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Is this a good pc for eve?
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Deep Udan
Skoll and Hati
#1 - 2013-08-20 08:55:38 UTC
A local retailer has this on special, just thought i would ask here first :)

AMD FX 8320 Black Edtion 8 core 3.5Ghz
Asus M5A97 Amd 970 Chipset USB 3.0/Sata 3.0
16GB DDR3 1600 (2x8GB)
1TB 7200RPM HDD
24x Sata DVD Rw
AMD Radeon HD7950 3GB GDDR5 Video Card
Raidmax Super Altas Gaming Case w/Thermaltake 700w PSU
Alpheias
Farmhouse.
Fraternity.
#2 - 2013-08-20 09:04:10 UTC
Where is this local retailer of yours and for how much?

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Deep Udan
Skoll and Hati
#3 - 2013-08-20 09:09:28 UTC
It is New Zealand and 1400 Nzd
Alpheias
Farmhouse.
Fraternity.
#4 - 2013-08-20 09:17:21 UTC
What do you currently have?

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Deep Udan
Skoll and Hati
#5 - 2013-08-20 09:26:20 UTC
Hmm hard to tell since my current pc isnt working i think it may be a faulty psu

Just dug this up from old emails - the computer is 3 years old

Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53GHZ 1066FSB LGA775
Ati 4850?
4gb ram
500gb hdd
620w corsair psu
Alpheias
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Fraternity.
#6 - 2013-08-20 09:30:40 UTC
Got a link to their website?

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Deep Udan
Skoll and Hati
#7 - 2013-08-20 09:48:14 UTC
Xpcomputers.co.nz
Alpheias
Farmhouse.
Fraternity.
#8 - 2013-08-20 10:04:06 UTC
Go with one of these two instead:

http://www.xpcomputers.co.nz/product-intel_core_i5_8gb_1tb_hd7850_2gb_mini_itx_gaming_pc-1342214

http://www.xpcomputers.co.nz/product-special_gaming_box_with_i5_3470_8gb_1tb_hd7870_2gb-1650180

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Deep Udan
Skoll and Hati
#9 - 2013-08-20 10:33:51 UTC
The itx box looks good, i don't really have much desk space anyway... Maybe ill get that, thanks!
Deep Udan
Skoll and Hati
#10 - 2013-08-20 10:48:26 UTC
This looks good for an extra 100 nzd

http://www.xpcomputers.co.nz/product-mini_itx_gaming!i7_3770_16gb_ddr3_1tb_hdd_hd7870_2gb_wifi_built_in-1628797
Alpheias
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Fraternity.
#11 - 2013-08-20 10:51:07 UTC
If you can afford it, go for it.

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Christopher AET
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2013-08-22 10:22:25 UTC
It's a little irritating when people link a spec sheet that will clearly be able to run eve and multiple clients with high settings and ask

"Hey I want this is it okay?"

What you mean is "I am getting an awesome new computer and want to go fishing for approval from internet strangers"



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Kyseth
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#13 - 2013-08-22 17:51:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Kyseth
Alpheias wrote:
Go with one of these two instead:

http://www.xpcomputers.co.nz/product-intel_core_i5_8gb_1tb_hd7850_2gb_mini_itx_gaming_pc-1342214

http://www.xpcomputers.co.nz/product-special_gaming_box_with_i5_3470_8gb_1tb_hd7870_2gb-1650180



The little guy with the i5 would be my pref between the two. I'm a little wary of the Gigabyte board but that's only due to my personal bias on the poor quality of the last couple boards I had from them. That said, people have said the same thing about Asus boards and they've been great to me since I switched... It's mostly preference and what you want/need, I suppose.

Without turning this into an intel vs amd thread, I think the first link is a nice little rig even though I'm a fan of CM cases like the one shown in the second link.

Also, I wouldn't bother spending the extra cash on an i7 over an i5. If you mostly just browse the web, play games, and check email.. then you really won't get your money's worth out of the i7. The i5 is plenty for any gaming system.

Also, if you do a lot of gaming beyond EVE, I'd think about a solid state drive for the OS and whatever games you want, then have a second drive (traditional HDD) for storing your music and whatnot.
Kyle Meister
The Initiative LLC
#14 - 2013-08-22 20:50:37 UTC
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/

Use this as a good resource for CPU performance and GPU performance. I use it all the time. You can sort it via "bang for buck" and select from that.

I currently run:
An old Q1 2010 i7 930 overclocked to 4.1Ghz (Which is tremendous considering the stock clock is 2.8)
8GB of Corsair Vengeance
nVidia 660 GTX Superclocked

I'd recommend an i5 if you'll just be doing Eve. If you were doing other PC games, then I'd recommend something like a i7 4770.