Hi,

Can anyone please advise on the following PC setup running with dual monitors? I've been holding off playing this for a while until I buy a new PC and the new one will be this spec or at least very close to it.


Corsair Carbide 300R Midi Tower Case
Intel Core i5 3570K Processor Overclocked to up to 4.7GHz
Akasa Venom Voodoo Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Paste
Asus P8Z77-V Motherboard
16GB Corsair PC3-12800 1600MHz DDR3 Memory (4 x 4GB sticks)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB Graphics Card
240GB Corsair Force 3 Solid State Drive
2000GB 7200RPM Hard Disk - 6Gbps
LG Blu-Ray ROM / DVD-RW Combi Drive
Corsair CX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified PSU
Onboard High Definition Audio
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Standard Cable Management

￡972.81 ex VAT
￡1197.36 delivered inc VAT


As well as the above spec, I'll probably play Skyrim on one monitor while browsing the internet or doing other stuff on the other monitor. Will this be a problem or should I even consider running the game across both monitors instead? And does it matter whether I use full screen or windowed mode for the above?

I'm also unsure at the moment whether to go with Windows 8 or stick to tried and test Windows 7 for now?

Thanks in advance.

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1406654-unofficial-will-my-pc-run-skyrim-thread-61-w-hardware-guide/

See there for information on how a particular setup will run the game.

As for the rest of the questions:

Do what you are more comfortable with; you need to use windowed mode for using a single screen for the game while using the other for something else; Windows 7, Windows 8 is a train-wreck.