25 boxing, what computer is needed?
Hi everyone, im new to the site and am aspiring to be a multiboxer and eventually a 25 boxer (pve raiding). I was wondering what the logistics are of this kind of undertaking and what kind of computer i need to accomplish this with 1 machine and 6 monitors (#6 for browsing internet) and any ideas or suggestions you have for me or anyone else that would want to try this? Would i need a powerful computer like a $4500 iMac? Or could i grab a cheap computer and upgrade it for like $1500?
you know you can do 10 now and get the same loot from raids right?
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First of all, avoid anything with the word "Mac" in it. They are overpriced crap.
Instead, I would go with 2 or 3 computers with the following specs:
i7's in all
6gb in all
spend about 150 on the gfx card for two machines, and maybe 300+ on your "main machine" (so you can max out the details on your "main")
That's the most important parts, the rest is up to you.
You can easily hook up 2 monitors on each machine, whereas on your main machine you would need 3x PCIe slots and 3GFX and one beefy monsterous PSU.
IF, for some weird reason, you wanted to actually run 25 on 1 computer, you would definitely need at least 15gb of ram and 3 video cards. I have a feeling that the i7 would definitely get pegged at some point.
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yes im aware of that. Im just a lil crazy in the head and have taken my 10 boxing idea and am turning it into a 25 boxing idea. Plus it would give me alot more roflstomping power in world pvp.
I think keeping 4 guys in sync is hard… I have NO idea how any of you handle 25. If you can raid with 25 toons, you deserve a medal!
As to world PvP roflstomp power, I assure you 4 Ele shammys is more than sufficient to take on ANY size group that isn’t coordinated.
Good luck to you man!
i was just thinking that 1 computer would be alot simpler to set up. And ive read that its doable. Its also what i would prefer to do unless 2 or 3 machines would improve performance. And ya i could spend $2,000 and build a computer that makes a mac look like a paperweight with such party tricks as HEY LOOK WHAT I CAN DO *crashes the internet* BUT wheres the fun it that?
1 computer will be brutal. I box 4 accounts and am already running a beastly computer. I also box them on higher res, and settings though. If you limit the FPS to < 5 and run the slaves on 600X800 you could do it on the graphics end. What I’m thinking of right now though, it Memory, and hard drive.
You WILL need more than 1 disk if you’re not running something like those 1GB/S (Byte, not bit) PCI-E drives. Even a good SATA SSD won’t be able to handle that much bandwidth. I use 4 disks, 1 for each account. Its overkill, but I have 4, so I use them all.
Memory will be a HUGE issue. Bandwidth and size. Wow can use up to a gig a window on high settings, and ~500Meg on lower settings. If you don’t allow for it to expand to its fullest you will start paging the HD, and with 25 windows doing that… Well… It won’t be pretty. I would say 16GB+ triple channel @ at LEAST 1600.
Going from "aspiring multiboxer" to 25-boxer is an unrealistic goal. If you truly 25-box some day, you will almost certainly do that across multiple PCs, not a single PC.Originally Posted by doommachine
It makes more sense to build a good 5-10 client computer and learn to multibox on a 5x team right now. You don't level all 25 at once, anyhow. You'd level them in smaller teams and combine them once at max level.
I have to echo others' sentiments, as well. There is no point in 25-boxing. All the PvE content you could care to do is achievable with a 10-character team and the gear rewards are identical.
well based on the replies ive decided to go with 3 computers. 2 to run 4 slave monitors and 1 beast to run the mains monitor and browsing monitor. Also, im aware that i dont get anything extra from 25 boxing raids instead of 10 boxing. Its just an idea at this point but its what i want to do atm. Im going to RAF arund 40 toons anyway to have a ton of alchemists. So 25 boxing would be a way to make use of them. Ill RAF all the toons i want and begin 10 boxing raids. After that ill decide if i realy want to 25 box or just 10. Thanks for your help guys and any other thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Why do you recommend DDR3 1600? What's wrong with 1066, which is exactly at what i7's are rated to run at?
Exactly this. The more characters you add to a team the less efficient it becomes. To also note, I highly doubt you could
build a computer that would handle 25 instances of WoW like you want it to. I can load about 11 game instances on my
Q9550 with my main on Ultra settings and the other 10 looking at the ground with tiny screens and the lowest graphics.
Sure, there is newer hardware out there now but if you have to jam 24 other screens somewhere while boxing a PvE raid,
how are you going to see who is standing in fire and who isn't?
Even building a dual CPU system is a complete waste of money to just play WoW on, especially when it would cost
probably close to $5000 at least. You could easily build multiple systems for less than $5000 for the sole purpose of just
running slave screens on.
EDIT: OP replied to his own thread before this, leaving the reply anyway.
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