Getting back into Boxing

[cathjoda]

Been away for awhile and have decided to get back in to multiboxing. I've only been using a laptop for the last few years so have decided it's time to get back to a pc for boxing. The important parts of the system that was suggested for me is:

Intel I7 4960X
16GB DDR3
Samsung 500GB SSD EVO
Gigabyte R9 290X OC

Just wondering if anyone had any suggestions or info in relation to the above?

thanks

[Djawol]

It is a high end system.
for 5 box 16GB is ok, for 10 box you need more than 16 GB.
I would wait for the X99, which comes in 2-3 months.

[Ualaa]

Ram is pretty much dirt cheap.
16GB is probably plenty, but I went with 32GB which wasn't really all that much of a price difference.

Since you have an SSD in your build, a RamDrive isn't going to add that much more speed.
So there probably isn't any reason to go for 64GB of ram.

I personally have two SSDs in Raid 0, which is very nice.
I'm not saying one SSD is not good enough, but striped... they're that much faster.
Which is an option, depending on your budget.

I'd probably go with one drive for the Operating System.
A different drive for the gaming folder, sized to accommodate each game that you'd like to be playing.
If you're going to record your play, to make movies then another drive for that.

A single big video card is generally best for boxing.
If you're running a lot of clients, on higher settings, that is often the bottleneck before CPU or system Ram.
The number of monitors you'd like to use, is going to be determined by which video card/cards you go with.

[MiRai]

Been away for awhile and have decided to get back in to multiboxing. I've only been using a laptop for the last few years so have decided it's time to get back to a pc for boxing. The important parts of the system that was suggested for me is:

Intel I7 4960X

Someone suggested you spend $1,000 in order to... 5-box? You don't say how many you want to play (or even what game), but a 4930K is almost 50% of the price of a 4960X and will perform on almost the exact same level.

I would wait for the X99, which comes in 2-3 months.

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