Cost estimate for getting back into 5 boxing

[Monk3yv]

Hello Zub,

First let me just say you make great posts and replies!

I too a considering the initial costs for transfering 4 accounts to a specified server, so I'm with you there.
I was looking around for the specs on my computer at home but can't find it, and I am out of the country.
I was able to 5 box relatively smoothly however, here is what I remember;

-Edit- Found an old xfire account with specs -Edit-

Manufacturer:
HP-Pavilion
Processor:
AMD Phenom(tm) 9500 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory:
3582MB RAM
Hard Drive:
489 GB
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Factory Overclocked (Around $95.00 on sale at the time from Newegg.com, awesome site*)
Monitor:
HP w2408 Wide LCD Monitor
Sound Card:
Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Speakers/Headphones:
Razor Barracuda Surround Sound Headphones
Operating System:
Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001)
Using Keyclone.

I wish I could comment more but I'm also somewhat computer-speak illiterate. (Also apologize for my English)

As far as the battlenet account question,
I am not sure because I had 5 accounts made before the battlenet merger, But I have merged them all into one battlenet, and you can pick the seperate accounts from the log in screen.

Hope this helps! Goodluck!

[jinkobi]

Zub here's my system specs for my 2 year old machine. I'm able to 5 box just fine with my main on ultra and slaves on lowest. Maybe it'll give you a rough idea of how much power you want. Definitely go with a 64bit system so you can have more memory. I'd say 4 gigs is the minimum to 5 box anything more is just better performance.

Also I have ALL my accounts on 1 Battlenet account. It allows you to use just 1 authenticator to cover all your accounts. You can indeed log in all your accounts without being booted- you're provided a dropdown menu and your WOW games are seperated by whatever name you give them. Such as WOW1, WOW2, etc...



Video card is an Nvidia GTX 285 1 gig.
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.100218-0019)
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8200 @ 2.66GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
6 gigs of DDR ram installed but you know 32bit so only 4 is utilized.