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De BuG2
Amarrian Vengeance
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#1 - 2011-12-06 18:21:00 UTC
Case: Sharkoon T9 Value Green Edition ATX Case inc Front USB 3.0/Audio & Cable Management

CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 560 Black Edition, Callisto Core, S AM3, 3.3GHz, 7MB Cache, HT 4000MHz, 80W, Retail

MoBo: Gigabyte GA-880GM-USB3, AMD 880G, S AM3+, DDR3, SATA II - 3Gb/s, RAID SATA, PCIe 2.0 (x16), Graphics On Board, Micro ATX

RAM: 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.65V

HDD: 320GB Samsung HD322GJ Spinpoint F4, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9ms, NCQ

GPU: 1GB MSI HD 6790, PCIe 2.1 (x16), 4200MHz GDDR5, GPU 920MHz, 800 Cores, DL DVI/DP/HDMI

PSU: 550W PSU, ACE PSUACE550BR, Black with Red 12cm Fan, ATX v2.03

CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro v2 S775/1155/1156/1366/AM3/AM2+/AM2/939 Up to 130 Watts


I've been Messing around with parts on Scan.co.uk and this is the best Eve gaming rig for about £500 i could come up with, Does anyone know how this will handle Eve? Or maybe someone could come up with something abit better/Cheaper? The maximum price i can go to is about £500. Thanks Smile
SpaceSquirrels
#2 - 2011-12-06 18:38:55 UTC
Yeah that's fine.... Maybe upgrade the processor and go to 6-8 gb of ram as eve still eats those up more than anything else especially if multi client.

But yeah should get the job done
De BuG2
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#3 - 2011-12-06 18:39:59 UTC
SpaceSquirrels wrote:
Yeah that's fine.... Maybe upgrade the processor and go to 6-8 gb of ram as eve still eats those up more than anything else especially if multi client.

But yeah should get the job done


Hah, yeah that was supposed to be 8GB Shocked
Kurfin
Kippers and Jam Developments
#4 - 2011-12-06 19:04:27 UTC
Yep that will laugh in the face of eve. Will be perfectly capable of playing any game out now too, so long as you aren't too optimistic with the graphics options on the really new and shiny ones.
De BuG2
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#5 - 2011-12-06 19:07:25 UTC
Kurfin wrote:
Yep that will laugh in the face of eve. Will be perfectly capable of playing any game out now too, so long as you aren't too optimistic with the graphics options on the really new and shiny ones.


Brilliant, Do you know about how many Clients it could Run? Lets just say they are all at Minimum Graphics.
Wilhelm Riley
Doomheim
#6 - 2011-12-06 19:35:12 UTC
RAM is cheap enough, go to 8.. you know you want to..
Lithalnas
Dirt 'n' Glitter
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#7 - 2011-12-06 20:03:03 UTC
De BuG2 wrote:
Case: Sharkoon T9 Value Green Edition ATX Case inc Front USB 3.0/Audio & Cable Management

CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 560 Black Edition, Callisto Core, S AM3, 3.3GHz, 7MB Cache, HT 4000MHz, 80W, Retail

MoBo: Gigabyte GA-880GM-USB3, AMD 880G, S AM3+, DDR3, SATA II - 3Gb/s, RAID SATA, PCIe 2.0 (x16), Graphics On Board, Micro ATX

RAM: 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.65V

HDD: 320GB Samsung HD322GJ Spinpoint F4, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9ms, NCQ

GPU: 1GB MSI HD 6790, PCIe 2.1 (x16), 4200MHz GDDR5, GPU 920MHz, 800 Cores, DL DVI/DP/HDMI

PSU: 550W PSU, ACE PSUACE550BR, Black with Red 12cm Fan, ATX v2.03

CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro v2 S775/1155/1156/1366/AM3/AM2+/AM2/939 Up to 130 Watts


I've been Messing around with parts on Scan.co.uk and this is the best Eve gaming rig for about £500 i could come up with, Does anyone know how this will handle Eve? Or maybe someone could come up with something abit better/Cheaper? The maximum price i can go to is about £500. Thanks Smile


case I agree with, some of the other things not so much.

Case, Nice looking case if you like green insides.

CPU: An x4 is noticeably faster but there is also another alternative that could cut down on the price significantly.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103993
AMD x4 840. 89$

Mobo: I agree

Ram: Get 8 GB, you are paying more for overhead in the ramstick than you are the actually DIMMs, I just bought 8GB of corsair vengeance series for 40$ and i am seeing the other brands go for 30 or so in sale.

HDD: If you are not going to store much data, like tons of music or video, then you may be able to get by with an SSD for almost the same price. I was looking on ebay for an Intel 320 120gb and i see them going for around 120$. I think an SSD will make a world of difference if you are indifferent to space.

GPU: I agree with this choice, the Nvidia alternative is also quite juicy, the GTX 460
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121477

PSU: No, go with a corsair or silverstone or enermax or even thermaltake
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027

cooler: I would not do that one, the coolermaster hyper 212 is supposedly a better mouse trap for the price
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099

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and if you can wait till after Christmas, ask me how my AMD LLano setup is going, It integrates CPU and GPU and I think it could shave 100$ off the price.

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Kurfin
Kippers and Jam Developments
#8 - 2011-12-06 21:46:51 UTC
De BuG2 wrote:
Kurfin wrote:
Yep that will laugh in the face of eve. Will be perfectly capable of playing any game out now too, so long as you aren't too optimistic with the graphics options on the really new and shiny ones.


Brilliant, Do you know about how many Clients it could Run? Lets just say they are all at Minimum Graphics.


Not sure. My ageing rig, less powerful that the one you are intending to build, has no trouble with 2 clients with all the graphics options turned up. With the graphics turned down 5, maybe 6 would run ok? How many were you intending to run?
De BuG2
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#9 - 2011-12-07 15:02:27 UTC
Kurfin wrote:
De BuG2 wrote:
Kurfin wrote:
Yep that will laugh in the face of eve. Will be perfectly capable of playing any game out now too, so long as you aren't too optimistic with the graphics options on the really new and shiny ones.


Brilliant, Do you know about how many Clients it could Run? Lets just say they are all at Minimum Graphics.


Not sure. My ageing rig, less powerful that the one you are intending to build, has no trouble with 2 clients with all the graphics options turned up. With the graphics turned down 5, maybe 6 would run ok? How many were you intending to run?


Just 4 (Quad boxing C5 Quad Escalations is Fun!).
Lithalnas
Dirt 'n' Glitter
Sedition.
#10 - 2011-12-07 16:55:29 UTC
if you are quad boxing then you definately need 8gb of ram and fa quad core CPU.

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De BuG2
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#11 - 2011-12-07 17:02:27 UTC
Lithalnas wrote:
if you are quad boxing then you definately need 8gb of ram and fa quad core CPU.


Ok, I'll see what i can do, Thanks.
leviticus ander
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2011-12-07 18:19:34 UTC
ya, my dual core CPU is good, but if you want anything but absolute bottom graphics, you'll want a quad core.