Thanks Mighty Tauren!

That is great news. Last night I found the 2 GB version of the 460, so now I am leaning that way. That said, these would be the rest of my specs.

If I go less expensive... AMD 955, 8 GB ddr3 1600, Windows 7 64 bit, WD 640 GB Caviar Black (Maybe a 150 GB VelociRaptor depending on what WD sends me for my 'in process RMA' - I could use that for OS and WoW folder like others use an SSD), one GTX 460 2 GB, Beefy Power Supply with plenty of watts and amps, Two monitors...probably a Gateway 19" 1400x900 for my main and a Gateway 17" 1280x720 for the others. I could also run the four in help on my projector on my wall... So it is either really tiny or really big right now, decent heat sink and maybe a small overclock on 955 to 965 standards or even 3.8 Ghz.

If I go more expensive then it would be a new 1155 mobo, a 2500k or 2600k, same 8 GB ram, Windows 7 64 bit, one SSD for maybe $150.00 (I am not sure if 60 GB is enough, so maybe a quality 80 GB?), then I could still use the 150 GB VelociRaptor and the 640 as well. The same GTX 460 2 GB card, and the same psu - its a 750 watt PC Power & Cooling from back in the day before they were bought by OCZ. As for the monitor, I could spring for a 22 " if I had to. I would eventually. I would try to get a 1900 x 1080 (or a 1900 x 1200?)

So in short, either way, a quad core with 8 GB ram and Windows 7 with a fast hard drive and maybe an SSD thrown in. I could then start with the GTX 460 and add in another card down the road.

Ideally I would like to get something like two MSI GTX 560-Ti Twin Frozr II 2 GB cards. But they don't make them yet. And that is getting a little expensive. I would rather hold off on that till maybe a year from now when the prices have come down. With all the other expenses I really don't even want to spend $400 on two GTX 460 2 GB cards, but would love to get one now and maybe pair it with another or a 560 2gb down the road.

How set would I be for five or ten instances of wow then?

FYI, ten is only a thought right now, and the soonest I would get to ten, with school and all, would be summer of 2012. But if I can, I am trying to set the stage a little just in case ...

Thanks in advance to Shadwalker or anyone else who can lend some advice.

-Grail