EVE General Discussion

Hello folks!

It's been a while since I've played the game as I no longer have a PC, only a laptop which as you can imagine, isn't the best for running games such as Eve. Which is why I'm seeking your help and advice.

I want to have a go at building a PC and while I've done my research on how physcially build one, I'm lost as to what componenets to buy.

What would you say would be the best parts to buy? I don't want a super computer, nor do I want one that can run several accounts at the same time. I just want a simple desktop that can run Eve with high specs so I can admire the beauty of the game :) I doubt I will be using the desktop for anything other than Eve so not bothered about it being able to run other games, or run multiple applications at the same time.

Thank you all in advance :)

Fly safe!

Building your own machine is great, but things to keep in mind are:


1. Know your budget - on the low end of the spectrum of computer builds you will probably pay more for the custom computer than one at the store because you: are buying higher quality parts, have to buy the OS (unless using linux), you will probably be buying a monitor, etc. Please note that the quality of the parts part of that statement is very true. Computers at a best buy, etc. that are cheap have crap for quality (sorry for anyone who works there but it is true). A low end gaming rig at best buy will be sub-500 USD, but a custom built computer will probably run you between 5-700 USD (price estimate includes OS but not mointor, mouse, and keyboard).

When you get into the mid to upper range machines though, that is where you see huge savings. A custom built machine in the 700-1000 USD range will run you the same price or more from the store, and you still are risking inferieor quality parts (I'm looking at you Alienware who was selling powersupplies that were not even remotely good enough for their machines for years).

2. The powersupply is the MOST important part of your machine. The powersupply is the one part of your machine that can kill the rest of it easily. DO NOT get a powersupply that is cheap to save money. Know how much power you need and then get a good one. Opinions vary, but I recommend seasonic powersupplies, but I have heard good things about XFS as well.

3. Eve does not require a lot of graphics power for one account. Eve depends more on the CPU than the graphics card. However, once you start getting to 3+ accounts, unless you have a high end card, you will begin to push it a little with max graphics (gas clouds are aweful in this game). Just because your card can run it does not mean you need it to.

4. Look around at tech forums suggested build lists. I do not know about these forums rules on posting external non-eve links, but if you google this "tech support forum recommended builds" one of the first results should be their site with recommended build lists. You are probably going to want either the AMD or Intel mid-range builds just so the machine stays relevent for a few years. I am not saying those guys are perfect, but they have always given good advise in my opinion and I have used them as a reference point for all my builds.

5. If you can get your hands on a free old desktop, I would practice taking that apart a few times to get the idea how it all works. Anyone who says the practice would not help the first time, is an idiot. Take your time when building it. It can take a couple of hours the first time you build a machine.


TLDR: Quality of your parts is more important than price (to a point obviously). Powersupply is number 1 on the quality list. Eve does not need the best machine, but you might as well get a slightly more costly one so it is decent for a while longer. Number 4 above has my recommendation on where to look for ideas on what to buy. Take your time building and buying the machine.

Finally: Have fun. Once you built your first machine, you will never want to go back to the store again.

The biggest problem I have seen with someone helping and guiding you - and I have seen this problem several times - is they try to get you to buy what they want. Their needs are different from yours. Avoid like the plague anyone who tells you what to buy without them asking you a ton of question about what YOU want first.

I'll link you probably the most efficient and best PC build you can get for $400, which I just made recently. Will run eve perfectly as well as most other games.

Remind me if I forget

There is only one rule for building a system.

Match your components.

No sense putting a 1200w power supply in a system with one drive and one video card. Or a TitanX with a single 1080p monitor. Or an expensive overclockable cpu if you're not putting in a water cooling loop. Or 32GB of Corsair Dominator RAM in a computer that you have no intention of video editing on.

A computer is only as good as its weakest component. So make sure they are as near to each other, performance wise, as possible.

Mr Epeen

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It totally depends on how much you are willing to invest into this project.

I'm going to say aim for around the 1500 euros mark.

so it's middle ground stuff.

i built a machine for a mate last year. so here's what i put in it.

Power supply

CPU

RAM

Motherboard

Graphics Card

Case

plays most games on full settings.

he chose to stick a SSD in there also to help speed up things.

it's a very good machine for not so much.

oh monitor, almost forgot, whatever you do the output is everything. so be prepared to spend at least 300 bucks 144mhz

maybe this

MONITOR <<<<< not included in that 1500 price. but if you'r willing to put up with 60mhz then aim for the 200 bucks mark. Benq make good monitors.

hope this helps.

I'm with neuntausend :"take an i5 6500 and an RX470 or GTX 1050 Ti, which is pretty much the sweet spot in terms of price/performance ratio at the moment.".
A CPU in the range of 180-200€ and a Graka for around 250€ is the sweet spot. Take a 500W power supply, any mainboard, throw in 8-16GB ram and salt with a 4TB hard disk. If you want any improvement here add a SSD 250 or 500GB (cheapest will do, the speed differences are irrelevant). Same goes for the RAM, extra speed RAM will only the improve the profit of the seller but not the performance.
As a monitor I would choose something with 28"+. The above mentioned machine will not run a game in 4k with high settings anyway and the difference isn't that great.
If you know what you want you can take a look at packages (AFTER new year, it's cheaper then) that fit in there. It's cheaper to buy something industrial made compared to custom made.
The only complicated part in building a PC is the installation of the CPU and Cooler. Look for some youtube videos and keep strictly!!!! to the instructions! Everything else is easy. If you can build something from IKEA you can do the rest without problems.

It might get a little bit more expansive then you thought, but remember that later on you only need to replace components (CPU, Mainboard, RAM and GPU) and can keep the rest. My Tower Case is 12+ years old, HD 6-8 years,same for the power supply and I don't see any reason to change with the next update except the power supply due to compatibility problems with new Intel CPUs.

All I know is that most players these days take a potato, and then steal a car antenna and stick it into it. Then they complain at FPS issues.

Imperial or metric?

Hi, I built my pc over 2 years ago and recently upgraded the vga card to nvidia 1070.

The rest of the system is an Intel i7 at 4ghz, 16gb ram, z97 motherboard and a 240gb ssd for the boot drive running Windows 7 and it runs eve without breaking a sweat.

Good luck with your project