Well I did it!

[Boss]

I just ordered 4 boxes and should have everything set-up by the end of next week or so. Just using 5 wireless keyboards for now. Just need to find 4 cheap 17inch monitors.
One question I have is what is the best way to split my cable internet?

[Ellay]

Grats, welcome to the club I currently just use a standard router which should be sufficient for 5 boxes. Others might have a more in depth look though.

[Xzin]

Buy a switch, not a hub. Very cheap and there are lots of tutorials on this. Ideally, get a router with a built in switch and a hardware firewall.

[Bradster]

I just ordered 4 boxes and should have everything set-up by the end of next week or so. Just using 5 wireless keyboards for now. Just need to find 4 cheap 17inch monitors.
One question I have is what is the best way to split my cable internet?

Grats! I'm working on getting there myself. Please share your exprience with the wirless keyboards. I'm getting ready to undergo buying everything. Anyway I can cut corners for money saved is a plus!

[Boss]

Yeah Bradster was like you trying to do it on a low budget and will upgrade. 5 wireless keyboard I bought where 19$ or so a piece on newegg. The rigs are:

MOTHERBOARD: ASUS M2N4-SLI Socket AM2 Motherboard
4 DDR2 / 2 PCIe X16 / 2 PCI / SATA2 / RAID

PROCESSOR: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ AM2 DUAL CORE CPU
2X512K Cache / 2000FSB - 2X 2.4GHz per core

VIDEO: NO ONBOARD VIDEO
Supports 1 or 2 PCI Express Video Cards - SLI Ready

AUDIO: Realtek ALC850 6-Channel AC'97 CODEC

LAN: Built-in Gigabit MAC with external Attansic PHY
(Cable / DSL / Network Ready)
CASE: Black Neon Light & Side Window Case
with Front USB Ports & 580W Power Supply
I/O PORTS: 4 USB Rear / PS2 / 1 Serial / 1 LPT / 1 VGA / 1 RJ45
DRIVERS: Motherboard Manual, Chipset, Video, Audio & Lan Drivers
That is 3 of them my old pc is an old p4 and me new main is:

Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 x2 5600+ Dual Core Socket AM2 CPU
CPU Fan: AMD 64 Heavy Duty Cooling Fan With Heat Sink
Motherboard: Asus M2N4- SLI nForce 4 (up to 5000+ CPU support)
Memory: not included (supports up to 4GB DDR2 533/677/800 memory)
PCI Express: Dual 16x PCI Express slots
IDE/SATS: Supports four SATA/SATA2 and two IDE drives
PCI slots: 3 PCI and tow PCI Express 1 slots
USB: 6 USB 2.0 ports ( 4 back and 2 front ports)
Sound: AC 97 6 channel 5.1 Full duplex sound (onboard)
Network: 10/100 RJ45 onboard network (Ethernet, cable or DSL)
Ports: 1 serial, 1 parallel, 1 microphone jack
Case: Black Neon Mid Tower 400w power supply (front USB)
Power Supply: 400W ATX power supply
Case Bays: 4 external 5.25", 1 external 3.5" , 6 internal 3.5" bays
Case Fan: 80mm case fan with neon light

the 4 new rigs will have 2gigs of ram and 8600gt boards Just short the 4 17 monitors now. Going to run my main on my 37" Really hope the wireless route works for about a month or so. Well thanks for all the help and hope to have a blog up soon lol.

[Xzin]

Heh - why the 37" ? You don't get more resolution (less than a 30" 2560x1600) and it will be harder to see your other characters.

[Boss]

yeah I my change it out been thinking about and will get a 5 and maybe a 6th for surfing running at a 1360X768 now. But to keep the wireless mice all in sync I have to run all the same res right?

[Xzin]

Correct