Choices

[Crel]

Cant find SOLID info on what would be more beneficial for a multi rig, Its a budget build. I didn't keep up with the hardware craze all of 2009, kinda rusty. 3-5 wows, may split between another.

The price is nearly identical between these 2, but wth is more important?
- Intel Core i5 750 2.66GHz (Quad Core) 8000K
- Intel Core i5 660 3.33GHz (Dual Core) 4000K

Again, price is not far off. From what I gather wow isn't very rough on cards, I'll likely have my clones min visuals anyhow.
They benchmark around the same.
- GeForce 9800GT 1GB
- GeForce GTS 250 1GB

Fairly sure vista doesn't stand a chance, XP has always seemed a minimal drag on performance. Is Win7 all that?
- Win7 vs XP vs Vista

As far as benchmarking goes the more expensive one's are better, however we all know running 1 wow =/= 5 wow's.
Also Don't Tase Me, Bro's, just asking a question!

[mikekim]

Cant find SOLID info on what would be more beneficial for a multi rig, Its a budget build. I didn't keep up with the hardware craze all of 2009, kinda rusty. 3-5 wows, may split between another.

The price is nearly identical between these 2, but wth is more important?
- Intel Core i5 750 2.66GHz (Quad Core) 8000K
- Intel Core i5 660 3.33GHz (Dual Core) 4000K

Again, price is not far off. From what I gather wow isn't very rough on cards, I'll likely have my clones min visuals anyhow.
They benchmark around the same.
- GeForce 9800GT 1GB
- GeForce GTS 250 1GB

Fairly sure vista doesn't stand a chance, XP has always seemed a minimal drag on performance. Is Win7 all that?
- Win7 vs XP vs Vista

As far as benchmarking goes the more expensive one's are better, however we all know running 1 wow =/= 5 wow's.
Also Don't Tase Me, Bro's, just asking a question!

- Intel Core i5 750 2.66GHz (Quad Core) 8000K - as you can assign wows to different cores, so it will run better.
- GeForce GTS 250 1GB - not much in it really, but this is newer architecture
- Win7 vs XP vs Vista - win7 (64bit) - XP has had its day, it was a nice operating system but has been superseded now by Vista and windows7. I would only use XP if you have really low spec kit, as it requires less overhead to run.

Also go with at least 1gb per wow and 1gb for the OS. (so for 5wows 6gb) you can put the wow folder on a different drive if you want, it will help with loading times.