured it would be much higher. The CPU is the low point as some have guessed. It was running at near 100%

Overall I'm satisfied with how it runs. I can deal with some low frame rates in places like dalaran or wintergrasp. Everywhere else it runs very smooth.

If anyone is contemplating making a system for 10+ box I suggest 2 CPUs and 12gb ram which should do it.