HMMM Complete High end? or should i stay mid range ?

[Stewyy]

My current System i have i'm running
i'm Running dual screens one 55 inc tv LG and another 32 inc
Intel (R) Core (TM)i7-2700k CPU @ 3.50GHz i over clocks to 4.5GHz
H60 water cpu cooler
32GB or 1333 Ram DDR
2 TB of space
SLI dual GTX 570 these are over clocked also.

I found i could muilty box 8 wow clients 18 eve online box's

I'm looking at muilty boxing 24 to 30 accounts now, i'm a little stuck. on what to get. spending limit 5,000 to 6,000.

I've ordered the Samsung MD230X6 23"X6 MULTI DISPLAY 1920X1080 8ms D-SUB DVDI-D DP

i dont know if i should get VTX3D Radeon HD 7990 6GB Dual-GPU Video Card

or just get two video cards and sli them.

[Ualaa]

Take your pick...

You can go with an i7-3930K, which is a generation back (32nm) but it is also a six-core processor (with six more logical cores, for twelve threads).
The 3930s use quad-channel ram, and you can have 64GB of it maximum.
So more ram through-put and more total ram in the system, if you're going to use it.

The other option is an i7-3770, which is the current generation (22nm) but only a four-core processor (with four more logical cores, for eight threads).
The ram is double channel, and you max out at 32GB.
The Intel site suggests each later generation of CPU is 10-15% more powerful than its predecessor, at the same clock speed; and the 3770K runs at 3.5GHz as opposed to the 3930K running at 3.2GHz.

A lot of the benchmarks show the two processors, as being fairly even for one-boxed games.
The higher ram throughput likely counters the stronger per-core of the newer processor.
If you're running a lot of processes, the more cores will likely become more of a factor.
The 3930K is roughly twice the price of the 3770K.

If you're leaning towards a 3770K, consider that that 4770K is expected for early June of 2013.
And this will likely be a 10-15% improvement, over the current 3770K.
The onboard video on the 4770K is supposed to be a large improvement over that on the 3770K, but if you're looking at a gaming system you'll go with a discreet video card anyway.

It looks like there aren't consumer level processors with more than 4 physical cores or greater than 32GB of ram capacity in the next several years, according to the Intel roadmap.



Once you decide on a processor, get a motherboard that supports its' socket type.

If you're overclocking, something like the Rampage Extreme IV might be useful.
If you're not going to overclock, or won't be pushing your system that hard, a lower end motherboard will serve you fine and cost a lot less.

Consider cooling options, too.
Water cooling is a good option, if you're going to push your overclocking.
I went with a Noctua NH-D14 (air cooler), which was actually better cooling that a lot of entry or mid-range water cooling systems, but wasn't really competitive with higher end water cooling options.
Depending on your cooler, you may need low-profile ram for the clearance.



Decide on your ram; ram is fairly cheap, so getting the maximum your motherboard supports might be an idea if you're planning on pushing your system.
If you're doing (or might do) a ramdrive, the higher frequency ram will be a better choice.
If not, tighter timings (and a lower CAS rating) on slower ram will be approximately equal to looser timings and faster ram.
Aside from benchmarks, you're not going to find much real world performance difference between CL8 1600MHz, CL9 1833MHz, CL11 2133MHz...

You'll want ram that runs at 1.5 volts, not the 1.65 volt stuff.

If you go with a 3930K, you could also go with 4x 8GB slots of ram, for 32GB with the option to add 32GB down the road if you wanted.



I'd assume video ram is going to be the limiting factor, for a lot of games.
The GTX 670 4GB is the 'best bang for buck' video card, according to Tom's Hardware Video Hierarchy.
But the GTX 680 4GB is a stronger card.

If you want the best card, there is a 6GB card for a thousand out there.

Not sure on the ATI equivalent, but in general they have an equivalent card to whatever Nvidia you look at.
It's a preference all mainly.

For boxing, you'll definitely want single GPU cards and not two cards on one board (680 GTX = one card; 690 GTX = two under-clocked 680 cards, on one board, which boxing will result in only using the video-ram from one of the two slower cards).
SLI/Crossfire, in general is usually a performance loss when boxing.
But if you're running other games, particularly anything with a single client running in full screen, you might want SLI.



Storage is going to be relatively cheap.
But you might want an SSD for the operating system, and you might want one for the gaming folder.

The Samsung 840s are amongst the highest rated SSDs.
Quite a few like the Intel 520s.
I have had good OCZs, but many have had issues with those and OCZ seems to be in financial troubles so a warranty with those might not be worth much.

I like the Corsair Neutron SSDs, from recent benchmarks.
But they're a bit young, so not really sure on their longer term durability yet.