Out of Pod Experience

wut? hehe. No really, anything current or close to current. EVE isn't very demanding. Even a computer a couple years old will render WiS at max (yes I know, "Heresy!!") but just saying even that pile of pixels will run smooth on anything current and even more so for the internet spaceship game.

Thanks for the comments, it will indeed be just for a single client of max graphics EVE only and no other games or applications.

The Mac Mini gets upto approaching 100 degrees C in some of the CPU cores currently even without shadows/AA/post processing and shading off and I use it for work so don't want to reduce the lifespan as it was a recent purchase. I am just about to upgrade the ram from 4 to 16GB but I am not sure how much impact that will have but maybe as Eve is emulated in OSX it may help out?

I was hoping due to Eve's 32 bit architecture I could go with fairly low amounts of ram (4/6 GB maybe) and an older cpu/gpu combo. As I mentioned I play in a mostly solo role so if I could run on max in solo gameplay and reduce graphics when in populated areas that would be perfect. Budget would be as little as possible ideally. I have monitor/mouse/all peripherals sorted so just the tower is needed.

If anyone is running an older PC and can achieve max settings outside of major fleets I would really appreciate it if you could let me know the specs of your machine. I just want to confirm working setups before purchasing anything because there are so many older cpu and gpu options, its a mine field and I don't want to end up buying an out of date machine that can't handle Eve on max as I would have no use for it otherwise.

I certainly appreciate the attempt at advice but the condescending tone is unnecessary. The reason for this thread and the intention of taking Eve off the mini is because I fully understand the risk of running at close to limits of temperature specs over a prolonged period of time.

I simply asked in this thread for advice on specific configurations of PC components that players are using currently that could handle the playing style that I described at max graphics.

I work in audio engineering, primarily in Logic Pro (OSX only) so I am out of touch with particular component performances and compatibilities for PC builds and I am trying to research before purchase. I do realise that I need a decent set of components but I figured the best place to start research into what classifies as 'decent' for my particular specific-to-Eve build/purchase would be here.



I use OSX everyday for multi-tracking audio at high sampling rates and bit depths and various other audio related intensive tasks that it is ideal for, I am fully aware of what their strengths are.

I mentioned that the CPU temperature (which I was monitoring to evaluate if playing Eve on this particular Mac was an option) hit 100 degrees C, that is the reason for the thread. Surely if I 'clearly do not understand the limitations of hardware' I would be happily cruising around high sec now melting my CPU. I have reduced the graphics to a great enough extent to play with an acceptable core temperature untill I get a PC but.

Thanks again for the help, I know you offered advice thinking that I was happily frying my computer and I appreciate the concern but the real problem here is that I really just need some pointers on recommended components before over spending on a machine unnecessarily.

Whether I come off with a condescending tone or not is irrelevant to your issue here, I expect people who are somewhat sane regardless of how computer literate they are be able to work out what heat is and how heat is hardly associated with something good when it comes to electronics, especially in the tight and tiny enclosure of a Mac Mini.

Do yourself a favor, toss me an estimate of how much money you can spend on this and I'll put something together for you on PCpartpicker.com. After that we can discuss each individual component in this build.

I don't have the full specs handy, but my current rig is an AMD FX 8 core processor, 16gb ddr3 ram, and a Radeon R9 card (270 I think) bought the parts and a new mobo on black Friday so cost around $400, and I can play 6 clients on max settings with no issues.