EPTwith the i3 being better for sc2 and the amd being better for future games i may get being a physical quad core
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mmx
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with the i3 being better for sc2 and the amd being better for future games i may get being a physical quad core | ||
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Prophecy3
Canada223 Posts
On October 28 2010 11:49 skyR wrote: A physical core is always better than hyperthreading. It's been proven in benchmarks that hyperthreading can actually decrease performance in games and increase core temp. With a $800 budget, it's best to get an AMD Phenom II X4 955 as previously suggested. I'm def going to keep that in mind when I upgrade in the spring. Quad core for sure! | ||
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Silentness
United States2821 Posts
SC2 utilitzes 2 cores, but I'm sure you don't use your desktop for just Starcraft 2 soley. Quad cores will work for future games and non gaming uses. | ||
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Vz0
Canada378 Posts
(for 1v1, in 2v2 large scale wil bring u downt o 20 fps) | ||
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Traveler
United States451 Posts
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theBlues
El Salvador638 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
On October 28 2010 14:39 TheBlueMeaner wrote: wait for intel sandy bridge coming out january 2011, according to benchmarks that are out on the web the mid range processor core i5 2xxx beats the crap out of a corei7 extreme processor, so you can make a much better purchase if you wait a bit... $800 can't even afford a p55 / core i5 750 build unless he finds some amazing deals. What makes you think a p67 / core i5 2400 will be doable with a $800 budget? | ||
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mmx
41 Posts
this really is looking to be as low budget as possible pure sc2 comp that runs shit well for SC2 | ||
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Zerokaiser
Canada885 Posts
On October 28 2010 12:08 Chairman Ray wrote: If you want to save money, get phenom x4 955. If you really want an intel, go for the i3. i5 will do nothing more than the i3 if you are using your computer for sc2. i7 is pretty much out of the question for gamers. I don't understand, are you saying the i7 is too powerful to be necessary to gamers? | ||
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CortoMontez
Australia608 Posts
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yourwhiteshadow
United States442 Posts
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writer22816
United States5775 Posts
On October 28 2010 15:15 Zerokaiser wrote: I don't understand, are you saying the i7 is too powerful to be necessary to gamers? most games are GPU-intensive, not CPU intensive. I would only get an i7 if i did a lot of video encoding and other CPU-intensive tasks. | ||
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nalgene
Canada2153 Posts
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Cyber_Cheese
Australia3615 Posts
On October 28 2010 14:45 skyR wrote: $800 can't even afford a p55 / core i5 750 build unless he finds some amazing deals. What makes you think a p67 / core i5 2400 will be doable with a $800 budget? the new range makes the old one outdated and therefore cheaper | ||
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Winters
Spain53 Posts
On October 28 2010 07:15 obiwong wrote: Starcraft II is optimized for dual cores http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=133320 the difference between i3, i5 and i7 http://www.brighthub.com/computing/hardware/articles/65861.aspx "hyperthreading" is like virtual cores so i3 has 2 physical cores and 0 virtual cores (2 cores total) i5 has 2 physical cores and 2 virtual cores (4 cores total) i7 has 4 physical cores and 4 virtual cores (8 cores total) more cores are not necessarily better, as currently not many games a designed to take advantage of multiple cores (applications like CAD and video encoding are) don't worry about what chipset is best generally it won't make any difference to you. just pick a motherboard that supports the CPU that you want chipset will just determine what RAM (DDR2, DDR3) or what socket CPU you'll have (LGA 775, LGA 1156, LGA 1366) although i've been out of the loop for a while i don't think much has changed in terms gaming and multiple cores, i've looked at benchmarks when the i7 stuff came out and 2 core vs 4 core makes almost no difference for the price you'd be paying money is best spent on a graphics card, that will make the most difference for gaming a couple of my friends have built AMD Phenom II systems for gaming, they're very good for gaming and cheap as well You are wrong. i7 has 4 core plus 4 virtual cores, either socket 1156 or 1366 i5 has 4 cores plus none virtual cores i3 has 2 cores plus 2 virtual cores new i9 will have 6 cores Just take a look on CPU-Z images.  ________________________________________ For SC2 with just a Quad Core Q94XX+ will be very fine with a decent graphic card like a Ati 6850 or nvidia 460gtx, well with much less will run satisfily. Go for this, i5 750/760, Asus motherboard round 100€, 460GTX or Ati 6850 and 4GB ram DDR3 | ||
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IKenshinI
United States132 Posts
i5 for budget, i7 for doing streaming/compressing videos etc. (for sc2 of course  ) | ||
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
So I would probably just get a dual core and be done with it and upgrade to something decent later. Don't spend your money on things that you think you might need later. Buy according to what you need NOW and spend as much as your budget allows. Do it this way and you will be so much happier. | ||
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Zootre
Denmark180 Posts
The Core i3 500 series products are dual cores and they do have hyper-threading and support virtualization, but they do not have Turbo Boost. The performance of the Core i3 500 series products is roughly on par with the performance of the lower end Core 2 Quad products like the Q6600. I have q6600 and i can play lag free at maxed settings 1080p with a 5770 gfx card.. so you should only need that i3 it seems. maybe at 200/200 battles it will lag i dont know :p | ||
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Semtext
Germany287 Posts
I have to note that I didnt put this system together myself, i bought it at some Target-like huge department store cause i was lazy and i wanted my computer right there and then. So you could get something like that cheaper on the net for sure. But as I said, I was lazy. nI didnt wanna wait for shipping. The game does not recognize the graphics card, though, but everything works fine on ultra settings in 1v1 and 2v2, als long as there are no 200 zerglings + 200 marines on the map, it holds at approx. 25-50 FPS, and drops below 25 only if aforementioned unit-spammage is in order. To not get distracted too much, I recommend putting it on the second highest settings with texture details on the highest setting. That does it for me. | ||
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Firkraag8
Sweden1006 Posts
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