I figured this would be a fair question for you guys since we're all after the same thing here...

My primary machine runs XP and has a speedy dualcore cpu, top end video card, two gigs of ram, and a pair of raptors in a raid0 setup. My ping times are generally around 160ms, fwiw.

However, it still seems like I'm spending a lot of time staring at the load screen anytime I switch toons or change zones. Naturally, the hard drive lights are just pegged while this is happening. I've defragged, don't have a virus program running, and don't even have any other programs running, etc....

I was thinking of picking up one of the cool new solid state drives that aren't too spendy and seeing how much better wow runs from that...

So has anyone found anything helpful for boosting load times or am I kidding myself that a 6Gig data file is just going to make that a pipe dream?

Thanks,
Blorton