New PC Assistance

I'm looking for some help with a new PC build I'm interested in. I know bit about building PCs (It's not hard lol, let's be honest it's like A+B), but I'm not too sure about running multiple Oldschool RS clients. I need to run around 10-12 OSBuddy clients, not botting clients. As we all know, OSBuddy eats RAM like Chrome.

Right now I have a AMD Fx-8350 and an XFX Radeon R9 270x. I know the GPU is useless when it comes to OSRS, and I know AMD is ass as well because OSRS doesn't support multi-core as much as it should.

Unfortunately, in order to switch to Intel I'd have to get a motherboard with a different chipset etc., which isn't a problem for me. I'm just curious if there's a way I can spend 90% of the PC's price on the CPU and 10% on the rest in order to pull the most power without throttling the rest of the PC.

Since Laptops are pretty cheap, I was curious to see if I could snap a laptop (not gaming) with a really strong CPU and simply connect it to my peripherals like a desktop. Would there be any way to connect two monitors to a laptop?

Cheers for anyone who helps!

 

If the laptop supports multiple display output, you could do one VGA one HDMI or like one HDMI one mini display depending on the output setup. You can definitely keep the stock screen on and have an external monitor though.

As for internal hardware, you're right to focus on the CPU, but you'll need a bunch of RAM too. I'd try and hit 12GB at the very minimum. As for CPU, you probably want something quad core. Intel's HQ line is very solid, though you might have a hard time finding a laptop with an HQ CPU and a low-tier GPU, since most HQ CPU laptops are in gaming laptops.

For desktops, an i7 would probably fit your needs the best, especially because of hyper-threading. Because Hyperthreading allows for logical threads instead of physical threads, SOME single-threaded applications can mimic multithreading by just using one of these logical threads. An i5 would probably be fine too, but you'll only have the physical cores. I wouldn't go dual core for this but you might be able to swing it; in that case, even an i3 would be reasonable, but again the dual core thing might be pushing it. i5, in general, will give you 4 physical cores. Most i5s on laptops will offer you 2 physical cores split into 2 logical threads each, for a total of 4 "cores".

tl;dr probably shouldn't go for a laptop. If you go desktop, get 12GB of ram minimum, and either an i5 or an i7 (i7 would be best). Don't worry about GPU.

 

If the laptop supports multiple display output, you could do one VGA one HDMI or like one HDMI one mini display depending on the output setup. You can definitely keep the stock screen on and have an external monitor though.

As for internal hardware, you're right to focus on the CPU, but you'll need a bunch of RAM too. I'd try and hit 12GB at the very minimum. As for CPU, you probably want something quad core. Intel's HQ line is very solid, though you might have a hard time finding a laptop with an HQ CPU and a low-tier GPU, since most HQ CPU laptops are in gaming laptops.

For desktops, an i7 would probably fit your needs the best, especially because of hyper-threading. Because Hyperthreading allows for logical threads instead of physical threads, SOME single-threaded applications can mimic multithreading by just using one of these logical threads. An i5 would probably be fine too, but you'll only have the physical cores. I wouldn't go dual core for this but you might be able to swing it; in that case, even an i3 would be reasonable, but again the dual core thing might be pushing it. i5, in general, will give you 4 physical cores. Most i5s on laptops will offer you 2 physical cores split into 2 logical threads each, for a total of 4 "cores".

tl;dr probably shouldn't go for a laptop. If you go desktop, get 12GB of ram minimum, and either an i5 or an i7 (i7 would be best). Don't worry about GPU.

I knew the laptop idea was a scrap. I know GPU isn't important, but don't I still need a shitty GPU to run the rig?

EDIT: Would this be good? Also, what about the Xeon servers?

 

[Dunsford]

I'd rather run i5 personally.. check this out
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Combo...ables-_-na-_-na&ItemList=Combo.2591360&cm_sp=
The same as what you found but 100$ cheaper.

 

I knew the laptop idea was a scrap. I know GPU isn't important, but don't I still need a shitty GPU to run the rig?

EDIT: Would this be good? Also, what about the Xeon servers?

Perfect. I'm concerned about the RAM but you can always increase it later. A newer-gen i7 like that also might be overkill, when I mentioned i7 earlier I was referring to either Haswell or even Ivy Bridge It'd be cheaper at least.

 

[KyleB]

if you want essentially an i7 for the price of an i5, you can pick up a haswell xeon.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4KbQcf
Has hyperthreading and can be paired with a very cheap board since you're not going to be overclocking it.

 

if you want essentially an i7 for the price of an i5, you can pick up a haswell xeon.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4KbQcf
Has hyperthreading and can be paired with a very cheap board since you're not going to be overclocking it.

That might actually be a good idea since server CPUs are designed to handle processor-heavy loads.

 

if you want essentially an i7 for the price of an i5, you can pick up a haswell xeon.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4KbQcf
Has hyperthreading and can be paired with a very cheap board since you're not going to be overclocking it.

That might actually be a good idea since server CPUs are designed to handle processor-heavy loads.

I'm looking to dump ~$450 on a mobo/Xeon. What would be my best choice?

EDIT: I'll be needing a small mobo.