question for you guys/gals using one computer

[Maat]

The solid state drives seem to be alot smaller and the wow itself is close to 30 gigs now do yall still use 5-10 wow folders or have you switched to runing all from the same folder?.

Junctions quite easy to set up.

[Ashley]

I am still running my ancient Q6600 (stock 2.4ghz), 1gb DDR2 graphics card and 6gb RAM...

I can do 5 boxing fine with everything on low lol...

My entire screen res is 2048x1152 btw (23" Samsung).


I'm over due an upgrade... but heres a fraps test in Shatt back in November 2010 (before Cataclysm pwned my fps)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_O7x3qxmoY&

[Durant]

I managed to 5 Box EQ2 on my build. I had no idea about the 2GB per instance until I read it here. I had almost no issues with only 9 GB of DDR3. Some Lag in highly populated zones but 90% time plain sailing.

I am considering going to a full group when I return (Left game last year but am considering returning) and I have allready upped my RAM to 12GB, considering getting a bigger case and new mobo to put a third 480 in.

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Intel Core i7 965 3.20 GHz
Asus P6T6 WS Revo
12 GB DDR3
100 GB SSD
2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
Antec 900 Case
Antec Truepower Quattro 1000 PSU
1 x 23in, 3 x 22in Monitors
Razer Lachesis Mouse
Belkin Nostromo N52te Speedpad
Isboxer
Windows 7 (x64) – 7.5 Rating (7.5, 7.6, 7.9, 7.9, 7.9)

[Bollwerk]

The solid state drives seem to be alot smaller and the wow itself is close to 30 gigs now do yall still use 5-10 wow folders or have you switched to runing all from the same folder?

Those of us on ISboxer only have a single WoW folder. No need for more in most cases.

and looks like everyone but a few are using the i7 I am thinking of using the i7 2600
but a few have the i5.
Now adays what is better?

If all you do is game, the i7 is a waste of money (unless you have money to burn and REALLY want that extra stock 0.1GHz). So far as I've read everywhere, hyperthreading does NOT benefit gaming (no matter how many clients you run) because you're still limited to the same amount of PHYSICAL cores. Having more virtual cores only seems to help with some specific applications such as encoding.

and what motherboard would you recommend now adays to pair it with.

Personally, I LOVE my MSI P67A-GD65 with the ONE BUTTON overclock on the motherboard. I got an extra 1.0GHz on air cooling with no stability issues. Just by pressing a single button.

[Sam DeathWalker]

I have 6 computers to 31 or so box.

You are way way better to run 5 toons on 5 junk computers with 5 seperate monitors, instead of one computer.

You just need to run one keyboard / mouse to all 5 computers.

[Bollwerk]

I have 6 computers to 31 or so box.

You are way way better to run 5 toons on 5 junk computers with 5 seperate monitors, instead of one computer.

You just need to run one keyboard / mouse to all 5 computers.

Personally, I feel that if you're going to spend the money on 5 "junk" computers and monitors, why not combine that money into one powerful computer that can run 5 toons? If you already have the 5 "junk" computers and monitors, then that's fine.

Of course, part of this is a matter of personal preference and if you even have the space for 5 computers/monitors. =)

[Ualaa]

The one computer route is nice, especially if you do single player games and want top performance in those.

I don't think I have anything on my system any longer that really pushes it as much as boxing...
I'm playing Starcraft II, 5-box Warcraft, Birth of the Federation sporadically (and that runs on Win98/XP)...

[Tonuss]

You are way way better to run 5 toons on 5 junk computers with 5 seperate monitors, instead of one computer.

Now that quad/hex-core CPUs and powerful graphics cards are more affordable, I think that most people are better off with one PC capable of running five clients. A good quad/hex CPU is in the $200-350 range, a good motherboard is in the $150-250 range, and a good GPU is in the $170-300 range. You can build a pretty good five-boxing rig for $1500-2000 or possibly less if you research it carefully. You might be able to build five systems for $400, but I am not sure that they'd run WOW as well as the $2000 box.

I'm five-boxing on an AMD 1090T and a Radeon 5870 with all WOWs running off of a 750GB RAID 1 setup that is fairly old (7200RPM, probably 16MB cache), though my OS is on a 128GB Corsair SSD. I'm using 1920x1200 resolution, with the main window set to moderate/high graphics and the slaves at low. It runs smoothly, although I can't recall what performance is like in crowded cities (currently running my team through Northrend and Dalaran is empty these days).

[Selz]

I'm playing on an i7 920, at stock speed.
Have 12GB of DDR3, 1600mhz.
A GTX275 1MB video card.
And a Patriot 64GB SSD (180mb/sec).

Dynamically, my main uses medium settings mostly.
Shadows and Weather disabled, View distance maxed.

My slaves use minimal everything, except medium view distance.

Nothing is overclocked, and the game is playable everywhere.
Stormwind is smooth with 80 players around the AH on a weekend afternoon.
As are all battlegrounds.
Mass PvP kind of pushes the system a little.

You could get a much better system, for comparable price.
Mine is more than a few years old now.

The i7 2500k or i7 2600k processor.
Some ram.
A decent SSD drive for the gaming folder.
A video card, that was new within the last 2 years.
Should play the game quite smoothly anywhere, as a 5-boxer.

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A GTX275 1MB video card.

ROFL

[slongz]

thanks all for the input i am ordering some stuff and stuck on the case.
What would you recommend for a case/fan combo i dont care about looks i just do not want it to be loud i had one years ago you couldnt hear tv lol

Whats the best cooling system /case thats super quiet?