i7 core rig - overkill?

[mmorpgchick]

Ok..I use to multibox 5 shamans last year on a laptop..very hard I have to tell you but I loved my laptop till the cpu overheated and blewup the motherboard..

So, I am getting back into wow now, and for that I need a sweet machine to box with.

These are the few things I have ordered.

XFS ATI HD 5970 black edition
coolmaster cosmo s case
12gb ocz z ddr3 ram
coolmaster 1200w psu
1000gb sata + a mobile sas/sata rack that I will have 4x 128gb ocz z 270mbps ssd's..each drive will have a wow installed.
Intel i7 975 cpu
G-series pack - g9x, g13, g19, g35
I also have a monitor.. 24" widescreen BenQ 2ms


I will only be playing 4 shamans with this computer, but I will be using it for allot of other things..so yes its overkill for wow but I do allot of database stuff with oracle and vmware

Can't wait to get the hd 5970 though..looks so dam sexy

[ollee]

Originally Posted by mmorpgchick

mobile sas/sata rack that I will have 4x 128gb ocz z 270mbps ssd's..each drive will have a wow installed.

Thats the only overkill i see....completely unnecessary....being as theyre ssds.....

[Ualaa]

If you are going with multiple SSD's, I would definitely put them into a RAID 0 set up.
Then go with a single install of wow, on the SSD.
And if you want more the one install, use symbolic links for the Cache, Data and Interface folders.
Honestly, one SSD is probably enough speed and 128gb is enough size.
I'm not sure if those drives are Generation 2 (ie, can run TRIM command and keep them running fast, even over time); I'd consider an OS + WoW on a gen2 ssd.

You won't need nearly 1200w power supply, but then again it will be good for a lot of future upgrades, without worrying if you have enough power.

A i7 975 is massive overkill for wow. Unless you are planning to really overclock it by a large amount, the unlocked multiplier is really not worth it. A stock i7 920, is already overkill for wow, and you can overclock that a fair bit, if you get a half decent cpu cooler.

[lsakowski]

I am using a i7 965. A single copy of WOW running uses less than 10%, even in fairly busy areas it rarely gets over 15% percent. Running 4 accounts, I can't remember it ever getting over 40%.

I use water cooling. Check out Danger Den to see what they offer. If you are building a desktop, water cooling is definitely the way to go. Cooling my processor, north/south bridge chips (shared cooling block) and both video cards (GTX 285s).

I think the highest video card temp I have ever seen, during a hot part of the summer (almost 90F in the apartment) was 55C from onboard temp probe.

When I build a new computer, I tend to go with the best available at the time so that there is a longer period of time before upgrades are "needed".

[Tim]

I have an i7 975 extreme at 4.2ghz and have OC'd it up to 5.4ghz using normal air cooling. Funny enough, I found out today that my CPU Heatsink fan (big one) actually never worked, its broke.

On my system, 1x WoW takes between 1-3% cpu, so yea, big overkill.

[burningforce]

damn all your systems make my aging q6600 rig seem like a dinosaur

I go to about 80% cpu when I play 4 wow's and all settings are turned down on each client.

I think it is overkill for Wow but it is ok because you use it for other stuff

[Nghtmr9999]

Originally Posted by burningforce

I think it is overkill for Wow but it is ok because you use it for other stuff

Microsoft Flight Simulator on max?

[Lindline]

Originally Posted by Nghtmr9999

Crysis on max?

Fixed that

[Nghtmr9999]

Originally Posted by Lindline

Fixed that

Nonono. MFS on max (from what I've heard) is more of a graphics strain than any other game

[Lindline]

Originally Posted by Nghtmr9999

Nonono. MFS on max (from what I've heard) is more of a graphics strain than any other game

Microsoft Flight Simulator and Crysis at max at the same time.

There, compromised it for you.