PC for 10 man multibox

[xhoabmt]

I'm playing WoW classic atm and very interested in shadowlands . I manage to build a new PC to run 10 man at first

My Spec is :

Ryzen 5 3600 ( or 2700x )

32 GB Ram DDR4

GTX 1660 Super 6GB

My question is that R5 3600 is enough for 10 man while I'm doing other things ( Web , Movie ... ) . Because I hear that R5 3600 is better than 2700x for general gaming , and I also play other game outside WoW as well

Thank you

[WOWBOX40]

For 10 man on live = get 64 gb RAM.

While possible to play 10 on the Ryzen 5 3600, this will be on the lowest possible settings and a hotswap macro with all on lowest and renderscale set to 75% on the slaves. 1080p + direct-X 11 legacy. Slaves on max 25 fps, main to 60. But these fps will drop a lot. It will be okei'ish playable in old school raids and when there are few people around. Some big zones will be crappy regardsless though.

Id suggest, if you can afford it, to atleast assign 2 cores (and its 2 hyperthreaded partners) to each game, for some smooth gameplay. 4 cores and 4 threads are pretty much optimum though, but this will be too expensive for most..

If i were you, and you are on a budget.. get the amd 3900x.... or if you have the extra cash, the amd 3950x.

Id suggest getting f.ex a nvidia 2070 or something similar or better, with atleast 8 gb of vram, for 10 mans. With some addons and very hectic activity (or if you turn up some settings a fair bit on the main), you can reach close to 6 gb vram in use, worse case, and a bit more if you want to also watch netflix. But you could just use the one you have, at first, then decide for yourself if you need to upgrade to 8 gb vram or not. Ideally though, if you happen to find a used or new "amd radeon vii, which has 16 gb vram", this one will cost around the same as a new nvidia 2070ish and will be "best is slot") in my opinion, costwise, and more "future proof".


Another option is to use the pc you have now, and use that to only play your main game with pro settings / with stellar performance, then get another pc, just for the slaves. Just a thought.
If you decide to go this route, id suggest gettings f.ex two "2 vertical monitor stands", and use the main game on 1 monitor, then netflix etc on the monitor above it. Then, for the slave pc, the "main slave game" on the bottom monitor and the other 8 on the top slave monitor. Reason being that you can then quickly grab the keyboard and mice on the slave pc and play from any slave character at will on the big screen at the bottom, on the slave pc monitor.

Ofcourse, if you f.ex want to try use a amd 3900x or a 3950x only, you could consider using 3 monitors horisontally on that pc, so you can f.ex have neflix etc on a sidemonitor, then game 2-10 on the other side monitor, while the main game is on its own monitor ofc).


Random imagined 20man pic for inspiration (behold my incredible fast editing skills).


meh, couldnt delete the pictures below for some reason.

[jak3676]

in Retail, what does 10-boxing get you that 5-boxing doesn't? (Honest question, I've only ever 5-boxed it.) Sorry for the OT

*edit: sorry, completely forgot that flex raiding (now known as "normal" mode) scales down to 10 players doesn't it.

[WOWBOX40]

It just means you have the potencial to do more things /get more stuff at the same time, when you have 10, vs 5.
Also, if skilled, you can defeat harder raid content (using 10 + characters).

Do note that this doesnt mean that someone playing 10 will automatically earn a lot more than someone who plays 5 and is more knowledgeable. *Note that if you already love herbing with 5 and master that, you can play with 10 and loot on all, as a herb node despawns after 10 players have tagged it.

You can also earn a lot more as a solo player, if you are a clever gold goblin, vs someone that 5, even 10 box or more.

So... if you learn how the game works well, as a solo player, THEN f.ex x 10 that ability = im sure you can see the potensial here.


Besides the gold making aspect, there is much fun to be had playing multiple characters, creating your own "dream / fantasy team", getting cool transmogs, mounts etc. If you dont plan to persue "soloing" hard raid content, playing with max 5 makes sense (you can then also queue alone using the dungeon finder tool, which is practical, dont have to worry about getting 2 random people in your spesific or random dungeon/event).


Case in point... i have 1 rogue, its the only melee class i have outside the tanks, in my big raid, but he doesnt run into battle a lot, as he is just casually tagging along mainly "pistol whipping" and he gets every rogue item that drops... he is mainly there for the look and fun, dont care about his dps. Im sure he loves all that exclusive transmogs and getting decked out in epic loots: /he is living the dream hehe


Remember that you can only have 8 accounts within 1 battlenet account.. so if you decide to play 10, you will need to create another second battlenet account.. (where you also need to get all the items on aswell... mounts, transmogs, pets, pathfinder etc.. this can become very timeconsuming). This is why, if you ever plan to maybe later play more than 8 (say 20) to start playing with multiple battlenet accounts from the start (you need 3 if so, 3 x 8 = max 24), so you already have flying etc ready to go.