Hello everyone,

First time posting here, but long time viewing. Here is what I currently run:

OS - Windows XP Pro - 32 bit OS - updated to SP3
Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo E6420
Motherboard
- Asus P5WDG2 WS Pro
RAM - 4 x Patriot Memory 1024 MB (clock 400 MHz)
Video Card - 2 x (SLI bridged) PNY Verto GeForce 9800 GT with 1025 GPU memory
Dual monitors - one Acer and one Samsung (24 inches each).

Drives - 3 hard drives (SATA) and 1 DVD/R.

I know that the 32bit OS will not run/see more than 3-ish gigs of RAM, however it currently only recognizes 2 out of post BIOS - after doing research on this it may be a motherboard issue but I'm really not sure, I'm not fantastic with hardware on systems.

I was looking into some upgrades or at least swaps and was thinking of moving to a quad core and a different motherboard for it... I was hoping the update to SP3 would help with the RAM issue but it's not, my system is still seeing the 2gigs out of 4 at this point.

I have been able to box up to 5 accounts at once so long as I stay out of most...any populated zones (remote locations, dungeons) and then I get some serious lag even then. I've been goofing around with 4 80's doing the holiday events and such, but I would like to seriously start reliably 5-boxing and working on heroics.

Any suggestions to improve system performance and/or possible upgrades will be helpful, and I thank you ahead of time for any feedback. :)