i was thinking about putting together a real cranked out system. something that would get 65fps in each wow no matter where i am in the game.

this thought was centered around multiple drives. 1 per wow. this would allow each wow to have it's own read head, therefore improving the throughput. as such, i found a 60G 7200 8MB SATA for only $32 (!!!). they aren't great drives... but they should hold up.

i would also put another drive for the OS. something fast with enough space. i found a 400G 7200 16MB SATA drive for only $84.

next was the dual graphics boards that would run 3 screen. one for my main and 2 for either side. i was going for 2 8800GT boards with 512M each. this would have 3 wows on one board and 2 on the other.

then i'd have 4G of system memory, corsair for quality. $134 each stick (2 sticks)

i figured a 750W power supply should be able to drive the cards.. any info on this is most welcome.

now i'd need to identify a quality CPU and MOBO. i was thinking a quad core would be nice... but has anyone seen a dual quad core, yielding 4x2 == 8 cores total? which MOBO would be the one to go with?

after that, it's just COOLING and CASE... pretty straight forward.

any thoughts or input are most welcome. i will adjust the components in the OP as people chime in.

current:
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5x SATA drives (60G 7200 8MB) - one per clone $ 32 x 5
1x SATA drive (400G 7200 16MB) - system drive $ 84
2x dual 8800gt 512 $224 x 2
3x ACER 22" LCD $250 x 2
2x 2G corsair TWIN2x4096-6400C4DHX memory $134 x 2
1x Corsair CMPSU-750TX power supply $179
CPU
MOBO
CASE
COOLING
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subtotal 1,639.00
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*numbers from pricewatch.com