back to my Addiction with a new computer

[alkafir]

So after playing WoW on off with just one toon, i finaly got the money for a new computer, as the old one got a bit laggy when playing 5 toons after cata.

But any way the new one looks like this

CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K - 3.5 GHz ( Ivy Bridge )
MOB:SABERTOOTH Z77 ( Ivy Bridge )
RAM:Kingston DDR3 - 1600MHz - 16GB(4 x 4GB)
GFX: Gainward GeForce GTX 690 (4 GB)
HDD:OCZ Vertex 3 Series 60GB SSD/Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB
Power supply :SilverStone ST1000-P 1000W (modulær)

All build in to a Cooler Master HAF X Black

I realy hopes this will do well for me as a 5 boxer

[MiRai]

New computers are always fun, especially when the last one you owned is showing its age. Just a few things to point out...


GFX: Gainward GeForce GTX 690 (4 GB)
The 690 is a dual-GPU card, and it might not play nice with multiboxing because of that. You'll most likely be okay, but the recommendation for multiboxing is to always get a nice beefy video card with a single GPU rather than going with SLI. You can turn off SLI on that card if problems arise, but you're only able to use half of the card then.

Also, if nVidia partners are following suit from the last generation of cards, that's only got 2GB per GPU and it isn't additive. It's such bullshit marketing that they do that.


HDD:OCZ Vertex 3 Series 60GB SSD/Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB
Which drive is the game going to be on?

That 60GB SSD might be cutting it close if it's going to be the OS drive and the WoW drive. I also wouldn't put any games on a WD Green drive seeing as they run at 5400 RPM and you'll feel the lag. If there's still time you should opt for at least a 120GB SSD for the OS/Game drive and use the WD Green for storage of... music, movies, and whatever else.

[alkafir]

Did not know about the GFX card, nice to know if it starts acting wierd, thanks :-)

The idea atm , intill i get some more $ , is to put WoW on the ssd drive and OS on the other, then later get a SSD drive for the OS and keep the WD for storage, i am afraid its to late to change the order , but ill get a nother drive later this year

[JohnGabriel]

You could probably 10 box on that. Your processor is better than my new computer and I 5 box with 0 slowdowns, even tried 5 boxing with 5 additional windows open and had no problems there.

Except for what MiRai brought up. Maybe another 60GB, one for OS and one for game.

[Invisahealz]

I run the ASUS GTX690. 15 boxing, no problems at all with the card

[alkafir]

Got the rig now , and its running like a dream, with 5 accounts on ultra, i get capped at 60 fps due to Vsync in Ogrimar.
Got to try and turn Vsync off when i get home

[MiRai]

Got the rig now , and its running like a dream, with 5 accounts on ultra, i get capped at 60 fps due to Vsync in Ogrimar.
Got to try and turn Vsync off when i get home
DX9 or DX11?

[alkafir]

Dx11

[MiRai]

Dx11
I do not believe you that you're running 5 clients (all on Ultra and in full resolution) in DX11 and you're getting a solid 60FPS.

Below is an old screenshot that I took last year (same hardware I have now). The CPU is maxed out and the GPUs (580s in SLI) have throttled down because they're at max VRAM (all windows in 1920x1080) and are swapping textures with the SSD. You can see I'm sitting at ~21FPS with 5 clients on Ultra and the game was far from playable (very choppy and erratic framerate). 5 game clients on the High preset produce almost the same results for me.

http://i.imgur.com/nNZNa.jpg

[alkafir]

You dont have to worry its not in full ressolution , its on one of the preset screen setups from isboxer, so its far from full resolution , i have a screen set up with one large on the top of the screen and 4 small below. just forgot to add this first , i dont know i guess i just thought that was a normal way to do it

[alkafir]

I did a little test to check how my system would do if i stressed it a bit
So i made all windows full resolution 1920x1200 all in ultra mode and got 60 fps

But this was not in the center of Ogrimar as yours is so it was a bit invalid, i then walked to the centerand in the center of ogrimar it was unplayable, even if the cpu was only at 15%
i have to see if i can find a way to see the load on my GPU's

but anyway i am not a hardware expert , my new Rig makes me happy i could jump :-D

[alkafir]

after tuning my GPU i had 30-45 fps looking over the auction house, then i did a run around garroshe's house got 60 fps behind it and 25 in front , with a short drop to 10 just af i was running away from the front and around to the right , i love this computer, oh well i have to play no more poster , happy camper here :-D

[daviddoran]

You could run the SSD as a cache to the HDD, and install windows on the HDD. You could always add a dedicated SSD later to put wow on, or RAID the two SSDs for more speed (I run 3 in RAID 0 and it's awesome)

[Dooz]

So after playing WoW on off with just one toon, i finaly got the money for a new computer, as the old one got a bit laggy when playing 5 toons after cata.

But any way the new one looks like this

CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K - 3.5 GHz ( Ivy Bridge )
MOB:SABERTOOTH Z77 ( Ivy Bridge )
RAM:Kingston DDR3 - 1600MHz - 16GB(4 x 4GB)
GFX: Gainward GeForce GTX 690 (4 GB)
HDD:OCZ Vertex 3 Series 60GB SSD/Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB
Power supply :SilverStone ST1000-P 1000W (modulær)

All build in to a Cooler Master HAF X Black

I realy hopes this will do well for me as a 5 boxer

I'm running something fairly close to yours. Love the UEFI of the Sabertooth. I'm a complete novice to OC'ing and the "Optimal" settings in the UEFI make it simple. Here's my rig:
CPU: i7 3770K
MOBO: Sabertooth Z77
RAM: GSkill RipJaws 1600Mhz 24GB (2x4GB; 2x8GB)
GFX: NVIDIA GeForce 570 GTX HD (drops between 30 and 40 FPS in the center of Org.)
HDD(s) Western Digi Caviar Blue 500gb (Win 7 and all my other files); Crucial M4 120gb SSD (games)
Heat Sink: Thermaltake Performer (closed loop water cooled)
Power: Corsair HX850
OS: Win7 64bit Pro
Case: Antec 900 Black Steel

I skimped in some places, but I didn't have $2000 to sink into it.

Had to do some tweaking to get the ASUS "Thermal radar" software working... the software package that came with the packaged with the motherboard was "unfriendly." Had to go to the ASUS site and download software from other motherboards to make it work. I was a little disappointed that the "EZ Tune" (easy overclocking) functionality was non-existent in the software package. "Fan Xpert" is really cool, though it doesn't control the chasis fans. CPU runs between 26c and 30c at 4.1gHz. Also I had to go in and change memory settings to 1600 manually because the UEFI originally only recognized the memory as 1333. The other cool software that came with the motherboard is "Network iControl" which lets me set priorities for all software that connects to internet. I'm really happy with the motherboard as a whole package.