Need new PC for 10 boxing

[Palee]

I got mouse, keyboard and monitors. So i need everything else to 10 box wow.
Please give me some suggestions, including the makers not just the type of the components.
SSD for both OS and WoW files.
Budget around 1500.

[MiRai]

SSDs for both OS and WoW are going to cost a bit. The larger the SSD the better it performs (up to a certain point) so, 256GB > 128GB > 64GB, etc (in terms of performance). This is a general rule and someone can probably find benchmarks that don't line up 100% but, if you compare the same manufacturer/model and use different size drives... it shows. You can view the differences here (http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/426?vs=425), here (http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/375?vs=357), and here (http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/534?vs=533) (do note that some of those benchmarks listed are "lower is better").

With being said, I'll recommend 128GB SSDs but people get by with 64GB. As an example:

2x Crucial M4 64GB = ~$210
2x Samsung 830 64GB = ~210

2x Crucial M4 128GB = ~350
2x Samsung 830 128GB = ~$370
2x Intel 510 128GB = ~$480

As for 10 boxing... you mentioned to me before that you wanted to use video settings better then low on your main. If you want to use DX11 you'll most likely want more than 1.5GB of video RAM. Using DX9 gimps your eye candy but requires < 1.5GB of video RAM. A card that is powerful enough to 10 box smoothly with more than 1.5GB of VRAM will most likely run you at least $500 and that's one-third of your budget. So, with two 64GB SSDs and a beefy video card for DX11 (10 accounts) we've used up about 50% of the budget already.

With what I've posted here so far... what are your (or anyone else's) thoughts?

[lans83]

Check my post in my sig, I've managed to piece together a tower for a little over $1500 from Newegg, tho I did get some of the parts while on sale and/or with some newsletter discount codes. From what MiRai said here, I'm fairly sure I can 10box on it, but I have no intention to, at least at this point in time. The card I got is pretty good and costs way less than $500.

You can always get more than one card if you can afford it in your budget. That many accounts on one pc tho, you'll have to sacrifice a little eye candy somewhere. Shadows and water would have to be the two major ones tho, maybe even v-sync. The Sandisk 120gig SSD I got is a gamble because of the controllers used in it, it's one I was willing to take. The Intel one was one I had bought last year for my laptop then put into this for my OS and a few programs only. At the time tho they cost alot more and I paid around $250+ I think, can't remember.

Strong piece of advice tho, if you get a third party cooler like the one I got, you'll need to get ram that's labeled 'Low Profile'. I didn't know it when I ordered these at the time, but glad I got them instead of another model with larger heatsinks. With the cooler and motherboard I got, there's maybe 3cm space between the bottom of the heatsink and top of the ram. That's without a second fan strapped to the side of it hanging over the ram. Luckily I still have room if I choose to add one, but it'll cover the rest of them.

[confusedtx5]

Go for 16+ GB of ram if you can (1GB per window, with some left over for OS), and def at least a 3GB graphics card.


My X79 beast lets me 6-box Orgrimmar without lagging (you jelly?), and will probably 10-box fine. But unfortunately, an X79 rig will likely blow your budget by a fair bit.

[Palee]

Thanks guys. The 600 people laid off is making me rethink this a bit. I'm probably going to wait a few months to see further developments with WoW. I'm not saying I'm expecting it to die or anything, but if they keep losing subs not sure I want to blow so much money on a game whose future is uncertain.
In the meantime I might be able to buy cheaper components, I think there's some new generations coming up soon.

[Khatovar]

Considering companies like Turbine {Asheron's Call, Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online} don't even HAVE 600 employees and still manage to push out content on a steady basis for their games, I wouldn't worry. Even if WoW were to suddenly tank, there's still other games to play that tend to need more of a system to play.

I never buy upgrades based on what game I'm playing right now. I buy them based on the idea that I will be multiboxing something, and if I'm not, I will still have an awesome system for paying anything that comes along for a good long while to come.

[Ualaa]

I tend to go for a large upgrade, which will last at least 2-3 years.
Chances are, most of the time the system will be good enough for 4-5 years, but after 2-3 another upgrade becomes tempting.

If you compare something like whatever game you're playing x5.
Plus the cost of your system, to play it smoothly.
And maybe a few other single-box games to go with it.
That's really cheap entertainment, compared to a lot of things.

Decide what your budget is, and go from there.

[kaiverrettu]

Considering companies like Turbine {Asheron's Call, Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online} don't even HAVE 600 employees and still manage to push out content on a steady basis for their games, I wouldn't worry. Even if WoW were to suddenly tank, there's still other games to play that tend to need more of a system to play.

I never buy upgrades based on what game I'm playing right now. I buy them based on the idea that I will be multiboxing something, and if I'm not, I will still have an awesome system for paying anything that comes along for a good long while to come.

This, and what I would like to also point out.. the predecessor of WoW in the west, Everquest, is still online after all these years. And that's just Everquest who had like 300k subs at it's peak! Now imagine what happened, if WoW ever did the same.. it would likely have about 2-3m subs if not more STILL even after it's supposed "downfall."

[Palee]

Yes after thinking about it more it makes sense to not base my decision based on WoW's future. But to be honest I don't play anything else but WoW... Really, nothing else.