What newegg probably does is take the max power consumption possible (100% load on all components), which is impossible in practical usage unless you plan on running Furmark and prime95 at the same time (which nobody would do anyways). The main concern is the amount of amps on your 12V rail and what other components your 12V rail is powering (hard drives, cpu, etc)

Fydor

Canada43 Posts

April 16 2010 15:12 GMT

#662

Hey guys, I am still looking for a new computer, how do you think this would run starcraft 2? I do not have a lot of experience with computer parts, but would this system be good quality with potential to upgrade it in the future? It is a pre-built system from newegg.ca if I could get some advice from you guys let me know. the weak link at first glance would be the video card. how is the processor/motherboard?

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229159

FragKrag

United States11566 Posts

April 16 2010 18:00 GMT

#663

It will run it at low and probably medium. The parts could be upgraded, but you will not be able to upgrade into a crossfire/SLi setup, but you do have a PCIe x16 which means you can support just about any graphics card. It has a 420W PSU which should be enough for a better GPU.

Upgradeability should be fine. The mobo sports a 780G chipset, and an AM3 socket, so you could potentially upgrade into a higher power Phenom II X4, or even Phenom II X6 processor in the future.

shiftY803

200 Posts

April 16 2010 18:40 GMT

#664

Try this for calculating wattage. Like the other poster said though, amps on the 12V rail is the most important.

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

CynanMachae

Canada1459 Posts

April 19 2010 02:38 GMT

#665

I'm about to buy a laptop and I have this one in mind:

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=50207

I've fallen quite behind on computer stuff and especially laptop since that would be my first. Running SC2 at decent settings is one of the thing I want it to do, so what should I expect out of it?

ZerG~LegenD

Sweden1179 Posts

April 19 2010 18:30 GMT

#666

What connection do SC2 require? I've got 2/0.5mbit/s, will it be playable?

FragKrag

United States11566 Posts

April 19 2010 22:31 GMT

#667

On April 19 2010 11:38 CynanMachae wrote:
I'm about to buy a laptop and I have this one in mind:

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=50207

I've fallen quite behind on computer stuff and especially laptop since that would be my first. Running SC2 at decent settings is one of the thing I want it to do, so what should I expect out of it?

It will run SC2 beautifully

Not sure about internet though.

KOFgokuon

United States14912 Posts

April 19 2010 23:18 GMT

#668

what the freak they make laptops with 5850's?

FragKrag

United States11566 Posts

April 19 2010 23:21 GMT

#669

All of the mobile 58xx are downclocked 5770s if I remember correctly. I know 5870M ~ 5770.

GrayArea

United States872 Posts

April 19 2010 23:52 GMT

#670

Amazing guide, thanks for putting this together. Really helped me understand more about computers and hardware in general too.

HaruHaru

United States988 Posts

April 20 2010 00:16 GMT

#671

Hi guys, i'm planning on getting a new laptop soon for college! Would this laptop be able to run sc2?
PROCESSOR: 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache
RAM: 4Gigs
RESOLUTION: 1280x800
GRAPHICS: NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3

Thanks guys! I'm not that familiar with laptop specs.

FragKrag

United States11566 Posts

April 20 2010 00:18 GMT

#672

Yes, it should run SC2, though probably only at low

sith

United States2474 Posts

April 20 2010 01:06 GMT

#673

On April 20 2010 09:18 FragKrag wrote:
Yes, it should run SC2, though probably only at low

I'm running a 2.0Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4gb ram, 256mb 8600GTM and I can do medium at least (though it gets a bit choppy if the battles are huge). He should be able to run medium to high imo.

FragKrag

United States11566 Posts

April 20 2010 01:08 GMT

#674

On April 20 2010 10:06 sith wrote:

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I'm running a 2.0Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4gb ram, 256mb 8600GTM and I can do medium at least (though it gets a bit choppy if the battles are huge). He should be able to run medium to high imo.

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s2pid_loser

United States699 Posts

April 20 2010 20:29 GMT

#675

i was refered to pcinfinity to build a new desktop but from what i can tell from that site they only have 3 platforms to choose from: intel, intel i7, and amd

http://www.pc-infinity.com/configurator.htm

what should i get? or is there a better site to build a good gaming desktop but also not that expensive that can play sc2 without any problems (around 700 to 1000 dollars range)

sith

United States2474 Posts

April 20 2010 22:23 GMT

#676

On April 20 2010 10:08 FragKrag wrote:

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What? I have yet to encounter a battle large enough to slow it down in actual ladder play, the only reason I said that is because when massing units in a custom game or something it'll slow down when 100 BC's are fighting 100 carriers. I find this acceptable.

hellstar

United States1 Post

April 21 2010 14:02 GMT

#677

Can I run SC2 smoothly at least in medium settings with this laptop?
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220696
Peace,
Cuong

ExecutioN

Latvia52 Posts

April 21 2010 14:29 GMT

#678

The first post had a question about intergrated cards, here are my 2 cents:

I never got a beta key. Although one of my friends was kind enough to let me play the game on my old laptop to test the frame rate (for the time he stayed over).

Laptop model: Lenovo 3000 n200
Video: Intel GMA X3100
1 gb ram
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core T2330 1.6 GHz

Settings: 1280x800, all graphics settings - low, shadows - off (tried to get a few extra fps), physics and etc. - off.

FPS: 6-8

Verdict: Unplayable.

I am planning on buying a laptop for StarCraft II in a week or so for that reason alone (looking at the MSI cr610, mainly becouse of the price).

SneakPeek

Philippines162 Posts

April 21 2010 15:22 GMT

#679

Laptop:Acer Aspire 4736z
processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200
GPU: Intel GMA 4500M
RAM: 2GB DDR3
settings: 1360x768
graphics settings: low

the game is playable though sometimes the game lags every now and then. is it my pc or my internet connection??

phyre112

United States3090 Posts

April 21 2010 17:22 GMT

#680

Hey guys; I'm looking at pre-ordering pretty soon, and therefore getting a beta key. I suppose I'll want to step up the specs of my laptop when I do this, because while it works just fine for SC1 and for schoolwork, I'm not so sure how it will be able to handle SC2. I'm a college student, so a desktop isn't an option, and I don't have enough to flat out buy a new PC. Besides, this one's only a year old.

Laptop: Toshiba Satellite L500D
Processor: AMD Turion™ X2 Dual-Core Mobile RM-74 (2.20 GHz)
Ram: 2 GB (pretty sure it's DDR2?)
Graphics Card: Radeon 4500 series

that's all I know to give - if some information is missing, PM me. I'm a complete PC nub (for real. I'm not even sure what you CAN replace or not) but I'm looking to spend between $200 and $400 ish on upgrading this laptop in a way that lets me better run SC2, and this seems like the right place to go for assistance.