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iTzSnypah
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1738 Posts
October 14 2011 16:47 GMT
#101
On October 15 2011 01:02 Shikyo wrote:
Why do you want a quadcore? The whole point of those builds is to have the parts be in harmony, not to overkill the CPU.

Not to mention that a 6770 would be far more intelligent than a GTS450 for that price.

Of course you can go for a 500gb HDD for every build and get a worse PSU if you want.

The 400$ build plays SC2 better than your 500$ build and btw that build cant play SC2 on ultra at 60+ fps dont lie.

60+ FPS at what 800v800 battles? my GeForce 9800 GTX plays SC2 on ultra at 60 FPS (Albeit 1v1) with no problems and its old gen tech. people don't need overkill GPU cards. Quad-Core > Dual-Core especially since the I3 2100 and the I5-2300 Don't support Hyper-threading.
Team Liquid needs more Terrans.
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
October 14 2011 16:49 GMT
#102
i3 has hyperthreading.

A GPU has little to nothing to do with large scale battles in SC2.
iTzSnypah
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1738 Posts
October 14 2011 16:51 GMT
#103
On October 15 2011 01:49 skyR wrote:
i3 has hyperthreading.

A GPU has little to nothing to do with large scale battles in SC2.

Luls i was thinking of the I5-2400 and not the I3-2100...
Team Liquid needs more Terrans.
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-14 16:56:25
October 14 2011 16:51 GMT
#104
On October 15 2011 01:47 iTzSnypah wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 15 2011 01:02 Shikyo wrote:
Why do you want a quadcore? The whole point of those builds is to have the parts be in harmony, not to overkill the CPU.

Not to mention that a 6770 would be far more intelligent than a GTS450 for that price.

Of course you can go for a 500gb HDD for every build and get a worse PSU if you want.

The 400$ build plays SC2 better than your 500$ build and btw that build cant play SC2 on ultra at 60+ fps dont lie.

60+ FPS at what 800v800 battles? my GeForce 9800 GTX plays SC2 on ultra at 60 FPS (Albeit 1v1) with no problems and its old gen tech. people don't need overkill GPU cards. Quad-Core > Dual-Core especially since the I3 2100 and the I5-2300 Don't support Hyper-threading.

Yeah... but you don't need overkill CPUs either. also i3 2100 supports hyperthreading and if you want to just play SC2 you can just go for the 300$ or 400$ build as I said

Also I kinda doubt your 9800 GTX can run it that well
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RaKooNs
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom397 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-15 20:16:44
October 15 2011 20:14 GMT
#105
will the $1750 build allow me to stream 1080p + sc2 at extreme w/ over 100 fps at all times?
*edit, will it be able to do all this with 3 screen displays?
If you don't drop sweat today, you will drop tears tomorrow - SlayerS_MMA
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
October 15 2011 20:16 GMT
#106
No.
RaKooNs
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom397 Posts
October 15 2011 20:21 GMT
#107
On October 16 2011 05:16 skyR wrote:
No.

Is there any system out there that will allow this kind of power?
If you don't drop sweat today, you will drop tears tomorrow - SlayerS_MMA
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
October 15 2011 20:21 GMT
#108
No there isn't.
RaKooNs
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom397 Posts
October 15 2011 20:23 GMT
#109
On October 16 2011 05:21 skyR wrote:
No there isn't.

This seems unlikely.....
If you don't drop sweat today, you will drop tears tomorrow - SlayerS_MMA
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
October 15 2011 20:27 GMT
#110
Okay. Go build a core i7 990x configuration with CrossfireX 6990s and come back with the results.
RaKooNs
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom397 Posts
October 15 2011 20:28 GMT
#111
On October 16 2011 05:27 skyR wrote:
Okay. Go build a core i7 990x configuration with CrossfireX 6990s and come back with the results.

What's the closest i can get without spending $7000+?
If you don't drop sweat today, you will drop tears tomorrow - SlayerS_MMA
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
October 15 2011 20:33 GMT
#112
A core i7 3930k CrossfireX 6990 configuration? You're going to have to be more specific as to your budget...
RaKooNs
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom397 Posts
October 15 2011 20:35 GMT
#113
$2k-$7k
If you don't drop sweat today, you will drop tears tomorrow - SlayerS_MMA
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
October 15 2011 20:36 GMT
#114
the 663 dollar build runs SC2 as fast as it goes, I think I stated that.

As an alternative you could try buying this PC:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16859105800
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
RaKooNs
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom397 Posts
October 15 2011 20:38 GMT
#115
Shikyo - + Show Spoiler +
will the $1750 build allow me to stream 1080p + sc2 at extreme w/ over 100 fps at all times?
*edit, will it be able to do all this with 3 screen displays?


I would like have to have a setup that can do this, if possible. What in my budget ($2-$7k) will get me closest to this result?
If you don't drop sweat today, you will drop tears tomorrow - SlayerS_MMA
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
October 15 2011 20:40 GMT
#116
will you be running eyefinity 5760x1080 or just 1920x1080 for the SC2 and 2 monitors for other things?
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
October 15 2011 20:46 GMT
#117
With $7000, you should easily be able to afford a core i7 3960x.
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
October 15 2011 20:49 GMT
#118
Honestly I still think a computer with 4 seperate Xeons would fit better for that budget.
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
RaKooNs
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom397 Posts
October 15 2011 20:49 GMT
#119
no eyefinity, just sc2 on 1 screen and 2 other screens for other stuff.
If you don't drop sweat today, you will drop tears tomorrow - SlayerS_MMA
RaKooNs
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom397 Posts
October 15 2011 20:53 GMT
#120
Maybe buy a setup that can run sc2 on extreme maintaining 100 + fps and have a 2nd comp with a i5 2500k overclocked that can run the stream?
If you don't drop sweat today, you will drop tears tomorrow - SlayerS_MMA
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