Posts by Ironman517

Quote:Originally Posted by CravinR1 That's just not true. Amd may not have pore power per core bit in sc2 especially a quad core is better than a dual. Toms did a sc2 CPU comparison but I'm on my...

Quote:Originally Posted by Belial i3-3220 = wont play sc2 smothly at all times. asrock b75 = just fine for an i3, but you won't be able to overclock an i5 on it. won't be able to handle an i5. you'll have to replace that...

Quote:Originally Posted by NISB123 Would like to go with a Ivy solution, but still, a I5-3470 is 230$.. What about a I3-3220 = 146$? (then a I5 could be a future upgrade..) The GTX 650 TI would be a great solution, when looking at...

Quote:Originally Posted by timaishu 1680*1050 ahh okay, makes more sense now

If you arent overclocking, you do not need a Z77 board. Go with a B75 board. Swap out the GPU for a 7970, if you are willing to wait until the end of the month, grab a GTX 780.

Here is a quick build a GTX 650Ti seems to be just enough for SCII. As far as CPU goes, you are going to want an intel chip, SCII is not heavily threaded, but is very cpu intensive. It loves CPUs with good single threaded...

5850 is going to bottleneck you big time now. What resolution are you playing at?

Maybe I should get one....

Quote:Originally Posted by EPiiKK Fixed that for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4et7kDGSRfc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIVGwj1_QnoActually, I was correct. You have fallen victim to someone who skews results. Lol I've seen...

Quote:Originally Posted by azrael36  [[SPOILER]] oh the irony of saying if he spent MORE money on an AMD system Get the 7770 GHz edition and spend the extra money on a great cpu now, then in a year or so if the 7770 starts lacking in...