Upgrades required to play starcraft

[shoedawg2020]

Hi All,

I just bought a new computer (and I was on a budget) and was wondering what upgrades I would need to make on it to play Starcraft 2 on higher settings. Keep in mind that I am on somewhat of a budget and do not want to spend a fortune on a video card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883108312&cm_re=Lenovo_H215_0893-_-83-108-312-_-Product


I attached the newegg website where you can see the specs for it. Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Helltech]

What PSU does that have? (Maybe I'm blind and don't see it).

Secondly what resolution do you game at.

 

[rocky41]

What's your budget??

 

[plznote]

The processor is kind of weak..(really weak)
And StarCraft is CPU 65% and 35% GPU
Well i guess i could recommend this for medium high..
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121388&Tpk=asus%20ares
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131355&cm_re=5550-_-14-131-355-_-Produc

 

[bystander]

I was actually able to zoom in on the computer shown close enough to see it has a 280W PSU.

 

[rocky41]

@plznote

The first card that you have suggested is around 4 time costly then his entire pc.
And the cpu will be bottleneck for this card.

 

[Helltech]

I was actually able to zoom in on the computer shown close enough to see it has a 280W PSU.

If true you need to upgrade your PSU.

 

[shoedawg2020]

I kind of figured the PSU would be weak (among other things), considering the price of the computer . I was hoping to only spend a couple of hundred more to get it to playing games at a respectable level. I'm not a hard core gamer, but I just bought Starcraft 2 and would like to play it without the game lagging at a decent graphic level.

Any reccomendations on the PSU upgrade, cpu upgrade or graphics card upgrade? Which is most important as I begin to upgrade.

 

[Helltech]

How much is a couple hundred? 200, 300?

Here is something i just threw together, I think its all compatible with your system..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103843

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121356&cm_re=5750-_-14-121-356-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341022

 

[plznote]

@plznote

The first card that you have suggested is around 4 time costly then his entire pc.
And the cpu will be bottleneck for this card.

:lol: I was joking on the first round...

 

[shoedawg2020]

Best answer selected by shoedawg2020.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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