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Adisuki
Profile Joined October 2009
3 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-29 21:05:08
January 29 2010 17:11 GMT
#1501
http://eu.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_GB&articleId=38579&parentCategoryId&pageNumber=1&categoryId=7040

Here you have the requirements for SC2 Beta. Oh yeah, it will run on my laptop.

Enjoy!

EDIT:
False alarm. That were placeholders that leaked. Soon we will know more.
In life there is from A to B to C. In parkour there is no B
Undisputed-
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States379 Posts
January 29 2010 18:35 GMT
#1502
UPS just delivered my parts, I can't wait to get home and build it X.X
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
BeMannerDuPenner
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
Germany5638 Posts
January 29 2010 22:44 GMT
#1503
On January 28 2010 23:33 Kaboo wrote:
?

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0Ghz =220$
RAM: Corsair Dominator DDR3, 4gb =210$
GFX: CardSapphire Radeon HD 5770 =1GB 220$
MOBO: ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO =125$
HDD: WD Caviar SE16 500GB x2 (RAID 0) =135$

CPU Cooler: Akasa AK-967 CPU Air Cooler =65$
PSU: Corsair VX 550W PSU ATX 12V =100$
Chassi: Fractal Design Define R2 Black Pearl =110$
DVD: Lite-On DVD+RW burner =30$

Total = 1220$




IMHO:

ram: way too expensive. u can get decent g.skill /whatever ddr3 ram for half the price.and you def wont notice any difference.

cpu: imho go with the 955. barely more cost (here about 15-20€) but more potent.but def no must

mobo: for bang/buck the gigabyte "ma 770t-ud3p". super cheap and top quality. if you dont need crossifre the best mobo you can get for that price by far.

cpu cooler: if you dont overclock go with the boxed. with a bit undervolting it is totally fine . my 955 dropped from 63° prime temp to ~56°prime temp just with 2 minutes of k10stat tuning.in games hes now maxing out at about ~50°. else get a "brocken" or mugen. way cheaper.

PSU: best bangbuck is the arctic fusion 550r. high quality that really delivers what it says and costs like 50€

wont comment on the rest cause thats totally down to preference/intended use.
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mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-29 23:51:07
January 29 2010 23:49 GMT
#1504
On January 29 2010 22:30 KOFgokuon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 29 2010 16:11 mahnini wrote:
On January 28 2010 23:10 KOFgokuon wrote:
The AMD 95W processor will...use only 95 W of power, which is nice because you don't need as large of a power supply.

doesn't work that way! TDP only measures the amount of heat that the heatsink is supposed to be able to dissipate i think. while it may also mean lower voltage it doesn't necessarily mean it only takes 95W to power it. it takes upwards of 280W to power a fully loaded 955 for example and that only has a 125W TDP.


eh?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_power_dissipation
Some CPUs, such as newer Intel-CPUs, have TDP defined as the maximum power consumption running worst case workloads and some, like CPUs from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), have the maximum power consumption defined as TDP

i think that just means they rate their TDP under slightly different conditions. they include maximum power because the more power running through it the more heat it produces.
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
Wr3k
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada2533 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-30 04:21:02
January 30 2010 04:08 GMT
#1505
On January 30 2010 08:49 mahnini wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 29 2010 22:30 KOFgokuon wrote:
On January 29 2010 16:11 mahnini wrote:
On January 28 2010 23:10 KOFgokuon wrote:
The AMD 95W processor will...use only 95 W of power, which is nice because you don't need as large of a power supply.

doesn't work that way! TDP only measures the amount of heat that the heatsink is supposed to be able to dissipate i think. while it may also mean lower voltage it doesn't necessarily mean it only takes 95W to power it. it takes upwards of 280W to power a fully loaded 955 for example and that only has a 125W TDP.


eh?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_power_dissipation
Some CPUs, such as newer Intel-CPUs, have TDP defined as the maximum power consumption running worst case workloads and some, like CPUs from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), have the maximum power consumption defined as TDP

i think that just means they rate their TDP under slightly different conditions. they include maximum power because the more power running through it the more heat it produces.


DO NOT USE TDP TO SELECT A POWER SUPPLY.

TDP (Thermal design power) is the amount of energy that must be dissipated by the cooling solution. It directly correlates to power consumption, but a TDP of 95W does not mean the chip is using 95W of power, the power usage is often higher than the TDP, and TDP should not be used to decide on a power supply. Most chips will easily consume double their TDP in watts. For example, my i7 860 has a TDP of 95W, but on stock settings will consume up to 180W on full load. Since I have it overclocked to 4GHz, its probably consuming more around the range of 230W under heavy loading.You want lots of headroom on a power supply, for both safety and because they often run most efficiently around 70-80% usage.

TDP is more of an indication of the amount of heat you need to dissipate so that the chip does not overheat under stress. If you have a 130W TDP chip, it will likely generate more heat than a 95W, and could potentially require a better cooling solution. Keep in mind this value is totally useless when overclocking, and if you are buying an aftermarket heatsink for that purpose you should probably go all out anyways and get a TRUE or Megahalems.
psykick5
Profile Joined July 2009
United States3 Posts
January 30 2010 23:25 GMT
#1506
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit
CPU: Intel Pentium IV 3.0GHz
Memory: 512MB DDR 333mhz (lol.)
Graphics: 64MB ATi Mobility Radeon 9600 Series
Hard Drives: 60GB (plus 1TB of externals)
Screen: 1440x900

Note: I've got some flashys in readyboost, that's the only reason I can run W7. Yup. I wanna build an i5 rig and get rid of this P.O.S.
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11554 Posts
January 31 2010 01:29 GMT
#1507
haha that is sad man ;_;
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
RandomAccount#49059
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States2140 Posts
January 31 2010 03:47 GMT
#1508
--- Nuked ---
Shieru
Profile Joined March 2009
Chile53 Posts
January 31 2010 04:34 GMT
#1509
OS: Windows XP SP3
CPU: AMD Athlon, 2.0 Ghz 3200+
HD: 160 GB
RAM: 1GB
GFX: NVidia Geforce 7300 GT (256 MB)

too bad?
If every day is a challenge, I may well start living in night
writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
January 31 2010 06:10 GMT
#1510
On January 31 2010 08:25 psykick5 wrote:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit
CPU: Intel Pentium IV 3.0GHz
Memory: 512MB DDR 333mhz (lol.)
Graphics: 64MB ATi Mobility Radeon 9600 Series
Hard Drives: 60GB (plus 1TB of externals)
Screen: 1440x900

Note: I've got some flashys in readyboost, that's the only reason I can run W7. Yup. I wanna build an i5 rig and get rid of this P.O.S.


the fact that you got win7 to run on that is already pretty good LOL
8/4/12 never forget, never forgive.
NeoLearner
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Belgium1847 Posts
January 31 2010 20:42 GMT
#1511
CPU: i7 860
Motherboard: Asus P7P55D
RAM: 2*2GB Kingston
Graphics: ATI Raedon 5850
PSU: Corsair 650W
HD: Seagate 1TB
Case: Antec Nine Hundred TWO

Bought last week, put me back about 1000 euro.
Bankai - Correlation does not imply causation
TimeToPractice!
Profile Joined January 2010
United States105 Posts
February 01 2010 00:17 GMT
#1512
Acer Aspire 6920g laptop
Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 (1.83ghz dual core / 667 fsb / 2mb l2 cache)
15 inch 1366x768
GeForce 9500M GS
3GB DDR2 RAM
320 GB


On a related note, the 2008 SC2 demo machines at BlizzCon used 8800GTX cards achieving high settings. I know this because the case was transparent and the card visible.
425-298 cumulative record in the beta. 49-26 record in retail. Account: Practice
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11554 Posts
February 01 2010 02:19 GMT
#1513
Hm that is about where most of us expected it to be then?
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
LxRogue
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States1415 Posts
February 01 2010 06:39 GMT
#1514
8800 GTX was the best card on the market when it was released. It is discontinued, but has better specs than a 9800 GTX. If it couldn't run SC2 on high, i'd be a bit worried.
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11554 Posts
February 01 2010 07:15 GMT
#1515
8800GTX on high before optimization sounds good to me.
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
Kaboo
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Sweden125 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-01 11:19:24
February 01 2010 11:10 GMT
#1516
Hey again!

Thanks to the feedback I got from here I've now decided on what system I would buy, if ill buy a brand new one.

win 7 64 mbit, 4 gb ram ddr3 1600, amd phenon 2 x4 965, Asus M4A79XTD EVO Mobo, XFX Radeon HD5770 and 1tb WD hdd. All in all this would finally cost me about 900usd.

BUT, I've now put some thought into upgrading my old heap of slow ass circuits instead, and waiting a bit to buy the new computer.

Ill post the specs here, and maybe you guys can say if it could possibly run sc2 if i upgrade the memory, gfx card and possibly the cpu.

OS: Win xp 32 mbit (upgrade to some kind of 64 mbit, win 7 64?)
Motherboard: ASUS M2R-FVM (Im not upgrading this)
GfxCard: Built in ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 400 MHz, Memory 16 - 256 MB (upgrading to a Sapphire Radeon HD3450 Heatsink 512MB would cost me 40 usd)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 2.0 ghz (upgrading to 3.0gz would cost 95 usd)
Memory: 2x1gb ddr2 233mhz!! (upgrading to 4gb 800mhz would cost 110 usd)

Input greatly appreciated.




Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication -Leonardo da Vinci
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11554 Posts
February 01 2010 23:20 GMT
#1517
I'm going to say that it isn't worth it to upgrade your computer.
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14902 Posts
February 02 2010 00:00 GMT
#1518
i would agree
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
February 02 2010 03:45 GMT
#1519
On February 01 2010 20:10 Kaboo wrote:
Hey again!

Thanks to the feedback I got from here I've now decided on what system I would buy, if ill buy a brand new one.

win 7 64 mbit, 4 gb ram ddr3 1600, amd phenon 2 x4 965, Asus M4A79XTD EVO Mobo, XFX Radeon HD5770 and 1tb WD hdd. All in all this would finally cost me about 900usd.

BUT, I've now put some thought into upgrading my old heap of slow ass circuits instead, and waiting a bit to buy the new computer.

Ill post the specs here, and maybe you guys can say if it could possibly run sc2 if i upgrade the memory, gfx card and possibly the cpu.

OS: Win xp 32 mbit (upgrade to some kind of 64 mbit, win 7 64?)
Motherboard: ASUS M2R-FVM (Im not upgrading this)
GfxCard: Built in ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 400 MHz, Memory 16 - 256 MB (upgrading to a Sapphire Radeon HD3450 Heatsink 512MB would cost me 40 usd)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 2.0 ghz (upgrading to 3.0gz would cost 95 usd)
Memory: 2x1gb ddr2 233mhz!! (upgrading to 4gb 800mhz would cost 110 usd)

Input greatly appreciated.





It would be much easier to either just buy the new one, or buy a few parts for th e new one that you are also comfortable sticking in the old one until you get enough money for the entire new computer.
U Gotta Skate.
whiteLotus
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
1833 Posts
February 02 2010 22:19 GMT
#1520
os : win 7 64x
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40Ghz.
Ram : 4 gb
video card: 8600 GT 512MB


how do you think guys, will i be able to run atleast on lowest setings?
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