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Smurg
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3818 Posts
September 22 2010 00:17 GMT
#1
So only a select few members of this site know that recently I have moved to the United Kingdom.

This is my general woe at the moment.

When I was back home in Australia, I just bought a 1337 box PC, which was capable of running SC2 in ultra easily...in late game 3v3's and 4v4's with the masses of troops and general massive amount of shit happening. This was during the beta phase when I wasn't so committed to playing or too interested in playing regularly.

However, when the game was released I immediately bought it here in the UK. Now from semi-interest it has developed into near addiction...but woe is me all I have is a netbook, with my $2000 1337 box being back home.

Now I can't even play into a mid-game 2v2 without it becoming a slide-show. Even late-game 1v1's make it impossible to micro units (all lowest settings including 2D units).

What's a man to do? Limited funds (due to rent) and the price of computers being even higher over here (when I have a perfectly awesome computer back home) and I really want to get great at this game...high diamond - I think it would be possible for me...

So, TL - what should I do? HOW CAN THIS BE RECTIFIED?

Is there some sneaky way to import something at a really low shipping cost?

Ideas people, ideas...please! Looked into airmailing something of around 20kg...but due to the enormous distance between here and Australia it's coming in at around $250 minimum.

I'll be able to pay that in a while, but by then...region locks will be off and Koreans will be dominating, I need to practice to dominate Koreans.

This is a dilemma that transcends life.

Ideas Team, ASSEMBLE!


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LSB
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5171 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-22 00:26:39
September 22 2010 00:23 GMT
#2
What's the stats of your computer in the UK?
What OS is it running?

EDIT: Overclock? Downgrade the OS to XP so it uses less RAM?
Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Three times is an enemy action. Bus Driver can never target themselves I'm sorry
Smurg
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3818 Posts
September 22 2010 00:30 GMT
#3
As it's a netbook the specs are very dire; inbuilt GFX for one.

Running Windows 7 32 Bit
2GB RAM
Intel U2300 Dual-Core 1.2 GHz
Inbuilt GFX.

3.3 on the Windows Experience Index...my other PC is 7.6-7.9 on all components.
chiflutz
Profile Joined June 2006
Romania1025 Posts
September 22 2010 00:31 GMT
#4
Abandon all hope since obviously Koreans will dominate anyway and pour your frustration, resentment and creative energy into another one of your legendary threads?

Worth a shot.
kt violet Korea (South). July 27 2012 15:54. Posts 23
Smurg
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3818 Posts
September 22 2010 00:33 GMT
#5
On September 22 2010 09:31 chiflutz wrote:
Abandon all hope since obviously Koreans will dominate anyway and pour your frustration, resentment and creative energy into another one of your legendary threads?

Worth a shot.

I can't abandon hope yet!

I have another thread idea...I had it shortly after the Southside one...haven't ever taken the time to make it happen.
chiflutz
Profile Joined June 2006
Romania1025 Posts
September 22 2010 00:34 GMT
#6
TL folk pitch in to cover the shipping costs while you get right on it, yes ?
kt violet Korea (South). July 27 2012 15:54. Posts 23
LSB
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5171 Posts
September 22 2010 00:37 GMT
#7
The main problem is the CPU speed, it's extreamly low. I don't think you can overclock it to SC2 levels (>2 GHz).

Then again I don't know anything about overclocking
Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Three times is an enemy action. Bus Driver can never target themselves I'm sorry
Smurg
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3818 Posts
September 22 2010 00:37 GMT
#8
On September 22 2010 09:34 chiflutz wrote:
TL folk pitch in to cover the shipping costs while you get right on it, yes ?

That would be amazing and I would it start tonight if so. But I'd feel like an asshole for doing something like that.
Smurg
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3818 Posts
September 22 2010 00:40 GMT
#9
On September 22 2010 09:37 LSB wrote:
The main problem is the CPU speed, it's extreamly low. I don't think you can overclock it to SC2 levels (>2 GHz).

Then again I don't know anything about overclocking

Not to mention the fact laptops are shit when it comes to cooling; and overclocking would rape the shit out of it and probably deteriorate performance & perhaps make it shut itself off after 10 minutes.

It's not just me trying to complain, it's me trying to find out if anyone knows a decent way to import something as heavy as a PC without it costing (not a whole lot in reality, but a lot for a man who is paying a lot of rent) the earth.
deth
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Australia1757 Posts
September 22 2010 00:41 GMT
#10
just get someone to disassemble it, and ship everything except for the case + powersupply, buy a temporary psu+case for your parts.. should be quite a bit cheaper.
chiflutz
Profile Joined June 2006
Romania1025 Posts
September 22 2010 00:42 GMT
#11
Well, I suggested it for two reasons: a) gaming on regular notebooks is tear-shedding, kitten-punching, ball-breakingly awful and b) I'd gladly pay for it myself if I had some cash on hand; hell, Southside was the first thing I bookmarked after I bought a new computer, years ago.

Point is, please write more! :D

<3
kt violet Korea (South). July 27 2012 15:54. Posts 23
Smurg
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3818 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-22 00:48:11
September 22 2010 00:43 GMT
#12
On September 22 2010 09:41 deth wrote:
just get someone to disassemble it, and ship everything except for the case + powersupply, buy a temporary psu+case for your parts.. should be quite a bit cheaper.

Cheers dude, I hadn't even thought of that...amazing. I might just do that.

TL comes through...can't believe I never thought (outside the box/case LOL?) of that. Just was staunch in thinking - hmm...it needs to be all together!

On September 22 2010 09:42 chiflutz wrote:
Well, I suggested it for two reasons: a) gaming on regular notebooks is tear-shedding, kitten-punching, ball-breakingly awful and b) I'd gladly pay for it myself if I had some cash on hand; hell, Southside was the first thing I bookmarked after I bought a new computer, years ago.

Point is, please write more! :D

<3

I appreciate the sentiment man, but I'd expect that off no-one, especially not an e-buddy.

Agreed, it's amazingly shit to play on a netbook, the kitten-punching was a nice touch.

I'll try to write some more irrespective.
Bereft
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States1007 Posts
September 22 2010 00:48 GMT
#13
see if anybody from TL is making the trip over from aussie to uk, and whether they can bring it to you for a small fee?? :D but the disassembling idea seems very solid to me, and much more feasible.
Sfydjklm
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
United States9218 Posts
September 22 2010 00:55 GMT
#14
1.2ghz? those exist?:O
twitter.com/therealdhalism | "Trying out Z = lots of losses vs inferior players until you figure out how to do it well (if it even works)."- Liquid'Tyler
Smurg
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3818 Posts
September 22 2010 01:09 GMT
#15
On September 22 2010 09:55 Sfydjklm wrote:
1.2ghz? those exist?:O

I'm shaking my fist at you.
seRapH
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States9808 Posts
September 22 2010 02:11 GMT
#16
hooray for thinking outside the box!
boomer hands
illu
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2531 Posts
September 22 2010 02:17 GMT
#17
Get your computer shipped?
:]
ZeaL.
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States5955 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-22 02:28:20
September 22 2010 02:26 GMT
#18
Yeah thats a really good idea to ship the components. Just make sure they're in anti static bags and are well padded and all. Also, if you don't want to fork out the money for a case you can always use a milk carton and zip ties

[image loading]



Edit: And you'd have to get a power switch which you could make but if you don't want to you can get some premade ones http://www.xoxide.com/hspc-atx-control-kit.html
Smurg
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3818 Posts
September 22 2010 02:28 GMT
#19
On September 22 2010 11:26 ZeaL. wrote:
Yeah thats a really good idea to ship the components. Just make sure they're in anti static bags and are well padded and all. Also, if you don't want to fork out the money for a case you can always use a milk carton and zip ties

[image loading]

Haha, that's unique.

The cooling system could quite easily be your home air-conditioning.
deth
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Australia1757 Posts
September 22 2010 03:08 GMT
#20
On September 22 2010 11:26 ZeaL. wrote:
Yeah thats a really good idea to ship the components. Just make sure they're in anti static bags and are well padded and all. Also, if you don't want to fork out the money for a case you can always use a milk carton and zip ties

[image loading]



Edit: And you'd have to get a power switch which you could make but if you don't want to you can get some premade ones http://www.xoxide.com/hspc-atx-control-kit.html


Oh man that case is so badass ^^

You dont even have to get a power switch, when mine was broken I spent 3 months turning my pc on with a screwdriver (on the motherboard power pins), perfectly fine too :D

GL with it man.
madnessman
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States1581 Posts
September 22 2010 03:19 GMT
#21
That is incredibly badass... Smurg do you have one of those laptop cooling bases or whatever they're called? A good one costs like $20 and mine seemed to help my laptop when I play sc2.
Mortician
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Bulgaria2332 Posts
September 22 2010 07:20 GMT
#22
Play BW, I bet there won't be such stuff happening
"If anything, the skill cap in sc2 is higher [than sc1] because there are a lot more things you can do at one given time. " darmousseh
seRapH
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States9808 Posts
September 22 2010 08:16 GMT
#23
On September 22 2010 16:20 Mortician wrote:
Play BW, I bet there won't be such stuff happening

unless its win7 T_T
boomer hands
Loanshark
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
China3094 Posts
September 22 2010 10:59 GMT
#24
Just don't play SC2.

User was warned for this post
No dough, no go. And no mercy.
Smurg
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3818 Posts
September 22 2010 13:50 GMT
#25
On September 22 2010 19:59 Loanshark wrote:
Just don't play SC2.

User was warned for this post

Can't believe I didn't think of that before.

Thanks man! I'll go and play WC2 instead...silly me.
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