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Post » Sun May 27, 2012 3:07 am

How well would this processor do?
Core i7-2670QM 2.2GHz (Turbo 3.1 GHz)
I asked before but people asked about the turbo so here it is. What would you say? Thanks.
Processor could go up to high+ as long as you have a strong enough graphics card. What are the full specs of the laptop?
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Post » Sun May 27, 2012 12:03 am

AMD Athlon II X4 645, 3.10 Ghz
8 GB RAM
GeForce GT 530

I'm normally a PS3 player but since that version is such a mess I'm wondering if I'd be able to run Skyrim on my PC?

Any help is appreciated.
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Post » Sun May 27, 2012 6:03 am

Thanks for all of those answers. I don't know my hard disk transfer rate (and can't seem to find it on my computer), but the Windows Experience Index gave my hard disk a 5.9 for disk transfer rate if it means anything. My only other question is: will disabling hyperthreading help my performance for skyrim on a dual-core? With windows processes and an antivirus running in the background, I obviously have at least four threads going on in my pc at any one time, so should I leave it on?
Hyperthreading is hard to say - Skyrim won't be taking advantage of it, and there's the danger that windows scheduling will mess up and double up a physical core with a logical core which would hinder performance.. however I think that's quite rare these days so if your background stuff needs some processing time then it might help. I guess the best thing is to try it! Create a save in a CPU heavy place like Markarth and see how it differs (repeat several times).

If you've got a 5.9 for disk then your hard disk is plenty fast - Skyrim loads very quickly so you won't see a meaningful improvement.
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Post » Sat May 26, 2012 6:23 pm

Hyperthreading is hard to say - Skyrim won't be taking advantage of it, and there's the danger that windows scheduling will mess up and double up a physical core with a logical core which would hinder performance.. however I think that's quite rare these days so if your background stuff needs some processing time then it might help. I guess the best thing is to try it! Create a save in a CPU heavy place like Markarth and see how it differs (repeat several times).

If you've got a 5.9 for disk then your hard disk is plenty fast - Skyrim loads very quickly so you won't see a meaningful improvement.

Thanks. I'll try that when I get the game (I have to wait until Christmas for it, I'm just optimizing for it right now). Google searches seem to say that it has a negligible impact, if any at all (http://www.overclock.net/t/671977/hyperthreading-in-games is an example). However, I will have to try it out for myself, as everything online is talking about quad-core hyperthreading at 3.5 ghz+ and I have only 2 cores at 2.4 ghz.
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Post » Sun May 27, 2012 1:37 am

Hey guys, I'm stuck between buying a Gigabyte GTX 560 OC (not ti version) and a Gigabyte GTX 460 to run Skyrim. I want to run the game at maximum detail and hopefully handle most if not all of the graphic mods coming our way.

My other specs are:

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G45 AMD 9 Series AM3+

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition, Quad Core, 3.20GHz, 6MB L3 Cache, 2MB L2 Cache

RAM: Crucial Ballistix 4GB DDR3 (1333MHz)

Hard drive: Hitachi 500 GB

Optical Drive: Lite-On Internal 24x CD/DVD Drive

Power Supply: Cooler Master eXtreme 600 Watt

The 560 is $10 more. Which should I buy?
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Post » Sun May 27, 2012 7:56 am

Hey, im buying this new alienware desktop and I wanted to know if I could run skyrim at maxed out settings with upwards 35 fps at all times.


PROCESSOR Intel? Core? i7-2600K (8MB Cache Overclocked Turbo Boost to 3.9GHz)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows? 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English

CHASSIS COLOR Matte Stealth Black Chassis with 875W Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply

COOLING OPTION Alienware? High-Performance Liquid Cooling

MEMORY 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz

GRAPHICS CARD 1.25GB GDDR5 NVIDIA? GeForce? GTX 560 Ti

HARD DRIVE 1TB (2x 500GB) SATA II (3Gb/s) 7,200RPM (2x 16MB Cache)

SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio

OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability


Thanks.
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Post » Sat May 26, 2012 9:34 pm

Processor could go up to high+ as long as you have a strong enough graphics card. What are the full specs of the laptop?

Core i7-2670QM 2.2GHz (Turbo 3.1 GHz)
16GB ram
ATI Radeon HD 6850M 2GB
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Post » Sun May 27, 2012 6:59 am

Hey, im buying this new alienware desktop and I wanted to know if I could run skyrim at maxed out settings with upwards 35 fps at all times.


PROCESSOR Intel? Core? i7-2600K (8MB Cache Overclocked Turbo Boost to 3.9GHz)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows? 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English

CHASSIS COLOR Matte Stealth Black Chassis with 875W Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply

COOLING OPTION Alienware? High-Performance Liquid Cooling

MEMORY 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz

GRAPHICS CARD 1.25GB GDDR5 NVIDIA? GeForce? GTX 560 Ti

HARD DRIVE 1TB (2x 500GB) SATA II (3Gb/s) 7,200RPM (2x 16MB Cache)

SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio

OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability


Thanks.
Yeah I'd say so. Though you could spend less if you built that same exact computer yourself. But whichever way you choose, yeah that will run Skyrim maxed + 35 FPS. Though..who knows with how much the game fluctuates in that area. I should say, that SHOULD run Skyrim how you want it, but who knows if it actually will!
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Post » Sun May 27, 2012 3:09 am

Hey guys, I'm stuck between buying a Gigabyte GTX 560 OC (not ti version) and a Gigabyte GTX 460 to run Skyrim. I want to run the game at maximum detail and hopefully handle most if not all of the graphic mods coming our way.

My other specs are:

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G45 AMD 9 Series AM3+

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition, Quad Core, 3.20GHz, 6MB L3 Cache, 2MB L2 Cache

RAM: Crucial Ballistix 4GB DDR3 (1333MHz)

Hard drive: Hitachi 500 GB

Optical Drive: Lite-On Internal 24x CD/DVD Drive

Power Supply: Cooler Master eXtreme 600 Watt

The 560 is $10 more. Which should I buy?
The 560 is a significant improvement on the 460 in games that are graphics cards limited (shooters for example). The rest of your computer will prevent you from maxing out the game however.
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Post » Sat May 26, 2012 7:00 pm

For my comp being a dinosaur, it runs Skyrim fine on Medium settings (30-35fps) unless it's snowing in town then there is some fps loss though it's still playable. Game looks better than most of my PS3 Titles. For those that feel a beast of a machine must be needed to run skyrim I assure you that it's not the case. Beast comps have issues cause they're usually are over tweaked than needed and the game itself doesnt use all the bells and whisles the beast computer provides. Results in conficts usually. So here are my specs. :cookie:

OS: MS Windows 7 64-bit SP1

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Cores 1
Threads 1
Name AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Code Name Winchester
Package Socket 939
Technology 90nm
Specification AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 3000+
Family F
Extended Family F
Model F
Extended Model 1F
Stepping 0
Revision DH8-D0
Instructions MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, AMD 64
Virtualization Unsupported
Hyperthreading Not supported

MB: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Model A8V Deluxe (Socket 939)
Version To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Chipset Vendor VIA
Chipset Model K8T800 Pro
Chipset Revision 00
Southbridge Vendor VIA
Southbridge Model VT8237
Southbridge Revision 00

RAMM: Type DDR
Size 2048 MBytes "Yup that's right only 2gigs :( "
Channels # Dual
DRAM Frequency 163.9 MHz
CAS# Latency (CL) 3 clocks
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) 3 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 3 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 8 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 11 clocks
Command Rate (CR) 2T

GPU+Monitor : Name VA1930wm on ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series
Current Resolution 1440x900 pixels
Work Resolution 1440x870 pixels
State enabled, primary, output devices support
Monitor Width 1440
Monitor Height 900
Monitor BPP 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Frequency 60 Hz
Device \\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0
ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series (4650) AGP
GPU RV730
Device ID 1002-9495
Subvendor XFX Pine Group (1682)
Current Performance Level Level 1
Voltage 1.150 V
Die Size 55 nm2
Release Date May 18, 2009
DirectX Support 10.1
OpenGL Support 4.1
Bios Core Clock 600.00
Bios Mem Clock 400.00
As you can see it's a dinosaur as they don't even make the cpu anymore. I've been looking at prices on parts for a new rig. For around $400 USD you can get a good CPU/Mobo/Case/850+ PS/HDD/DDR3 Ram 8gigs. Where the price goes up is Videocards. So that $400 can turn into $800 + easily. Bottom line is your want your videocard to take most of the load instead of the CPU. Load times usually come from HDD being fragmented or having a low cache. The issues I see people having amazes me cause they aren't looking at the full picture and are quick to blame the game. Instead of seeing if the Vcard config settings are config right or if their HDD is old and needs replacing etc etc. The only common game issues were like patch 1.2 flying backwards dragons and some remapped keybinds not working like they should. Some bugs but nothing game breaking. Random CTD's due to sound config.. though updating my sound driver fixed that. So bottom line is people can boast about their rigs being monsters but if you want to play Skyrim and still enjoy the game experience. You can with a dinosaur computer. Though I recommend that your computer be better than mine. Thank You Bethesda for maken an awesome game :thumbsup:.
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Post » Sun May 27, 2012 1:43 am

Here are my laptop specs

GTX 460M
I7-2720QM 2.2gHz (3.2 max)
6gb of 1333 MHz ram
10,000rpm 500gb hard drive

Apparently I can run the game at a whopping 11 fps on the recommended settings that the game tells me to run at.
Go figure.

I assume that since the game is utterly useless at letting me know what settings I should be running at, that someone who actually knows what they're talking about here can.
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Post » Sun May 27, 2012 3:29 am

Here are my laptop specs

GTX 460M
I7-2720QM 2.2gHz (3.2 max)
6gb of 1333 MHz ram
10,000rpm 500gb hard drive

Apparently I can run the game at a whopping 11 fps on the recommended settings that the game tells me to run at.
Go figure.

I assume that since the game is utterly useless at letting me know what settings I should be running at, that someone who actually knows what they're talking about here can.

That is strange, you have a decent chip...What settings were you trying to play on? And what resolution?
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Post » Sun May 27, 2012 12:35 am

Laptops have tons of special features to save power, to reduce performance, to make the battery charge last forever, but almost nothing to run faster and better, which makes them poor for games. Their keyboards are poorly designed for gaming, and they have inadequate cooling. Game developers generally ignore them when their owners want official tech support. All that being factual, the majority of current PC purchases just aren't good for games, but they will be used for it anyway.

You did make sure of a good GPU, for a laptop, so you knew what to look for, and with those parts in a desktop, it should run just fine.

It's up to you to make it run as much like a proper desktop gaming box as possible. Your PC's poor performance isn't really the game's fault (not saying the game is free from defects. It's a Bethesda game, after all). The great majority of the several million buyers have experienced few problems compared to past Bethesda games, actually.
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Post » Sat May 26, 2012 11:14 pm

That is strange, you have a decent chip...What settings were you trying to play on? And what resolution?

I was playing on 1920*1080 resolution, high settings.

To the other guy, I realize that desktops are superior to laptops in terms of gaming technology. That being said, one of my friends living in my residence has a desktop that is predated by around 4-5 years, having a 8800gt graphics card and a 2.4gHz duo core processor and is running the game on similar settings with around 30 fps higher than me. Also, a little bit of online research will show that the stats for the chipset I'm running and the stats for the graphics card incorporated in my laptop completely destroy the recommended settings to run this game.

The power settings on my laptop have all been configured for maximum performance. It is not running in a "power saving mode". I think that I probably would have realized that by now. Do I seem hostile? I probably should. Your response may as well have said, "You're [censored], laptops svck". Unfortunately, university life isn't exactly conducive to having a gaming tower in there, as I can barely fit a chair beside my bed to sit down in.
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Post » Sun May 27, 2012 2:34 am

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Gorath's post? I didn't read it the way you are describing it...

We are trying to help, so there is no need to be rude...
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Post » Sun May 27, 2012 2:34 am

I was playing on 1920*1080 resolution, high settings.

To the other guy, I realize that desktops are superior to laptops in terms of gaming technology. That being said, one of my friends living in my residence has a desktop that is predated by around 4-5 years, having a 8800gt graphics card and a 2.4gHz duo core processor and is running the game on similar settings with around 30 fps higher than me. Also, a little bit of online research will show that the stats for the chipset I'm running and the stats for the graphics card incorporated in my laptop completely destroy the recommended settings to run this game.

The power settings on my laptop have all been configured for maximum performance. It is not running in a "power saving mode". I think that I probably would have realized that by now. Do I seem hostile? I probably should. Your response may as well have said, "You're [censored], laptops svck". Unfortunately, university life isn't exactly conducive to having a gaming tower in there, as I can barely fit a chair beside my bed to sit down in.

I get your frustration mate.... but he was just making sure.... More often than not power saving modes (underclocking and such) are the no1 culprit for lower than expected performance in gaming laptops..

Try running the game in windowed mode with both http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html and http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ (both lightweight CPU and Graphic card monitoring apps, no installation required only need to run the executables) on the side, and check to see if there's any kind of CPU or GPU frequency throttling going on when you run Skyrim.. That'll help to eliminate the possibility that some serious underclocking is going on when you game...

If it is happening i recommend http://www.techinferno.com/downloads/ from Unclewebb.. its a free solution that'll prevent all kinds of CPU throttling once and for all (including chipset and clock modulations)... and ensures your CPU runs at top gear 100% of the time while gaming at the highest Turbo frequencies available to it... I use it myself for my aging Core 2 Duo Mobile CPU and it works wonders...
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Post » Sat May 26, 2012 3:20 pm

Gorath's post? I didn't read it the way you are describing it...

We are trying to help, so there is no need to be rude...
Truthfully, I felt our new member had been somewhat strident to start with, and was blunt with him / her. It's a lot more work undoing all of the anti- performance configuration from laptops than some folks recognize.
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Post » Sat May 26, 2012 11:54 pm

There's not a whole not more that I can do in terms of optimizing the laptop for this game, I've tried literally everything I've found within my means. It's not like I'm experiencing crashes, I am using the 4gb LAA, but the game just plummets in frame rates after 30 seconds of playing it.

I was pissed off when I wrote both of my posts and it is incredibly frustrating dealing with this. I've checked the following so far

- I've ensured that the laptop is running in performance mode and have clawed through every possible effect that it might have on performance
- I have downloaded and am using the 4gb LAA launcher
- I've turned anti-aliasing completely off
- I've tried running in windowed mode and at much lower resolutions to no avail
- I've also tried running with 8 pre-rendered frames, which doesn't seem to help
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Post » Sat May 26, 2012 11:23 pm

There's not a whole not more that I can do in terms of optimizing the laptop for this game, I've tried literally everything I've found within my means. It's not like I'm experiencing crashes, I am using the 4gb LAA, but the game just plummets in frame rates after 30 seconds of playing it.

I was pissed off when I wrote both of my posts and it is incredibly frustrating dealing with this. I've checked the following so far

- I've ensured that the laptop is running in performance mode and have clawed through every possible effect that it might have on performance
- I have downloaded and am using the 4gb LAA launcher
- I've turned anti-aliasing completely off
- I've tried running in windowed mode and at much lower resolutions to no avail
- I've also tried running with 8 pre-rendered frames, which doesn't seem to help

Try turning off unnecessary processes. I turned off windows sidebar and iTunes (the part that turns on when you boot up the computer) and got much increased performance for gaming. Another thing you might check is that your computer is using your high-powered graphics card and not your integrated card to run the game. I was wondering why I only got 15 fps in Balmora with MGE on, then found out it was rendering with the intel graphics 3000 as opposed to my GeForce 540M!
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Post » Sat May 26, 2012 5:33 pm

The 560 is a significant improvement on the 460 in games that are graphics cards limited (shooters for example). The rest of your computer will prevent you from maxing out the game however.

So, what changes do you recommend for my build? I'm building this computer with Skyrim specifically in mind. I want to run the game maxed out at 1080 resolution, and preferably still be able handle the graphics mods coming our way.

I bought my GTX 560 last night. I will be shopping for my motherboard and processor this week. What parts of my build seem incapable to you, and what do you suggest I buy in their stead?

Once again, my current build is:

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G45 AMD 9 Series AM3+

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition, Quad Core, 3.20GHz, 6MB L3 Cache, 2MB L2 Cache

RAM: Crucial Ballistix 4GB DDR3 (1333MHz)

Hard drive: Hitachi 500 GB

Optical Drive: Lite-On Internal 24x CD/DVD Drive

Power Supply: 600 Watt
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Post » Sat May 26, 2012 5:42 pm

So I used the programs that were mentioned here, and the game barely uses my gfx card or my cpu. When the game is running my cpu usage is at 20% and the gpu usage comes to about 55%, which is sort of confused because I'm literally slowed down to a crawl when I'm playing the game.
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Post » Sun May 27, 2012 5:29 am

Anyone able to tell how well I could run skyrim with a laptop like this? Thanks

Core i7-2670QM 2.2GHz (Turbo 3.1 GHz)
16GB ram
ATI Radeon HD 6850M 2GB

PS. sorry for posting twice but just wanted to make sure it doesnt get overlooked :)
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Post » Sat May 26, 2012 8:49 pm

So, what changes do you recommend for my build? I'm building this computer with Skyrim specifically in mind. I want to run the game maxed out at 1080 resolution, and preferably still be able handle the graphics mods coming our way.

I bought my GTX 560 last night. I will be shopping for my motherboard and processor this week. What parts of my build seem incapable to you, and what do you suggest I buy in their stead?

Once again, my current build is:

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G45 AMD 9 Series AM3+

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition, Quad Core, 3.20GHz, 6MB L3 Cache, 2MB L2 Cache

RAM: Crucial Ballistix 4GB DDR3 (1333MHz)

Hard drive: Hitachi 500 GB

Optical Drive: Lite-On Internal 24x CD/DVD Drive

Power Supply: 600 Watt
As everyone has already mentioned in this thread, the game requires a very fast CPU to run maxed out - and that CPU needs to be fast at single-threaded performance in particular. While you've got almost as fast an AMD chip as you can get (certainly with overclocking), AMD chips, especially the latest ones, are better at multi-threaded performance than single-threaded, compared to their Intel brethren. You will have a great experience at high settings, with some sliders increased and adding more image quality enhancements. But to run the game maxed out well you will need the likes of an Intel Sandybridge processor clocked to 4ghz or beyond.

In short, swap out the motherboard and processor for an Intel 2500K + nice cooler + decent p67 or z68 motherboard.

Whether you think it's worth doing that just for Skyrim (and perhaps The Witcher 2, another CPU heavy title) is another matter. Traditionally, games are not this hard on CPU, so shooters etc. will be fine with your current CPU.
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Post » Sat May 26, 2012 11:02 pm

Anyone able to tell how well I could run skyrim with a laptop like this? Thanks

Core i7-2670QM 2.2GHz (Turbo 3.1 GHz)
16GB ram
ATI Radeon HD 6850M 2GB

PS. sorry for posting twice but just wanted to make sure it doesnt get overlooked :)


don't post it twice.

And, yes, you will be fine to run the game.
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Post » Sat May 26, 2012 7:28 pm

I'm building a new desktop, needs to be able to run modded Skyrim (I had 200+ mods for Oblivion so expect the same here!) as well as video editing HD content (Premiere/After Effects).

I built my last system way back in 2004 and am looking to push things further, experimenting with water cooling and overclocking.

Are there any conflicts with any of the components I'm looking at getting?

Intel Core i7 2600k 3.4GHz Socket 1155 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor - http://www.ebuyer.com/252535-intel-core-i7-2600k-3-4ghz-socket-1155-8mb-cache-retail-boxed-processor-bx80623i72600k
Corsair CWCH80 Hydro Series H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - http://www.ebuyer.com/275971-corsair-cwch80-hydro-series-h80-high-performance-liquid-cpu-cooler-cwch80
Corsair 120GB Force 3 SSD 2.5" SATA-III 6Gb/s Read = 550MB/s, Write = 510MB/s - http://www.ebuyer.com/268693-corsair-120gb-force-3-ssd-cssd-f120gb3-bk-cssd-f120gb3-bk
WD 2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s Caviar Green Hard Drive - 64MB Cache - http://www.ebuyer.com/264274-wd-2tb-3-5-sata-iii-6gb-s-caviar-green-hard-drive-64mb-cache-wd20earx
PowerColor HD 6970 2GB GDDR5 Dual DVI Dual Mini DisplayPort HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card - http://www.ebuyer.com/280423-powercolor-hd-6970-2gb-gddr5-dual-dvi-dual-mini-displayport-hdmi-pci-e-ax6970-2gbd5-2dh
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 Socket 1155 onboard 7.1 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard - http://www.ebuyer.com/267127-gigabyte-ga-z68x-ud5-b3-socket-1155-onboard-7-1-channel-audio-atx-motherboard-ga-z68x-ud5-b3
Corsair 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 2000MHz XMS3 Memory Kit CL9 1.65V - http://www.ebuyer.com/247678-corsair-8gb-2x4gb-ddr3-2000mhz-xms3-memory-kit-cl9-1-65v-cmx8gx3m2a2000c9
Coolermaster Silent Pro 1000W Modular PSU - http://www.ebuyer.com/176419-coolermaster-silent-pro-1000w-modular-psu-rsa00-ambaj3
Samsung S24A300H Full HD LCD LED 24" HDMI Monitor - http://www.ebuyer.com/318330-samsung-s24a300h-full-hd-lcd-led-24-hdmi-monitor-ls24a300hsz-en
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium w/SP1 - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit - English - http://www.ebuyer.com/259863-microsoft-windows-7-home-premium-w-sp1-licence-and-media-1-gfc-02050
NZXT H2 Black Mid Tower Case - http://www.ebuyer.com/263600-nzxt-h2-black-mid-tower-case-h2-001-bk

Is the graphics card the best one to get for Skyrim? I've been ATI for a while now - had a bad experience with nVidia back in the day of Morrowind. I understand one 2gb card is better than 2 crossfired 1gb cards.
For Skyrim is 8GB enough? I'll need more for video editing in the longer run but can add more ram easily early next year.

I'm looking to overclock as much as possible - I've heard 4.8ghz or even 5ghz overclock is possible - is this really viable with this set-up?
Anyone know anything about the case or water cooling? All new to me!

Thanks!
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