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Boblion
France8043 Posts
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
On January 27 2010 21:01 Daemonarch wrote: I will deviate from this HDD ongoing theme, and ask you on a preferable configuration i can get for lets say 550 Euros MAX. (Preferbly 500 EU but i can stretch it to 550 np). I have set the SC2 as a deadline for the new PC, and wouldn't buy new one before that for sure. Now i have 1GB DDR1, 3,0 AMD Athlong 64, Ati Radeon 9200 SE 128 MB, 80 GB HDD. Anyone here owns a museum? ^_^ If your deadline is SC2, then wait till at least beta shows to even start putting together a machine. With the exception of memory, everything else will probably just come out with better and cheaper alternatives. | ||
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
On January 28 2010 00:00 Ecael wrote: If your deadline is SC2, then wait till at least beta shows to even start putting together a machine. With the exception of memory, everything else will probably just come out with better and cheaper alternatives. agree. with 500 € you can get a nice comboalready. with new 95w phenoms coming out soon, fermi release gfx card price drop and maybe a bit cheaper ddr3 ram this should easy do it for sc2&d3 on all high settings. | ||
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Undisputed-
United States379 Posts
 Pentium 4 -> i5, ddr1 ->ddr3 and 256mb 8800gt -> 5850HD is an astronomical upgrade. | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
On January 28 2010 01:45 Undisputed- wrote: I was going to wait but I couldn't take it anymore Pentium 4 -> i5, ddr1 ->ddr3 and 256mb 8800gt -> 5850HD is an astronomical upgrade.Yeah...going from a mobile P4 to an i7 was so fun. I was considering to wait for the i5, but in the end just decided screw it and went with i7. Time to pick up random hobbies that can tax the comp | ||
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Undisputed-
United States379 Posts
On January 28 2010 01:50 Ecael wrote: Yeah...going from a mobile P4 to an i7 was so fun. I was considering to wait for the i5, but in the end just decided screw it and went with i7. Time to pick up random hobbies that can tax the comp I was going to to get i7 at first until saw the benchmarks in games with the i5. I built my machine purely for gaming so was the best choice for me. 1156 socket systems are cheaper so I was also able to pick up a nice 1920x1200 monitor  | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On January 28 2010 01:45 Undisputed- wrote: I was going to wait but I couldn't take it anymore Pentium 4 -> i5, ddr1 ->ddr3 and 256mb 8800gt -> 5850HD is an astronomical upgrade.K7 500mhz ---> Athlon II x4 620 GeForce (1) 32mb SDRam ---> 4870 512 mb 192mb SDRam ---> 4Gb DDR3 Ripjaws 14" tube ---> Samsung P2350 x) | ||
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TopGear
United Kingdom796 Posts
Radeon 9200 ---> Radeon 5770 1GB 512mb DDR1 ---> 4GB DDR3 80gb HDD ---> 1TB HDD boy am i excited when it arrives! haven't been able to play ANY new games from the past few years. and havent been able to play ANY games at all since about 6 months ago when the gfx went bust, just been using my ps3 for games. mind you, Boblion, you win in the upgrade department haha. thats insane (cant be your only computer can it?) | ||
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OS: Windows Vista 64bit Cpu: i7 920 @ 2.67 ghz Mobo: x58 Memory: 3 GB DDR3 1333 mhz Graphics: 9800 GT Hard Drive: SATA 500 GB @ 7200 rpm PSU: 580 W cheap one Laptop. - Display: 17.3" FHD 16  "Glare Type" Supe- Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - - Sound Card: Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audi - Camera: Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera - Wireless Network: Built-in Intel® PRO/Wireless 530 - Bluetooth: Internal Bluetooth + EDR - Memory Card Reader: Internal 8-in-1 Card Reader: MM - Second Hard Drive: - 500GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Buffer - Primary Hard Drive: - 80GB Intel G2 X25-M Solid Stat - Optical Drive: - 4X Blu-Ray Reader / 8X DVDRW/C - Ram: 8,192MB (8GB) DDR3 1066MHz Dual - Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD5870 1024 - Thermal Compound: IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CP - Processor: - Intel® Core™ i7-720QM, 1.60-2. - Warranty: 2 Year ASUS GLOBAL Warranty, 24/ | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On January 28 2010 04:28 TopGear wrote: mind you, Boblion, you win in the upgrade department haha. thats insane (cant be your only computer can it?) That was my only comp for like 9 years Was perfect to play bw ! | ||
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FragKrag
United States11540 Posts
On January 27 2010 21:01 Daemonarch wrote: I will deviate from this HDD ongoing theme, and ask you on a preferable configuration i can get for lets say 550 Euros MAX. (Preferbly 500 EU but i can stretch it to 550 np). I have set the SC2 as a deadline for the new PC, and wouldn't buy new one before that for sure. Now i have 1GB DDR1, 3,0 AMD Athlong 64, Ati Radeon 9200 SE 128 MB, 80 GB HDD. Anyone here owns a museum? ^_^ Go with an Athlon II series processor, a 4850, a decent HDD, cheap AM3 mobo, and 2-4 gigs of DDR3 if you want to be able to run SC2. If you also need a screen then it gets complicated D: | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
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Grendor
United States70 Posts
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
On January 28 2010 09:03 Grendor wrote: I've waited about as long as I can too, the Beta could be any week now and I want to be ready on day 1. One thing I'm concerned about is that the system specs that people have been saying can "Run SC2" will start to chug along drop a lot of frames in big games. I like 4v4, 5v5, 2v2v2v2 styles games and the build of SC2 I played at PAX was dropping frames in a 1v1 match with a i7 920 and GTX 260 video card. That's probably more due to the fact that the game was hardly optimized by that point. If an i7 and GTX 260 is dropping frames, like 90% of the consumer base that Blizzard was counting on simply can't even play the thing. The argument is the same as always, Blizzard has made games with relatively low requirements since the beginning of time, and will continue to do so. | ||
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KOFgokuon
United States14892 Posts
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Kaboo
Sweden125 Posts
I'm a bit of a hardware noob so help me out please First of all, do you think the following system will work for sc2? OS: Win 7 64 bit. Cpu: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Quad Core, 3,2Ghz, AM3, 8MB, 125W, Boxed Mobo: 488342 Gigabyte GA-MA785GT-UD3H Ram: Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600MHz 4GB CL9 Kit w/2x 2GB Hdd: WD Caviar Black 1TB 3,5", SATA, 32MB Cache, Dual Processor, 7200RPM Box: 580313 Fractal Design Define R2 Black Pearl Gfx: XFX GeForce 9500GT 550M 1GB PhysX CUDA PCI-Express 2.0, DDR2, DVI, HDCP Cooling: Corsair H50 Hydro Series CPU PSU: Corsair VX 550W PSU ATX 12V The price for all this at the swedish store komplett.se is 1078 usd for the parts only. If I exchange the gfx card for two XFX Radeon HD 4770 512MB GDDR5, using crossfire the price jumps up to 1213 usd. Is using crossfire a good idea at all? Maybe I could first buy one of the cards and the buy another if I see the need? Is that a good idea? Is this an ok price? Do you think I should exhange any parts for something better or more priceworthy? Anyway, please give me some input as I'm a bit lost in the woods at the moment. | ||
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LxRogue
United States1415 Posts
On January 28 2010 17:54 Kaboo wrote: Im looking to buy a new computer with the best value/money rate that I can get. Nothing too fancy but I need it to be reasonably quiet. Ill only be using one monitor. I'm a bit of a hardware noob so help me out please First of all, do you think the following system will work for sc2? OS: Win 7 64 bit. Cpu: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Quad Core, 3,2Ghz, AM3, 8MB, 125W, Boxed Mobo: 488342 Gigabyte GA-MA785GT-UD3H Ram: Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600MHz 4GB CL9 Kit w/2x 2GB Hdd: WD Caviar Black 1TB 3,5", SATA, 32MB Cache, Dual Processor, 7200RPM Box: 580313 Fractal Design Define R2 Black Pearl Gfx: XFX GeForce 9500GT 550M 1GB PhysX CUDA PCI-Express 2.0, DDR2, DVI, HDCP Cooling: Corsair H50 Hydro Series CPU PSU: Corsair VX 550W PSU ATX 12V The price for all this at the swedish store komplett.se is 1078 usd for the parts only. If I exchange the gfx card for two XFX Radeon HD 4770 512MB GDDR5, using crossfire the price jumps up to 1213 usd. Is using crossfire a good idea at all? Maybe I could first buy one of the cards and the buy another if I see the need? Is that a good idea? Is this an ok price? Do you think I should exhange any parts for something better or more priceworthy? Anyway, please give me some input as I'm a bit lost in the woods at the moment. Get a nicer graphics card and spend less money on parts that aren't as important for gaming. Getting 2x 4770's doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Just get a newer card and you will get a better price/performance ratio. Plus you don't have to worry about the extra power and space needed. I bought a 4870 a bit before the 5000 series came out, so unfortunately 4000 series card have gone up in price. Still, a 4870, 4890, or a 5770, will be enough to run just about anything you want. 9500 is probably OK for SC2, but it doesn't make sense to skimp on graphics when you want a nice gaming computer. | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
For most people, going xfire/sli is probably overkill, I'd go with one card solution first. If you are a hardware noob, do you aim on overclocking? If not, there really isn't much of reason for liquid cooling - air cooling can be very quiet. If you are not going to OC, then the Dominator is also overkill. As for CPU, if you saw the AMD roadmap from last page, they have a 95w version coming in a few months, if time isn't an issue (and you insist on using AMD), that can work out fine. There are suggestions and suggestions, but it'd be nice to know if you have an exact budget of some sort as well as some description as to how you'd use the system and stuff, would make it a lot easier. | ||
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