5-box guidance

[Jezebel]

one thing i will mention is take note of the section on cooling in Xzins post on setting up your multibox rigs. he wasnt kidding about the heat output of having so many computers in a single room. i have a small split system aircon in my home office and the temperature still went up 15 degrees or so after i started running all the PC's.

Isn't 2gb of ram a little bit of an overkill to just play wow? Aswell as 430w PSU. Very cheap though. And you could skip the DVD. Just transfer files through your LAN. That brings the sum down to around 400. And if your buying 4 computers thats about a whole computer =).

i use the PC's for work as well as other stuff that needs more RAM.. i suppose you could get away with 1gb, but why? RAM is cheap enough and 2gb makes a noticable difference.

I'd highly recomend a CPU, and a hard drive. You won't get much done otherwise.

i listed parts i purchased =) i didnt buy CPU's or HD's with my order and i wouldnt recommend parts i hadnt personally used. i already had 4 boxed E2160's and some old 80gb 7200 RPM HDD's around the house which fit my specs nicely. all the parts i listed overclock really well, also. the E2160's are sitting on 3.1GHZ, under 40c on air cooling ^^

Who did you go through Jez?

i went through MSY, an australian company.

not sure where good places to buy overseas would be. most places have local tech forums that have lots of information about reliable companies and good prices.

COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power RP-550-PCAR ATX from factor 12V V2.01 550W Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817171016
Combo'ed with case listed below.

COOLER MASTER Centurion 541 RC-541-SKN1 Black Aluminumm bezel, SECC chassis MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case - Retail
Item #: N82E16811119088
($99.98 each)

could save yourself $50 per machine and just get the coolermaster CAC-T05. excellent case, same PSU (lower watt, obviously).. but 430w is more than enough for that system.