10 * 3440x1440 - hardware suggestions

[MadMilitia]

So after taking the plunge to 10 box on my current rig I've been thinking. It seems my bottleneck now is the CPU and not the GPU as we've discussed. I was considering adding a new machine to handle the 5 new accounts but then I saw this: https://www.amazon.com/Intel-BX80673...075XRYMDR?th=1

Pricey CPU but 18 cores? Would that be ideal for a 10+ box rig? Genuinely curious if anyone has gone this route and what benefits they saw.

[WOWBOX40]

So after taking the plunge to 10 box on my current rig I've been thinking. It seems my bottleneck now is the CPU and not the GPU as we've discussed. I was considering adding a new machine to handle the 5 new accounts but then I saw this: https://www.amazon.com/Intel-BX80673...075XRYMDR?th=1

Pricey CPU but 18 cores? Would that be ideal for a 10+ box rig? Genuinely curious if anyone has gone this route and what benefits they saw.

On one of my machines i run a older 6 core 12 threads, 980 ti, 64 gig ram: 10 games, all on low settings and 1080p.
It run well i think, but the fps can drop a bit at hectic times, though its playable no problem.

My grafiichcard isnt "maxed" out on its vram yet, but the cpu is at times.


With a much better cpu you will ofcourse have a lot more headroom. I currently have 2 cores assigned per game. I would imagine if you had 4, that would be ideal.



I had the same plan as you, but decided instead to go down the multiple computer route.

I have the one computer that runs 10.

I have 1 computer that runs only my "main" game, so i can run it at "settings 7" buttersmooth on its own 144 hz monitor.

For my other games i have 1 computer per 5 games.
(any older 6 core/12 threads, 32 gb ram and f.ex a 1060 6 gb vram card and two 60 hz 1080p monitor for each. This way, if you buy a vertical monitor stand for 2 monitors, you can have the "main game" of the 5 on the lower one and the other 4 on the above one, and you can switch between them, whenever you need to do some "5man playing" on that computer)

Its a major hassle to set it up... but i dont regret it, not now atleast.



The only thing i want to "improve", is cutting down from 10 to 5 on my one omputer and instead get 1 more pc to run 5, so i get rid of the small bottleneck on the pc thats currently playing 10 games.



it MIGHT be possible to smoothly play with the latest upcoming amd 32 core cpu and if you have a 32 vram gfx card, 128 gb ram etc. But its going to cost a fair bit i would imagine.
Currently i have my doubt about it, ive thought about getting one to play 3 battlenets on (24 games). I fear that it will hit cpu bottleneck. In the end, it doesnt have enough to run the total amount of games i wish for anyway (more than 24) . So much for the "1 pc for everything".



If you do some searching around and even buy a lot used, you will be able to create many good machines for max 5 games on each, and you never have to worry about bottlenecks.
Not to mention, you will not have to worry at all about getting proper watercooling, as any decent big air cooler and/or "closed loop liquid cpu cooler" will work like a charm. Wave goodbye to those boring maintanance times.

Though, as i mentioned, warning.. it will take a long time to setup




If you are not in any hurry, and have some funds good to go, i probably would wait til we get reviews of the new amd 32 core. It could be the one to get for "up to 24 games". Fingers crossed.
I wonder what the 32 gb gfx card will cost though haha


Found the nvidia one here...
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13004...-v-ceo-edition