Buying SC2

dardoz

Hi guys,

I've been a fan of SC2 for about 6 months now I guess, mainly just watch all the event streams etc but I never had a pc capable of playing the game without restarting every few minutes due to overheating.

I'm buying an XPS 15 and taking the plunge so can anyone tell me where is the cheapest place to buy the game? Also, what is the release date for HOTS since I'll no doubt buy that when it comes out.

Cheers,

Dardoz

D0Gma

Just under €40.00 in Gamestop. Cheapest I've seen it.

deconduo

Amazon have it for £34.35 with free shipping, works out as €39.50. Also if you order it through this referral link, teamliquid get a cut of the profits so you help E-Sports

Are you sure you need a laptop btw? A custom desktop would be cheaper and a lot better for gaming.

dardoz

Well I'm actually getting the laptop for dual purposes. I just started a part-time degree so I need it for that as well, hence why I'm getting a 15" and not a 17".

I'll probably grab it in gamestop for handiness sake.

Where do all the irish players hang out? irc? or is there an ingame chat channel or something.

Funky

finally giving in to temptation dardoz :P

a fair few of us hang out in #starcraft.ie on quakenet, there's an ingame starcraft.ie chat channel too but it's not used all that much afaik

D0Gma

You can't beat Overclocker's for quality I got my gaming laptop there and I have had 0 problems with delivery or quality.

dardoz

Ye Funky, well I'm due to become a daddy in May, so if I don't do it now, I'll never do it.

I've kinda already got my laptop picked out:

Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
Processor : Intel Core i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz
Hard Drive : 640GB Serial ATA (7200RPM)
8 GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz (2 DIMMs)
8X DVD +/- RW DRIVE
15.6 in HD WLED TL (1366x768)
Graphics : 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M Graphics card

I won't be paying VAT so will cost me €522. Pretty killer system for that price I think.

D0Gma

That's a sick build for the price even post tax would be nice, set the hard drive to RAID 0 and would possibly think of upgrading the battery to a 9cell but that's it.

Tenger

dardoz wrote: »

I've kinda already got my laptop picked out:

Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
Processor : Intel Core i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz
Hard Drive : 640GB Serial ATA (7200RPM)
8 GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz (2 DIMMs)
8X DVD +/- RW DRIVE
15.6 in HD WLED TL (1366x768)
Graphics : 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M Graphics card

......... will cost me €522. Pretty killer system for that price I think.

Thats great for the price, can I inquire as to where you are getting it?

I am in the market but want to stick to Toshiba (have had great luck with them) unfortunately the only ones with a decent Nvidia graphics card are >E800. That set up at that price would really tempt me away from Toshiba.

Even buying in the US (a mate goes back and forth very often) doesn't help me on price too much

NeoSlicerZ

Why're you not paying VAT? o.o, student discount?

magicianz

NeoSlicerZ wrote: »

Why're you not paying VAT? o.o, student discount?

I'm assuming it will be used as a work laptop + reclaiming vat? otherwise, OP is a mafia boss...

dardoz

It is indeed a work laptop. That being said, it's a nothing right now as I was going to buy it from Dell Outlet today, but it's already been bought

TheDoc

D0Gma wrote: »

You can't beat Overclocker's for quality I got my gaming laptop there and I have had 0 problems with delivery or quality.

The ****, I've been eyeballing that for some serious time now !

I bought this bad boy http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-210-OK&groupid=43&catid=2040&subcat=1444 last year for a little cheaper and the specs were last year, still running like a beast though I lvoe it

dardoz

Ordered the laptop last night. The excitement is building...