• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 06:26
CEST 12:26
KST 19:26
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Power Rank - Esports World Cup 202550RSL Season 1 - Final Week9[ASL19] Finals Recap: Standing Tall15HomeStory Cup 27 - Info & Preview18Classic wins Code S Season 2 (2025)16
Community News
BSL Team Wars - Bonyth, Dewalt, Hawk & Sziky teams4Weekly Cups (July 14-20): Final Check-up0Esports World Cup 2025 - Brackets Revealed19Weekly Cups (July 7-13): Classic continues to roll8Team TLMC #5 - Submission re-extension4
StarCraft 2
General
RSL Revival patreon money discussion thread Power Rank - Esports World Cup 2025 Jim claims he and Firefly were involved in match-fixing RSL Season 1 - Final Week The GOAT ranking of GOAT rankings
Tourneys
Esports World Cup 2025 Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament Sea Duckling Open (Global, Bronze-Diamond) FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $8000 live event RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series
Strategy
How did i lose this ZvP, whats the proper response
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation #239 Bad Weather Mutation # 483 Kill Bot Wars Mutation # 482 Wheel of Misfortune Mutation # 481 Fear and Lava
Brood War
General
Ginuda's JaeDong Interview Series [Update] ShieldBattery: 1v1 Fastest Support! BW General Discussion ASL20 Preliminary Maps BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/
Tourneys
CSL Xiamen International Invitational [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [CSLPRO] It's CSLAN Season! - Last Chance [BSL 2v2] ProLeague Season 3 - Friday 21:00 CET
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers I am doing this better than progamers do.
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread [MMORPG] Tree of Savior (Successor of Ragnarok) Path of Exile CCLP - Command & Conquer League Project
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread The Games Industry And ATVI Stop Killing Games - European Citizens Initiative
Fan Clubs
SKT1 Classic Fan Club! Maru Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[\m/] Heavy Metal Thread Anime Discussion Thread Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece Korean Music Discussion
Sports
2024 - 2025 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 NBA General Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Installation of Windows 10 suck at "just a moment" Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Ping To Win? Pings And Their…
TrAiDoS
momentary artworks from des…
tankgirl
from making sc maps to makin…
Husyelt
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Socialism Anyone?
GreenHorizons
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 847 users

Getting Pumped for D3!

Blogs > dGHaiL
Post a Reply
dGHaiL
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States177 Posts
April 26 2012 20:56 GMT
#1
Exams are OVER.

I'm so happy its unreal. Unfortunately, I'm still waiting on my MCAT scores that I took on April 13th, so crossing my fingers I won't have to take that crappy test again. I guess we'll see.

In the meantime, I started getting really pumped up for Diablo 3 last night. I was studying for exams ALL last weekend, so I didn't have any time at all to play on the open beta weekend - I'm thinking this might not have been such a bad thing, as the game will have all of the new flair and content for me when I get to start playing.

I've played MMO's for a long, long time. Starting with Everquest 1, working my way through Vanilla WoW and Everquest 2, I even tried Vanguard and Rift for awhile, raided in both, never could really get back into it. But i LOVED the Diablo 1 and Diablo 2 series. I can't wait to make my monk and start destroying Diablo's minions all over again. Yeah, I know they aren't MMOs, but with the online servers I'm hoping it will begin to feel similar if I get to play with all of my friends online who will surely buy the game.

I just preordered yesterday (WOOT) and finished the download. Now I'm just waiting for release! In the meantime, I've started upgrading my rig for D3. Not that it really needs and upgrade, my PC still runs most games on max quality with no hiccups, but I feel like I need something to really motivate me to be productive while I wait for May 15. (Two days after exams are over and I'm bored.) This is actually terrible, considering how much I wanted to just relax and play video games during exam season, and now I finally have the time and I'd rather just wait for D3. Sigh.

Anyways, I've upgraded my 4 gig of DDR2 ram to 16 gigs of DDR3, which involves buying a new motherboard. Since I'm not in a hurry, I'm waiting to find the best deal. Does anyone have any ideas on what motherboard I should buy? I'm looking to spend around 100-150, but I suppose I could go a little higher if anyone has some awesome suggestions. I plan on just sticking with my E8300 3.0 ghz processor and buying whatever new card Nvidia decides to drop and SLI it with my current 260.

Can't wait to set up my new rig and play some Diablo 3, the game looks awesome. If only PvP would be available at launch, that would be excellent. But I guess I'd rather Bliz release now and spend some more time refining it so we all get a shot at the game before PvP starts up.

I've never understood why some people are so upset about Bliz's insistence on having the game online, and making you log in to play. I guess I understand the argument that if you buy the game, you should have ownership of it and not have to log into the internet to play. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this method allows Bliz to crack down on Piracy, as you can't access the game if you don't have a unique battle.net account from ordering the game itself? That doesn't upset me at all - but I guess that means the death of offline LAN sessions. Eh.

Anyways, can't wait for D3. Hope to see all of you online. I plan to play a monk, if any TL'ers would like to play with me, PM me and I'll send you my BattleTag code or whatever! The more the merrier!

Happy gaming, all!


unkkz
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Norway2196 Posts
April 26 2012 21:24 GMT
#2
Screw you i have my last exam on freaking June 12th or something, with huge projects due 25th of may, gonna be so far behind in the leveling
dGHaiL
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States177 Posts
April 26 2012 21:27 GMT
#3
On April 27 2012 06:24 unkkz wrote:
Screw you i have my last exam on freaking June 12th or something, with huge projects due 25th of may, gonna be so far behind in the leveling


Well, my MCAT scores are supposed to be released on the 15th of May as well, so that day will either be an amazing day for me, or really depressing.

Still excited!
SnipedSoul
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada2158 Posts
April 26 2012 21:44 GMT
#4
I just finished the last exam for my engineering degree! It's so amazing being done.

The E8300 is a LGA775 chip. They're almost 4 years old now so there aren't a lot of manufacturers still making motherboards for them. I personally like gigabyte boards.

I am really excited for D3. Playing around with the skill calculator blows my mind.
alQahira
Profile Joined June 2011
United States511 Posts
April 26 2012 22:43 GMT
#5
Um, you should post in the tech support thread. SLI-ing involves two of the same cards, so you can't SLI a 260 and a new card. Also, new cards are so much better than an older card like that, there would be no point trying to keep both in your system. If you're willing to spend 150 on a motherboard, you should just get an actual new one and a new processor as well. You won't find motherboards compatible with your processor easily because it is so old. However, your processor is still good enough that to really improve on it you would probably have to invest in a i5 2400 or better processor. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115074)

However, as long as you're not overclocking you can cheap out and get a h61 motherboard for only $70.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131793

There are obviously tons of options for new graphics cards, depending on your budget and what resolution you play at.
alQahira
Profile Joined June 2011
United States511 Posts
April 26 2012 22:53 GMT
#6
Oh, I meant to link you to the anandtech bench, which makes it easy to compare benchmarks of graphics cards and processors.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/318?vs=291

Here is your E8300 vs an i5 2400, http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/57?vs=363
ZERG_RUSSIAN
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
10417 Posts
April 26 2012 23:47 GMT
#7
GET HYPED N(GGAS, DIABLO 3
I'm on GOLD CHAIN
KhAmun
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1005 Posts
April 27 2012 00:25 GMT
#8
I wasn't planning on getting d3, but I might have to now, I feel like I owe it to my childhood.
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Esports World Cup
10:00
2025 - Day 3
Reynor vs ZounLIVE!
Solar vs SHINLIVE!
Classic vs ShoWTimE
Cure vs Rogue
EWC_Arena4881
ComeBackTV 1358
EWC_Arena_2823
Hui .366
TaKeTV 288
3DClanTV 208
Rex123
CranKy Ducklings85
Reynor82
mcanning54
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
EWC_Arena4881
EWC_Arena_2823
Hui .366
JimRising 171
Rex 123
Reynor 82
mcanning 54
SpeCial 23
StarCraft: Brood War
Sea 6591
Bisu 1189
firebathero 1000
BeSt 986
Jaedong 693
Hyuk 529
ggaemo 440
ToSsGirL 220
EffOrt 219
Leta 169
[ Show more ]
Zeus 159
actioN 153
Soma 127
Hyun 105
Mind 99
Last 85
ZerO 83
JulyZerg 71
Sharp 49
sorry 42
Sacsri 35
soO 31
NaDa 29
Soulkey 26
Stork 18
yabsab 15
Noble 13
ivOry 4
Britney 0
Dota 2
XcaliburYe230
BananaSlamJamma224
League of Legends
febbydoto7
Counter-Strike
shoxiejesuss449
x6flipin353
allub276
Other Games
singsing1924
ceh9752
Happy321
Fuzer 179
ZerO(Twitch)16
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick1146
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 15 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH235
• LUISG 6
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• iopq 3
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Stunt556
Other Games
• WagamamaTV188
Upcoming Events
Esports World Cup
1d
OSC
1d 3h
CranKy Ducklings
1d 23h
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
2 days
CSO Cup
2 days
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
2 days
Bonyth vs Sziky
Dewalt vs Hawk
Hawk vs QiaoGege
Sziky vs Dewalt
Mihu vs Bonyth
Zhanhun vs QiaoGege
QiaoGege vs Fengzi
FEL
2 days
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
3 days
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
3 days
Bonyth vs Zhanhun
Dewalt vs Mihu
Hawk vs Sziky
Sziky vs QiaoGege
Mihu vs Hawk
Zhanhun vs Dewalt
Fengzi vs Bonyth
Sparkling Tuna Cup
4 days
[ Show More ]
Online Event
5 days
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
6 days
The PondCast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

CSL Xiamen Invitational
Championship of Russia 2025
Murky Cup #2

Ongoing

Copa Latinoamericana 4
Jiahua Invitational
BSL20 Non-Korean Championship
Esports World Cup 2025
CC Div. A S7
Underdog Cup #2
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
PGL Astana 2025
Asian Champions League '25

Upcoming

CSLPRO Last Chance 2025
ASL Season 20: Qualifier #1
ASL Season 20: Qualifier #2
ASL Season 20
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
BSL Season 21
RSL Revival: Season 2
Maestros of the Game
SEL Season 2 Championship
uThermal 2v2 Main Event
FEL Cracov 2025
HCC Europe
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.