Will this pc do for multiboxing wow effectivly.....

[dekarr69]

Newegg.ca - iBUYPOWER Gamer Extreme 972i Desktop PC Intel Core i7 960(3.20GHz) 6GB DDR3 1TB HDD Capacity NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit


is what im looking at getting but for those that dont wanna go to the link:

General Spec
Brand iBUYPOWER
Model Gamer Extreme 972i
Type Gaming
Form Factor Tower
Processor Intel Core i7-960 3.2GHz
Processor Main Features 64 bit Quad-Core Processor
Memory 6GB (2GBx3) DDR3 1333
Hard Drive 1TB SATA II
Optical Drive 1 24X DL DVD+/-RW Drive
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 1GB
Audio Sound card - Integrated
Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet
Power Supply 700W
Keyboard iBUYPOWER USB Deluxe Keyboard
Mouse iBUYPOWER USB Mouse
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Special Features NZXT Gamma Gaming Tower CPU
CPU Type Intel Core i7
Installed Qty 1
CPU Speed 960(3.20GHz)
L3 Cache Per CPU 8MB
CPU Socket Type LGA 1366
CPU Main Features 64 bit Quad-Core Processor Graphics
GPU/VPU Type NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
Graphics Interface PCI Express 2.0 x16 Memory
Memory Capacity 6GB DDR3
Memory Speed DDR3 1333
Form Factor DIMM 240-pin
Memory Spec 2GB x 3
Memory Slot (Total) 6
Memory Slot (Available) 3
Maximum Memory Supported 24GB Hard Drive
HDD Capacity 1TB
HDD Interface SATA II Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type DVD±RW
Optical Drive Spec 24X DL DVD+/-RW Drive Audio
Audio Chipset Integrated
Audio Channels 8 channels Communications
LAN Chipset Integrated
LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps Front Panel Ports
Front USB 2
Front eSATA 1 x e-SATA (based on motherboard availability)
Front Audio Ports 1 Back Panel Ports
PS/2 2
Rear USB 6
Rear IEEE 1394 1
eSATA 1
RJ45 1 port
Rear Audio Ports 6 ports
S/P DIF 1 x Optical Expansion
External Bays 4 x external 5.25" drive bays
Internal Bays 6 x internal 3.5" drive bays
PCI Slots (Available/Total) 2 x PCI-Express x16 (SLI & Crossfire Ready)
2 x PCI-Express x1
2 x PCI


Im wondering if this will be good enough to multibox wow effectivly.... from my understanding the i7 is supposed to be a great cpu as well i just wanted a solid computer that i can add stuf to as the time goes by.. there is 6gb of ram in it which im looking to upgrade to 8-12 depending on cost at the time of purchase.....



Any thoughts would be appreciated im just looking to get up and running 3-5 wow accounts for under 1500-2000 an help is appreciated

[EaTCarbS]

Yes

[dekarr69]

Thanks eatcarbs for the quick response.... =-D looks like im goin to add it to the shopping cart and go get some copys of wow and see what happens :P

[Ualaa]

I'd consider a better video card, either initially or at some point in the future.
It is a fair ways down the chart:

Graphics Card Hierarchy Chart : Best Graphics Cards For The Money: May 2011

The rest of the system looks more than fine.
You could go with more ram, if you were interested in more than 5-boxing whether that is streaming, making movies, 10-boxing down the road, or lots of tabs open at once; ram is about as cheap now as it ever has been.
Another fairly cheap upgrade, now or in the future would be an SSD drive, purely as a gaming folder (go for 60+ GB's, if you do as smaller than that has had issues with patch sizes).

You'll box on that fine, with lower graphic settings.

[Tim]

Definitely.

However, since the 2500k and 2600k CPUs are generally the same price as the earlier i7 systems, you may want to consider a system with the 2500/2600k. They are 2-3x faster.

[xartin]

one thing the 900 series i7's still have over the sandy bridge is quick path interconnect or QPI.

Sandy bridge uses a similar memory access design known as "DMI" with just double the bandwidth to the 800 series i7's that was known for disapointing performance by comparison to the 900's

i7 900's still offer far superior memory performance. a hex core 970, 980x or 990x with 6.4GT/s QPI would be tough for the 2600's to match for memory bandwidth. Noted if you want performance on a budget choosing the 2600's is surely a no brainer.