So I just bought Starcraft 2 and was pretty pumped to play it since I've been playing the first one for 3 years straight after it's release then on and off till the release of the sequel. Well I thought I would buy it before I bought my lap top and I've been trying to play on my parents and it has worked out poorly. i've given up on my parents lap top but I was curious if this lap top would run the game with ease. It's an HP Pavilion and here are the specs I was curious about... •AMD Phenom(TM) II Dual-Core Mobile Processor N620 (2.8GHz, 2MB L2 Cache) •1GB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 5650 switchable graphics [HDMI, VGA] •4GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm) Will these specs above run starcraft to perfection? Any help or detail would be great and any ideas of a laptop to purchase would be very useful. My price range right now is 600-800 and this system I'm looking is around 800 so i'm pleased with it. Appreciate any help!
You will be able to run SC2 on that the only thing I would add if you are hell bent on a laptop is to try and see if you can get a 10k rpm hard drive instead of the standard drives for laptops. Normally they run at 5.4k rpm, your standard desktop at 7.2k. This makes a big difference with the amount of drive access that SC does during play. Also with that type of video card in a laptop it's going to get hot in there with a quickness, any upgrades to fans that you can manage to get I would jump on. When your CPU for both the pc and the Video heat up things will slow down. It's been shown that SC2 will work your video cards in certain situations, this is ok in a desktop where there is plenty of air circulation but in a laptop not so good. I play on a E series Dell and it does ok however I place it on top of a book then on my lap cause it gets warm when playing SC. I didn't even have to do this with WoW. Just some things to consider with laptops and SC2.
Well the reason for the laptop is so I can use it for school too, but I got a 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with it and with the laptop I got now I even put a pillow on my lap and then a book before my lap top will rest on it and I might even have a computer desk by then, but do you think I could run a majoirty of the settings on high with these parts?
With a 1G video card you probably will but you may find an increased performance with it if you tone the settings down a little. Give it a shot and feel how hot the laptop is getting, if it’s under control then good if it’s to hot then you know you should pull back on the settings.
That's a lot better than my laptop and it runs SC2 just fine on low video settings. With a processor like that, you should be able to run SC2 with moderate to high settings and get a crisp look and feel to the entire game. Don't be surprised if it bugs out at max video settings, but either way, you've got a pretty impressive machine to enjoy the game on, so don't bother leaving it at the bottom of the video settings.
Well I just csutomized this Laptop and I got a really nice deal on it making it 800 but the thing is it will take roughly 2 to 3 weeks till I recieve it, but it has some other features I enjoyed on it.
There is seriously no need to get a loud, power-consuming and expensive 10k rpm notebook harddisc, also there is no obvious sense in upgrading any fans of your laptop. These suggestions are simple ridiculous. Just make sure that the laptop stands on an even ground (usually a desk) and there will be no overheating problems. As for your Pavilion laptop: With the Radeon 5650 you will be able to play the game at medium graphics settings, I guess. CPU and memory are more than sufficient.
10k HDs don't have to be power hungry and loud you obviously have no idea what you are talking about. They use the same power connection that the 5.4k ones do. Since I'm talking from actual experience building pc's for the last 20 years I would invite you to get some knowledge before you go confusing someone with your rhetoric. Better fans always make for better running CPU's you tard. When it comes to continuous play on a laptop heat is always a factor.
Iirc, most 10k rpm 2.5" drives are SCSI enterprise drives so you probably won't be able to use them on regular laptops. You can probably dismantle a VelociRaptor but I think those drives are a bit thicker than your average laptop drive. As for power consumption, 5400rpm laptop drives use very little power - just around 1W. 10000rpm drives can more than double that. While that may seem negligible, it can make a considerable difference in battery life. While better cooling can help, dismantling a laptop is not something I would recommend to someone with no experience working with electronics.
It's ok for a laptop to get warm. This does not yet mean that there are overheating issues. If this is the case on your laptop, it does not necessarily have to be the same on other's laptops. Of course are 10k rpm harddricves generally more power hungry than slower spinning drives. This is simple physics, I will not explain that in detail. Instead, I will let the fiugures talk: WD 5.4k rpm drive: Typical power consumption listed by manufacturer = 1.6 watt WD 10k rpm drive: Typical power consumption listed by manufacturer : 6.8 watt Having the same plug says nothing about power consumption, since a plug is specified for a range of wattage. This is as abvious as saying "a VW Beetle must be as fast as a Porsche since both have 4 wheels". If you were the computer pro you claim to be you should have known all that above. It might be you instead of me who should get some deeper knowledge about some topics. As a result, what I'm trying to say: It is hardly a good idea to suggest someone who has bought a brand new laptop to dissamble it and randomly replace some parts. And it's not justbad because of warranty issues...
just to see how hot things are, and keep things in check i use speedfan for that http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php use that to check your temps.
