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EVE-Spec PC Build recomendations?
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Leannor
State War Academy
Caldari State
#1 - 2015-03-12 12:24:40 UTC
HI,

Looking for advice for an EVE-Build pc. I know how to build a PC, just not sure on which are the best parts for the job. Don’t wanna spend too much and go overkill – but equally don’t wanna spend to little and get stuck with something not powerful enough and not upgradable.

I’d like the PC to be able to run 3-4 accounts, at quality optimal, and not drag in normal use. Besides that, just normal Office 10 and browsing. No other hi-spec gaming.

Can anyone recommend combinations of m-Boards, CPU, quantity of RAM, cases, and power units that are good? Would probably like to include a dvd or bluray writer so a few connectors.

Any links and suggestions please? Brands to go for, and avoid maybe? Aiming somewhere imbetween 500-1000 for the entire build (including the stuff not mentioned above).

"Lykouleon wrote:

STOP TOUCHING ICONIC SHIP PARTS"
Lan Wang
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2015-03-12 12:33:34 UTC
i7 processor and gtx 970 gfx card \o/

Domination Nephilim - Angel Cartel

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2Sonas1Cup
#3 - 2015-03-12 12:46:24 UTC
4790k
z97 pro
gtx970
rm850
fractal r5
evo 240
wd 1tb
8 hyper x beast
evo 212


Just type each one of these on google and there you go.
Memphis Baas
#4 - 2015-03-12 13:02:01 UTC
I like to replace case fans with Arctic case fans ($7 apiece) because they are super-quiet.

Don't forget keyboard, mouse, screen... and good thermal paste for installing that CPU heatsink.

For more than 2 monitors you'll probably have to get 2 graphics cards and SLI them.
bloodknight2
Revenu.Quebec
#5 - 2015-03-12 13:05:05 UTC
I'm running 3 accounts with an I5 3450, geforce GTX 770 and 16gb. Everything is maxed.

Are you playing only Eve? If not, maybe you should spend a little bit more to be safe for the next 2-3 years.
Agent Known
State War Academy
Caldari State
#6 - 2015-03-12 13:07:17 UTC
Memphis Baas wrote:
I like to replace case fans with Arctic case fans ($7 apiece) because they are super-quiet.

Don't forget keyboard, mouse, screen... and good thermal paste for installing that CPU heatsink.

For more than 2 monitors you'll probably have to get 2 graphics cards and SLI them.



A lot of the modern ones (for example, any Nvidia GTX 600+ ...don't go for the cheapo PNY ones!) can support up to the number of outputs they have for monitors. Unfortunately my 460 doesn't support all 3...
Incindir Mauser
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#7 - 2015-03-12 13:43:31 UTC

The Tandy TRS80 is the obvious choice here.
Anta Isimazu
Perkone
Caldari State
#8 - 2015-03-12 14:15:57 UTC
^ +1
Leoric Firesword
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2015-03-12 14:25:51 UTC
run down to the local grocery store, see that potato? no, not that one, the one on the right of it.

there ya go!
Black Drake
#10 - 2015-03-12 14:26:38 UTC
Lan Wang wrote:
i7 processor and gtx 970 gfx card \o/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spZJrsssPA0
Kousaka Otsu Shigure
#11 - 2015-03-12 15:34:31 UTC
I used to run 8 accounts on a E8200 core2duo, 4gb, radeon4600series.. and still be able to watch youtube vids off the net.

So maybe get an energy efficient build like:
i3-4160
nvdia 750Ti
2x 4gb ddr3

A recently concluded System Builder Marathon down at Tom's Hardware has a budget build that you might like, check it out:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-budget-gaming-pc,4065.html

Archiver, Software Developer and Data Slave

Current Project Status: What can I make with these minerals?
Alice Saki
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#12 - 2015-03-12 16:20:35 UTC
A Toaster will play Eve just use Low Detail and my god don't go into the Captains quarters ;)

FREEZE! Drop the LIKES AND WALK AWAY! - Currenly rebuilding gaming machine, I will Return.
Altirius Saldiaro
Doomheim
#13 - 2015-03-12 16:38:52 UTC  |  Edited by: Altirius Saldiaro
www.pcpartpicker.com

Build what ever setup you want. That site will not only tell you if a part is not compatible with others in the build, it will give you listings of best prices with coupon codes too. It'll even show you bundle deals if 2 or more of your parts are on sale at like tigerdirect or newegg.

That is my favorite site to use. My last two builds I used that site. It's like the Pyfa/EFT/Osmium of computer building.
Kinete Jenius
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#14 - 2015-03-12 18:16:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Kinete Jenius
Leannor wrote:
HI,

Looking for advice for an EVE-Build pc. I know how to build a PC, just not sure on which are the best parts for the job. Don’t wanna spend too much and go overkill – but equally don’t wanna spend to little and get stuck with something not powerful enough and not upgradable.

I’d like the PC to be able to run 3-4 accounts, at quality optimal, and not drag in normal use. Besides that, just normal Office 10 and browsing. No other hi-spec gaming.

Can anyone recommend combinations of m-Boards, CPU, quantity of RAM, cases, and power units that are good? Would probably like to include a dvd or bluray writer so a few connectors.

Any links and suggestions please? Brands to go for, and avoid maybe? Aiming somewhere imbetween 500-1000 for the entire build (including the stuff not mentioned above).

I can run 10 accounts on an e7200 with 8 GB ddr3 and a hd 5770 on low settings.... Any decent gaming machine built in the last 7 years should easily run eve. Any well built gaming machine in the last 10 years should be able to run it fine.


Running 8 accounts on 4 GB of ram results in a LOT of usage of your pagefile. You'll probably kill the hard drive your page file is on after a year or so. I used to run 11 clients on the e7200 with 4 GB of ram while using isboxer's resource management options. The old (160 GB ATA 100 from long ago) hard drive I was using as a page file ended up dying after about 10 months of that abuse.


A build for 500 is a world of a difference from a build for 1000 btw. For 1000 you're looking at ddr4 and intel but for 500 you're probably going to be stuck with ddr3 and AMD. Needs such as monitors keyboard etc will of course change that.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#15 - 2015-03-12 18:25:12 UTC
Black Drake wrote:
Lan Wang wrote:
i7 processor and gtx 970 gfx card \o/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spZJrsssPA0


I keep seeing that posted all over the place, and ill admit that it made me smile, but it doesn't change my mind about the 970. Ive had it (EVGA GTX970 FTW+) for awhile now and used it to replace my GTX660ti (also a fantastic card btw), and ive never had any problems with it aside from a bad driver that NVidia pushed out (but that was easily handled with a rollback). Its been great and I regularly use it to run 2 accounts on high with no issues.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
ashley Eoner
#16 - 2015-03-12 18:35:01 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Black Drake wrote:
Lan Wang wrote:
i7 processor and gtx 970 gfx card \o/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spZJrsssPA0


I keep seeing that posted all over the place, and ill admit that it made me smile, but it doesn't change my mind about the 970. Ive had it (EVGA GTX970 FTW+) for awhile now and used it to replace my GTX660ti (also a fantastic card btw), and ive never had any problems with it aside from a bad driver that NVidia pushed out (but that was easily handled with a rollback). Its been great and I regularly use it to run 2 accounts on high with no issues.

The 970 is a fantastic card for the money. If the rest of your system is so hardcore that you need that last 500mb of video ram then you're clearly looking at the wrong card anyway.
Paranoid Loyd
#17 - 2015-03-12 18:50:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Paranoid Loyd
If you are a penny pincher it could be argued the 970 is overkill for Eve, I am running a 660 and it runs 4 accounts all on high just fine.

"There is only one authority in this game, and that my friend is violence. The supreme authority upon which all other authority is derived." ISD Max Trix

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ashley Eoner
#18 - 2015-03-12 19:09:03 UTC
Paranoid Loyd wrote:
If you are a penny pincher it could be argued the 970 is overkill for Eve, I am running a 660 and it runs 4 accounts all on high just fine.

It's not even an argument. The 970 is way overkill. You can run 4 accounts on high at 1080 with a card half the price.
ctx2007
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#19 - 2015-03-12 19:20:19 UTC
Intel 4790k
MSI gaming 7 z97
16gb ram
gtx780
Samsung 840 ssd
2 monitors
win7 64bit ultimate

You only realise you life has been a waste of time, when you wake up dead.
Alena McJenkins
McJenkins' Saucy Shipwreckers LLC
#20 - 2015-03-12 23:41:03 UTC
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