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NExUS1g
Profile Joined December 2007
United States254 Posts
August 09 2009 18:33 GMT
#441
e8400 3.0 GHz
2 GB PC2-6400
500 GB 3.0 SATA
ATi 2600XT.

A real middle-of-the-road system. I expect to be able to run on all high settings with full ASF except no AA @ 1440x900 (native res).

I don't agree with the OP regarding the hard drive requirements. The maps are pre-loaded into RAM so hard drive access time is moot.

I am planning on upgrading to an i7 using eBay/Amazon. I built my current system off there for $250 about 2 years ago.
gloryofgreece
Profile Joined December 2008
United States29 Posts
August 10 2009 03:46 GMT
#442
What monitor size would you guys recommend?

GO Husky!!
AtlaS
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1001 Posts
August 10 2009 04:25 GMT
#443
I7
6 gigs of ram
8800GTS

Spot the one that's out of place.

I took parts from my old computer (HDD, optical drive, video card) so that's why.
I don't have mono anymore. Woooo!
VorcePA
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1102 Posts
August 10 2009 04:51 GMT
#444
On August 10 2009 12:46 gloryofgreece wrote:
What monitor size would you guys recommend?



From my experiences with playing BW on a 24" widescreen, I believe it's actually better to have a somewhat smaller screen. 19" standard would probably be perfect. The reason why I say this is because I used to run BW in full screen on this screen, and the minimap/resources were so far away it was out of my peripheral vision.
Shitposting
Pape
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Serbia419 Posts
August 10 2009 05:09 GMT
#445
I just put up a blog about my newly costumized comp with pics in the blog section. You guys should go there and give me an opinion.

http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=99511

I am getting a new video card this week, sapphire vapor-x 4890 so it should be hooked up for a long time and def run starcraft 2 with everything maxed and more.

amd phenom II x4 940 BE
4gb 1066 g skill ram
Dark knight cpu cooler
geforce n9600gt oc
600w ocz psu
good luck have fun!
writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
August 10 2009 05:33 GMT
#446
desktop:
E7200
2 GB ram
HD3850 512mb
XP

laptop:
P7350
2 GB ram
HD3470
Vista Basic

Desktop will run SC2 on max, laptop medium-high. Fuck those 4870's and 9800GT's
8/4/12 never forget, never forgive.
ULTRA[tor]
Profile Joined August 2006
Spain20 Posts
August 10 2009 07:05 GMT
#447
Asus Rampage Formula// Q6600 4.4Ghz// 4gb ram 800Mhz 4-4-4-12 Corsair XMS
2 4850 corssfire 840//1400 with thermaltake du orbs all copper
2 samsung spinponts f1 in Raid 0 config for games, one 500g samsung for OS, one 1TB samsung for store.
Thermaltake thoughtpower 700W (eficienft usage at 70% load 94%, inadible)
Redone Kandalf LCS from thermaltake with more effective water cooling.
and ofc a 24 inch monitor+logitech z-5500 with X-fi Titanium.
Should be ez.
Is your computer runing?............................ Then you better go catch it!
NExUS1g
Profile Joined December 2007
United States254 Posts
August 10 2009 14:30 GMT
#448
I'm going to build:

i7 920 @ 4.5 - 5 GHz
12 GB PC3-17066
Asus P6T Deluxe
Quad SLI 295
X-fi USB External
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 910 Watt PSU
4x Super Talent 256 GB Internet SSD in RAID 0
All encased in an Antec 1200 Full Tower with liquid cooling on all components except the drives.
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-10 14:46:09
August 10 2009 14:45 GMT
#449
On August 10 2009 16:05 ULTRA[tor] wrote:
Asus Rampage Formula// Q6600 4.4Ghz// 4gb ram 800Mhz 4-4-4-12 Corsair XMS
2 4850 corssfire 840//1400 with thermaltake du orbs all copper
2 samsung spinponts f1 in Raid 0 config for games, one 500g samsung for OS, one 1TB samsung for store.
Thermaltake thoughtpower 700W (eficienft usage at 70% load 94%, inadible)
Redone Kandalf LCS from thermaltake with more effective water cooling.
and ofc a 24 inch monitor+logitech z-5500 with X-fi Titanium.
Should be ez.


I don't understand why so many people like the 4850 - it just doesn't seem cost effective considering it isn't that much under the 4870 or gtx260

according to www.newegg.com

4850=$119.99
4870=$149.99
2gb 4870 (therefore theoretically superior to xfire 4850 =$199.99

So i don't see why you would buy the 4850.



U Gotta Skate.
Ecael
Profile Joined February 2008
United States6703 Posts
August 10 2009 18:35 GMT
#450
From what I have read of the 2gb 4870, the improvement is marginal at best and hardly worth the price increase. To be honest, if I wanted to go on a strict budget that a 4850 suggests, I'd use a 4770.

Nexus, what the heck, might as well as use a 975 at that point. A drop in the bucket when we consider the tag of the whole thing.
NExUS1g
Profile Joined December 2007
United States254 Posts
August 11 2009 05:57 GMT
#451
To be honest, Ecael, I should just buy a Tesla Personal Supercomputer. It's not much more for an amazing increase in performance.
VorcePA
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1102 Posts
August 11 2009 08:40 GMT
#452
On August 10 2009 23:30 NExUS1g wrote:
I'm going to build:

i7 920 @ 4.5 - 5 GHz
12 GB PC3-17066
Asus P6T Deluxe
Quad SLI 295
X-fi USB External
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 910 Watt PSU
4x Super Talent 256 GB Internet SSD in RAID 0
All encased in an Antec 1200 Full Tower with liquid cooling on all components except the drives.


Save your money: Use fans. Liquid cooling is more prone to problems, is almost always just as loud as fans, and, well... costs more money.
Shitposting
Scorch
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Austria3371 Posts
August 11 2009 09:23 GMT
#453
It actually has nothing to do with Starcraft 2 because I know it'll run it, but I ordered the following system:

2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB in RAID0 for OS/Programs/Games
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB for Data
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 (C1), 4x 2.83GHz
Corsair XMS3 DIMM Kit 4GB (DDR3-1333)
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD 4870, 1024MB GDDR5
Powerded by a Corsair TX 650W ATX 2.2
in a sound dampened NZXT HU-001-B case

Hope it'll last for 4-5 years with only minor upgrades like a graphics card or more RAM.
Oddysay
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Canada597 Posts
August 11 2009 14:03 GMT
#454
here mine , can run starcraft 2 using it ? please tell me .

OS: Windows xp 32 bit
Cpu: adm atlon x2 dual core 5000 , 261 ghz
Memory: 3 go of ram
Graphics: double ateon x1950 pro ( got 2 of them )
hard disc : raid and sci nvida nforce 590

im not very good in computer , but i can run crysis and some good fps game just fine , sc2 will be ok too ? thanks for awnser .


zeks
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Canada1068 Posts
August 11 2009 21:34 GMT
#455
Sorry if i'm going off topic:

I know that assembling your own computer saves a lot of $$$, but for someone like me who doesn't have a clue about assembly (and I don't really want to learn atm) are there any suggestions to any good deals on pre-built computers that will run SC2 well? I live in Toronto and I've heard good things about Canada Computers and tigerdirect.
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20141 Posts
August 11 2009 22:19 GMT
#456
On August 12 2009 06:34 zeks wrote:
Sorry if i'm going off topic:

I know that assembling your own computer saves a lot of $$$, but for someone like me who doesn't have a clue about assembly (and I don't really want to learn atm) are there any suggestions to any good deals on pre-built computers that will run SC2 well? I live in Toronto and I've heard good things about Canada Computers and tigerdirect.


http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=95364

Step by step with pictures gogogo
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-11 22:49:17
August 11 2009 22:46 GMT
#457
On August 11 2009 23:03 Oddysay wrote:
here mine , can run starcraft 2 using it ? please tell me .

OS: Windows xp 32 bit
Cpu: adm atlon x2 dual core 5000 , 261 ghz
Memory: 3 go of ram
Graphics: double ateon x1950 pro ( got 2 of them )
hard disc : raid and sci nvida nforce 590

im not very good in computer , but i can run crysis and some good fps game just fine , sc2 will be ok too ? thanks for awnser .




I don't think i've ever seen someone misspell so many things that are that simple to spell. However yes you should be fine to run SC2.

On August 12 2009 07:19 decafchicken wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2009 06:34 zeks wrote:
Sorry if i'm going off topic:

I know that assembling your own computer saves a lot of $$$, but for someone like me who doesn't have a clue about assembly (and I don't really want to learn atm) are there any suggestions to any good deals on pre-built computers that will run SC2 well? I live in Toronto and I've heard good things about Canada Computers and tigerdirect.


http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=95364

Step by step with pictures gogogo


And you don't even need to install OSX.
U Gotta Skate.
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
August 11 2009 23:06 GMT
#458
On August 10 2009 23:45 ghermination wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2009 16:05 ULTRA[tor] wrote:
Asus Rampage Formula// Q6600 4.4Ghz// 4gb ram 800Mhz 4-4-4-12 Corsair XMS
2 4850 corssfire 840//1400 with thermaltake du orbs all copper
2 samsung spinponts f1 in Raid 0 config for games, one 500g samsung for OS, one 1TB samsung for store.
Thermaltake thoughtpower 700W (eficienft usage at 70% load 94%, inadible)
Redone Kandalf LCS from thermaltake with more effective water cooling.
and ofc a 24 inch monitor+logitech z-5500 with X-fi Titanium.
Should be ez.


I don't understand why so many people like the 4850 - it just doesn't seem cost effective considering it isn't that much under the 4870 or gtx260

according to www.newegg.com

4850=$119.99
4870=$149.99
2gb 4870 (therefore theoretically superior to xfire 4850 =$199.99

So i don't see why you would buy the 4850.




dude what? how is a 2gb 4870 theoretically superior to xfire 4850??

you can find 4850s on sale now for less than $100.
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
zeks
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Canada1068 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-12 17:12:27
August 12 2009 03:40 GMT
#459
oops too late dad bought me a laptop =/
Model: Asus G50Vt-X5-RF

Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit
Intel Core 2 Duo P7450 2.13GHz
Mobile Intel® PM45 Express Chipset +ICH9M
320GB HDD 7200RPM
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800M GS External 512MB GDDR3 VRAM
4GB DDR2 Ram

how about this?



"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-12 06:24:46
August 12 2009 06:24 GMT
#460
On August 12 2009 12:40 zeks wrote:
oops too late dad bought me a laptop =/
Mode: Asus G50Vt-X5-RF

Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit
Intel Core 2 Duo P7450 2.13GHz
Mobile Intel® PM45 Express Chipset +ICH9M
320GB HDD 7200RPM
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800M GS External 512MB GDDR3 VRAM
4GB DDR2 Ram

how about this?




Sounds great. 9800M= very good for a laptop. Expect no trouble playing SC2 or Diablo 3, but maxed settings may be beyond your reach depending on whether or not they include AA.
U Gotta Skate.
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