Hello, I’m building a computer for starcraft 2. I’m looking to spend at most about $900-1000. Here’s a list of parts I put together from newegg and was wondering if it’ll work for sc2. Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6.3 Motherboard: ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard Video Card: EVGA 01G-P3-1450-TR GeForce GTS 450 (Fermi) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card Processor: Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80605I5750 RAM: (Patriot Extreme Performance 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PDC24G6400ELK) X 2 Harddrives: Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Optical Drives: ASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM Computer Case/Power Source: Antec Sonata III 500 Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply Am I missing anything?
AMD motherboard + Intel processor tells me it's not going to work. The Hackint0sh thing might be iffy, too. Are you sure those parts will be compatible with OS X? Also, is SC2 known to work on Hackint0shes? You might want to check for possible issues before trying to run SC2 on a fake Mac. I'm pretty sure the chosen motherboard is DDR3 and not DDR2. Either get a motherboard that supports DDR2 (not recommended) or replace the DDR2 with DDR3 RAM (recommended). Assuming you swap the motherboard for an Intel one (LGA-1156) to go with the i5-750, you're going to need DDR3. The i5-750 does not support DDR2. WD10EADS is a 5400RPM. You'll probably want to go with a 7200RPM one.
Should I get one of these motherboards or a different one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131634 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131400 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130239 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...e=lga_1156_motherboard-_-13-128-409-_-Product I'm also planning on getting this graphic card instead of the GTS 450, do you think it's worth the extra $100: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125333 When you say I'm going to need a DDR3, you are referring to the RAM right? With regards to running SC2 on a hackintosh, it doesn't look like there should be any problems running it. If there are, I'll probably try duel booting windows and running it on that. I'll post something if it does run well on the hackintosh though.
Personal preference, I'd go with the GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD4P, however, any of those boards will do. I just happen to trust GIGABYTE more. Yes, DDR3 refers to the RAM. GTX 460 vs GTS 450, for me, most definitely yes. The GTS 450 doesn't really make much sense in its current price bracket. Either of the GTX 460s (768MB or 1GB) would be better choices, particularly now that the GTX 460 768MB has dropped down to $170-ish.
If you don't plan on running SLI in the future I'd get the first one. If you do want to leave the option of SLI open, then I'd get the ASUS P7P55D-E PROhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...621&cm_re=p7p55d-e_pro-_-13-131-621-_-Product. The reason why I'm wary of that GIGABYTE board is the following line: 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8) Note: When dual graphics cards are used in 1st and 2nd PCIex16 slots, SATA3 / USB 3.0 (Marvell 9128 /NEC USB 3.0 Controllers) will work at normal mode. I have no idea what "normal mode" constitutes. Because they felt the need to mention it and I don't see some "super" version of SATA3/USB 3.0 mentioned that leads me to believe that they will revert to SATA2 and USB 2.0 if you drop in a second card. I don't know for sure, that's just what that ambiguous line means to me. In the description of features on the P7P55D-E PRO it says it has support for Quad-SLI/Crossfire.....even though the board only has 2 PCIE slots. I have no idea why that's there.... In terms of memory, I'm partial to G.SKILL. The memory that I really like is here:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...l_eco_series_4_gb_1600-_-20-231-321-_-Product. It's 4 GB @ 1600 MHz with decent timings(7-8-7-24) at a very cheap price. These modules were designed for the LGA 1156 socket and G.SKILL has a lifetime warranty on their memory modules Definitely upgrade to the GTX 460. If you're just wanting to play SC2, the 768 MB version will suffice depending on your resolution. I currently run a GTX 460 @ 850/1900 and I can easily max out this game's settings at 1920x1200. However, if you ever see yourself getting a monitor that runs at 2560x1600 you're going to want to get the 1 GB version. The reason for this is that the 768 MB version has a 192-bit bus whereas the 1 GB version has a 256 bit bus. At 2560x1600 the 768 MB card takes a dump and starts spewing garbage frame rates while the 1 GB version happily tootles along. At least, that's what it did in the benchmarks done by Tom's Hardware at launch. The difference in price from 768 MB to 1 GB is $55, or $70 if you want to get lifetime warranty(this is looking at EVGA's cards)
Pairing a couple of HD5970s or GTX295s constitute as quad-Crossfire/SLI. Ignore the normal mode thing for the Gigabyte board. I reckon it's a holdover from one of their older products that have three PCIe x16 slots wherein the third slot drops down in speed when the SATA3 slot is used.
re Good grief cant believe the graphics cards they got out today. Just a couple or 3 years ago 512 mb was all you needed
