Need Advice on building a EVE ONLINE multiboxing rig on a budget

[violetsreason]

Hi chaps,

I am trying to build a gaming rig for multiboxing eve online. I have 14 accounts, and want to layer 8 of them in one group and 6 in the other, all done is isBoxer. This will probably work across 3-4 screens.

At the moment I can just about run 4 eve clients, with isBoxer, on my current machine. What I have is:

AMD Radeon HD 6670 gpu
Gigabyte G41MT-S2P motherboard
850 watt psu
2 x 1TB caviar green harddrive
4 GB ddr3

I only really include the above in the small chance it can be relavant in saving me spending money for a part I already have and can use.

I am on a pretty low budget, but I also have a few small advantages that might help save money:

I don't mind playing at low graphics settings.
I don't mind having the clients run across two computers.
Eve is basically designed with multiboxing in mind. It is very multithread friendly and you can run far more clients than most mmos on a normal pc.

My budget is about £500

Thanks for helping in advance guys!

 

[axehead15]

What is your processor?

 

[violetsreason]

Processor Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5700 @ 3.00GHz, 3000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)

 

[axehead15]

Where do you get your parts from in the UK?

 

[jimmare]

There is no reason to stick with Ivy.

 

[violetsreason]

I normally go with ebuyer.

 

[axehead15]

Will an ATX motherboard fit in your case?

If so: http://www.ebuyer.com/507672-asrock-z87-extreme4-socket-1150-d-sub-dvi-hdmi-displayport-atx-motherboard-z87-extreme4

CPU: http://www.ebuyer.com/search?sort=price+ascending&subcat=4108&cat=22&page=1

GPU: http://www.ebuyer.com/398800-zotac-gtx-650-ti-2gb-gddr5-dual-dvi-dual-hdmi-pci-e-graphics-zt-61102-10m

RAM: http://www.ebuyer.com/342352-crucial-8gb-ddr3-1600mhz-ballistix-sport-memory-bls2cp4g3d1609ds1s00ceu

I picked that RAM because IDK the frequency of yours, or weather it is one stick or two that you have.

About 496 Euro

 

[violetsreason]

I have a antec 1200 case, so it should fit anything. Thanks very much for the parts list! I cannot seem to get the ti where I am, but I stretched my budget to a AMD 8320 cpu with a FX 7870 gpu. I'm going to use the ram you suggest, but now I need to work out a decent motherboard. Do you think this:

http://www.ebuyer.com/349910-gigabyte-ga-970a-ds3-socket-am3-7-1-channel-audio-atx-motherboard-ga-970a-ds3

or this:

http://www.ebuyer.com/395310-gigabyte-ga-78lmt-usb3-760g-socket-am3-vga-dvi-hdmi-7-1-channel-audio-matx-ga-78lmt-usb3

would be appropriate?

Thanks again!

Thomas

 

[axehead15]

The first one would be better, but if you are strapped for cash, either would work. My suggestion is the first one though.