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Topic Starter	Topic: upgrading for StarCraft 2
ToxicBug redline Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 1866	Posted: 10-22-2010 01:25 PM                  hello! i'm thinking of upgrading my current computer and then swapping some of the components into a new machine that i plan on obtaining in spring and swapping the old components back into the old machine, thus having 2 fully functional computers later on. my current goal is to get decent performance in starcraft 2. i realize that my cpu is a bottleneck, that's why i want to get components that i can swap into a new machine later. this is what I have right now (+ means that i want to swap it into a new machine later): "Dell Inspiron 531" -Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ 2.31GHz (socket AM2, not compatible with AM2+ since this Dell doesn't support it) -2 gigs ram DDR2 667 (PC-5300) (2x1gig, 2 slots empty, 4gig max capacity) -GeForce 8600 GT 256mb DDR3 (PCI-E 16x) +Creative SB Audigy 4 sound card -Built-in sound card -some generic 300watt PSU (i'm guessing, since it's a Dell) I'm thinking of adding an extra 2 gigs of ram, GeForce 460 GTX, and a new PSU to handle a possible future SLI setup (2x 460 GTX). this is what i'm thinking about getting right now: -RAM: Crucial 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model CT2KIT12864AA667 +GPU: ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card +PSU: hec ZEPHYR ZEPHYR650 650W Continuous @ 40°C ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified Active PFC Power Supply please let me know if this is a good idea and if you have any suggestions! thanks!
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ToxicBug redline Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 1866	Posted: 10-25-2010 12:35 PM                  wow this forum is dead... anyway i see that this thread still got a couple views. if anyone is wondering what happened, well, i got a new computer! this is what i ordered: CPU: Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz HSF: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-X58-USB3 LGA 1366 Intel X58 GPU: 2x HIS Radeon HD 6870 1GB CrossFire HDD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB DVD: ASUS Black 24X PSU: XFX Black Edition 750W Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 922
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