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Just built a $1500 i7 940 / Radeon 5870 system, a good upgrade from the aging athlon64 3200+ / 7900 GS system that I've had for 5 years.
I installed all the basic utility programs, and tried out a few benchmarks. This thing was fast - I spent a good hour just having fun with winrar, amazed at how fast I can rar and unrar files now. Then I played a few games, the major titles -crysis, far cry 2, etc all at 1920x1200 with maxed details averaging perfect FPS.
But then, it's 4:00 am now, and I'm bored with thing. So I installed SC again and realized that playing BW is still the most fun thing I can do with a computer.
With SC II postponed again and again, what a waste of 1.5 grand that I just dished out X_X
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i7 and 5870 is probably a bit too much if you only plan to play Sc2 
But nice config.
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lol this is what I did over the summer, except my specs were lower and the whole system was a bit cheaper
i7 920
4890
velociraptor
$1200
and i just used it to play starcraft.
at least it allowed me to stream 
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I wish I had the mindset I'm lacking to be able to play StarCraft. Every time I install it, I just end up trying to play with friends, or playing the campaign and a few games against the computer. Guess I just lack the competitive desire to get into StarCraft. I know that if I just had the motivation to play it, I'd love it, and it would keep my attention for awhile, but that's the biggest hurdle for me. 
Nice computer, nonetheless. :D
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On December 22 2009 18:46 phase wrote:lol this is what I did over the summer, except my specs were lower and the whole system was a bit cheaper i7 920 4890 velociraptor $1200 and i just used it to play starcraft. at least it allowed me to stream
I don't know much about computers, but the fact that you have a velociraptor in yours makes me nervous to be on the same site as you. Do you have a /chomp command?
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I win. $3,500 :D
+ Show Spoiler +Ok, ok. So I may have a few other games on here like Crysis, TF2, EvE Online, etc., but SC is still #1
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On December 22 2009 18:59 VorcePA wrote:I win. $3,500 :D + Show Spoiler +Ok, ok. So I may have a few other games on here like Crysis, TF2, EvE Online, etc., but SC is still #1
My system still beats yours in performance. $1500 was mainly for the CPU/RAM/GPU/Motherboard/Case, rest of the components (HDD, Optical Drive, Speakers, etc) I salvaged from the previous setup.
Your i920 and two 285 in SLI setup would roughly cost the same as my system, without all the other non-core components considered. But mine still beats yours in performance 
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On December 22 2009 19:04 boesthius wrote:
pretty much did the same thing 2 weeks ago hahaha - i5 quad core, radeon 1gb hd 4890 - although it only cost me 900 :x. i have been playing a bunch of other games, though like borderlands, fallout 3 and left 4 dead.
I'm curious as to how your system is performing - I wanted to get the exact same setup (i5 and 4890) but since I had the cash I decided to get a system 1 tier higher.
the i5 750 and 4890 are still very capable, what resolution do you run your games on? On max setting? Decent FPS?
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What is with people and i7s... for gaming, Phenom II would be my pick.
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On December 22 2009 19:17 boesthius wrote:
i'm thinking sometime next year i'm gonna fork up the money for another card and crossfire.
Just uppgrade to a 58xx.
4890 doesn't handle Dx11 and you will need a really big PSU with a crossfire.
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On December 22 2009 18:52 So no fek wrote:I wish I had the mindset I'm lacking to be able to play StarCraft. Every time I install it, I just end up trying to play with friends, or playing the campaign and a few games against the computer. Guess I just lack the competitive desire to get into StarCraft. I know that if I just had the motivation to play it, I'd love it, and it would keep my attention for awhile, but that's the biggest hurdle for me.
I feel like you just read my mind
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On December 22 2009 20:06 writer22816 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 22 2009 18:52 So no fek wrote:I wish I had the mindset I'm lacking to be able to play StarCraft. Every time I install it, I just end up trying to play with friends, or playing the campaign and a few games against the computer. Guess I just lack the competitive desire to get into StarCraft. I know that if I just had the motivation to play it, I'd love it, and it would keep my attention for awhile, but that's the biggest hurdle for me. I feel like you just read my mind
I suggest you stay the way you are, it's a little too addicting for me to quit.
That being said I do plan on building a $1000ish rig in about 3-6 months.
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I used to be into creating rigs, but now I have no idea what your talking about. As far as I know radeon produced cheap onboard video cards, or something worse than gforce anyway. And i7? Something from apple I guess
I took over the old computer from my dad when mine finally burned after 7 years of use. Combined with a free CRT monitor I picked up at a strangers home, it's the ultimate sc rig.
$0 - I win.
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On December 22 2009 20:27 Navane wrote:I used to be into creating rigs, but now I have no idea what your talking about. As far as I know radeon produced cheap onboard video cards, or something worse than gforce anyway. And i7? Something from apple I guess I took over the old computer from my dad when mine finally burned after 7 years of use. Combined with a free CRT monitor I picked up at a strangers home, it's the ultimate sc rig. $0 - I win.
My comp was a K-7 500mhz, a 14" CRT and a Geforce 1 with a beta cracked Xp until october.
But i feel so comfortable now with a P2350, an Athlon II x4, a 4870, 4 Gb DDR3 and a legit Seven pro 64.
The funny thing is that i only play bw and other old games but now at least i can listen music, dl and play at the same time
Tried a couple of more recent games but it was more as benchmarks than for real enjoyment.
The most important uppgrade was the screen. That's just way better to play bw on a 23".
If you have to change one thing to play bw/surfing it is definitly the screen.
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Yeah, god Blizzard just release the game sometime
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At least you didn't buy a Mac LOL
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On December 22 2009 20:27 Navane wrote:I used to be into creating rigs, but now I have no idea what your talking about. As far as I know radeon produced cheap onboard video cards, or something worse than gforce anyway. And i7? Something from apple I guess I took over the old computer from my dad when mine finally burned after 7 years of use. Combined with a free CRT monitor I picked up at a strangers home, it's the ultimate sc rig. $0 - I win.
The company is ATI (or AMD nowadays), Radeon is just a brand name. Also, they've been producing discreet video cards that provide good competition for Nvidia since like... the first Radeon, in 2000. At times they even had the performance edge over Nvidia, and right now the competition is fierce and pretty well-balanced.
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