QUOTE(mules @ Dec 6 2013, 03:43 PM)
i gonna be the over confident prick so here it goes as i read too much reviews before i upgraded my system for hots:
7770 is a good bang for money also one of the best budget gaming built card, yes screw gtx650!
When you have the money in future you can always sell it off and get a stronger card, Graphic cards prices are dropping with the R7 series war with Nvidia. So you wont lose much.
If you are only gaming sc2 that only uses dual cores, any i5 is already overkill gaining maybe on the cache level hardly noticeable unless you enjoy loading up first and scream wood pc for the late loader when game starts.
your first built should runs sc2 in ultra 1090p for above 30 fps on 3v3 full orgy with no stuttering at all. If there is one card that will hit the sc2 top but not overkill it this is the card!
(all this assuming you are not going to stream your game on twitch TV and you are running a single monitor and also as 4 Gig Ram goes, i also assuming you are not multitasking a lot of other things behind sc2, yes 4 gig Ram is all you needs to run almost all games in the market now)
have fun
Ya your assumption correct,single monitor n never be eyeinfinity in future. I will change to 8gb ram since I sometime"listen" movie while gaming...
And ya a lot sc player recom 7770,even more 7770 sc2 gameplay on YouTube... But I will stick to 7790 bcoz 30fps is lowest playable fps for me...
Actually goldfries suggest me stick with 7790 n i5 4440,I think 4440 can handle 3v3. But it may not handle 4v4 well,so I turn to 4670...(sometime I play with frens)
Do u think 4670 with 3.4ghz can have playable fps?