[matt]

buying a pc for my son to mod skyrim and the likes.could you give me the good and bad pls.i am not to good on the new stuff any help apprieciated.
1 x 700watt cit psu
1 x 8gb corsair vengeance 1866mhz ram brand new
1 x intel i5 3570k unlocked cpu with intel stock cooler
1 x asus maximus gene v republic of gamers motherboard brand new 12 months warranty
1 x ocz agilty 64gb ssd
1 x 2tb green cavier 2tb hdd
1 x opiarc dvd dual layer rw
1 x msi 7950 3gb graphics card fully boxed with manuals all packed into a thermaltake soprano case
2x dual layer disk drives
1 x logitech wireless mouse and keyboard
1 x xbox 360 wireless reciever and official controller

[luke trodden]

i have to pay for this tonight 528 pounds its costing including postage.think its worth the price?

[Latino HeaT]

i have to pay for this tonight 528 pounds its costing including postage.think its worth the price?

It sounds like a good deal to me.

[Nicole Elocin]

Folks, please read the first post in the thread. This isn't where you go to get general shopping help at all. This is for systems already complete, and you want to know how well the game will run for you.

The thread intended to help out doing shopping is in the Community Forum.

[Madeleine Rose Walsh]

would a HP Pavilion g6-2230sa 15.6" Laptop with these specs work:

AMD Quad-Core A8-4500M

- 1.9 GHz (up to 2.8GHz with TurboBoost)
- 4MB L2 Cache
8 GB (2 x 4 GB) AMD Radeon HD 7640G Discrete-Class up to 4.98 GB Windows 8

[krystal sowten]

well went ahead an bought it.how well will it run mods.to the extreme im hoping..
1 x 700watt cit psu
1 x 8gb corsair vengeance 1866mhz ram
1 x intel i5 3570k unlocked cpu with intel stock cooler
1 x asus maximus gene v republic of gamers motherboard
1 x ocz agilty 64gb ssd
1 x 2tb green cavier 2tb hdd
1 x opiarc dvd dual layer rw
1 x msi 7950 3gb graphics card

[Carolyne Bolt]

well went ahead an bought it.how well will it run mods.to the extreme im hoping..
1 x 700watt cit psu
1 x 8gb corsair vengeance 1866mhz ram
1 x intel i5 3570k unlocked cpu with intel stock cooler
1 x asus maximus gene v republic of gamers motherboard
1 x ocz agilty 64gb ssd
1 x 2tb green cavier 2tb hdd
1 x opiarc dvd dual layer rw
1 x msi 7950 3gb graphics card

Pretty much a guarantee that the system will max the game out

[Alexandra Louise Taylor]

thanks thats great.

[David John Hunter]

Hi guys, just wondering if this rig would manage skyrim on ULTRA MAX UBER etc etc settings, as im considering upgrading my graphics card to this...: 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 660


Current Rig:
Processor (CPU): Intel? Core?i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard: ASUS? P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI?CrossFireX
Memory (RAM): 8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card: 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 550 Ti - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64 bit

Thanks,
Jah96

P.S - i mean manage it comfortably, not only just managing/clinging to life, lol

[Kelsey Hall]

Hi all,

Hope i′m not too annyoing with the umpteenth `will it run on this′ question. Well it′s more of a `can I run it on ULTRA′question as I already know it′ll run. I′m looking at 2 rigs, I'll start with the cheapest one:


Processor: AMD II X4 965 Quad-Core (3.40GHz)
Cache: 6MB
Chipset: AMD 970
Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) PC12800 DDR3 SDRAM
graphics card: AMD Radeon HD6870 2GB DDR3 VRAM
Harddisk: 3TB SATA 4500rpm


And here is the more expensive option:

Processor: Intel Core i5 3550 Quad-Core (3.10GHz)
Cache: 6MB
Chipset: Intel Z77
Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) PC12800 DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD6870 1GB GDDR5 VRAM
SSD: 128GB SATA600, Samsung 830
Harddisk: 2TB SATA 7200rpm

Obvious question would be: which would be the better choice? And: how will either of these run the game? Help is much, much appreciated; it has been so long (2006) since I upgraded and I'm completely out of the loop.

[Louise Andrew]

I'm looking to get skyrim to mod it, but the computer I've used for Fallout 3 and New Vegas, runs alittle bit below the required guidelines referring to video cards.

I got an Intel (integrated trash unfortunately) that has 1696MB available memory, but only 64MB is dedicated. I am wondering whether or not there's a chance it can run it? I Would upgrade but there is only so much money in a college students pocket.

Full specs:
-Intel Core i3 (Dual core) CPU 2.4GHz
-4 GB RAM
-Intel HD Graphics 3000 (integrated)
-Intel HM65 express chipset

[Theodore Walling]

Want to know if these specs can run skyrim and if so, at what setting will it be able to run on smoothly?


AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card

AMD FX-4100 3.60 GHz Quad-Core AM3+ CPU 4MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology

1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory

[CrossFireX] GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AMD 970 Chipset Socket AM3+ ATX Mainboard w/ Touch Bios, Ultra Durable 2, On/Off Charge, 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, 2 Gen2 PCIe X16, 3 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI

[ShOrty]

Hi guys, just wondering if this rig would manage skyrim on ULTRA MAX UBER etc etc settings, as im considering upgrading my graphics card to this...: 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 660


Current Rig:
Processor (CPU): Intel? Core?i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard: ASUS? P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI?CrossFireX
Memory (RAM): 8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card: 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 550 Ti - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64 bit

Thanks,
Jah96

P.S - i mean manage it comfortably, not only just managing/clinging to life, lol

Should be fine for Ultra settings after the upgrade

Hi all,

Hope i′m not too annyoing with the umpteenth `will it run on this′ question. Well it′s more of a `can I run it on ULTRA′question as I already know it′ll run. I′m looking at 2 rigs, I'll start with the cheapest one:


Processor: AMD II X4 965 Quad-Core (3.40GHz)
Cache: 6MB
Chipset: AMD 970
Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) PC12800 DDR3 SDRAM
graphics card: AMD Radeon HD6870 2GB DDR3 VRAM
Harddisk: 3TB SATA 4500rpm


And here is the more expensive option:

Processor: Intel Core i5 3550 Quad-Core (3.10GHz)
Cache: 6MB
Chipset: Intel Z77
Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) PC12800 DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD6870 1GB GDDR5 VRAM
SSD: 128GB SATA600, Samsung 830
Harddisk: 2TB SATA 7200rpm

Obvious question would be: which would be the better choice? And: how will either of these run the game? Help is much, much appreciated; it has been so long (2006) since I upgraded and I'm completely out of the loop.

Both systems would do well (Ultra) in the game, but the second system is the one to go with. The 1st system has a rather aged processor as good as it was.

I'm looking to get skyrim to mod it, but the computer I've used for Fallout 3 and New Vegas, runs alittle bit below the required guidelines referring to video cards.

I got an Intel (integrated trash unfortunately) that has 1696MB available memory, but only 64MB is dedicated. I am wondering whether or not there's a chance it can run it? I Would upgrade but there is only so much money in a college students pocket.

Full specs:
-Intel Core i3 (Dual core) CPU 2.4GHz
-4 GB RAM
-Intel HD Graphics 3000 (integrated)
-Intel HM65 express chipset

Skyrim is somewhat lenient with more recent Intel Integrated trash, so the chip you have may run the game...just don't expect it to play all that well. I'd expect low settings with hiccups to be honest.

Want to know if these specs can run skyrim and if so, at what setting will it be able to run on smoothly?


AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card

AMD FX-4100 3.60 GHz Quad-Core AM3+ CPU 4MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology

1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory

[CrossFireX] GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AMD 970 Chipset Socket AM3+ ATX Mainboard w/ Touch Bios, Ultra Durable 2, On/Off Charge, 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, 2 Gen2 PCIe X16, 3 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI

Should be fine for high settings at least. The CPU isn't really the greatest quad, but shouldn't be too limiting for your setup all things considered.

[brenden casey]

Should be fine for Ultra settings after the upgrade



Both systems would do well (Ultra) in the game, but the second system is the one to go with. The 1st system has a rather aged processor as good as it was.



Skyrim is somewhat lenient with more recent Intel Integrated trash, so the chip you have may run the game...just don't expect it to play all that well. I'd expect low settings with hiccups to be honest.




Should be fine for high settings at least. The CPU isn't really the greatest quad, but shouldn't be too limiting for your setup all things considered.

thanks a lot. Im assuming the difference between the to becomes greater in favor of the second rig when running (a lot of) mods? Also, am I right in thinking that the graphics card in and of its own is better on the first rig? (2gb as opposed to 1gb on the 2nd?)

[Trey Johnson]

thanks a lot. Im assuming the difference between the to becomes greater in favor of the second rig when running (a lot of) mods? Also, am I right in thinking that the graphics card in and of its own is better on the first rig? (2gb as opposed to 1gb on the 2nd?)

In addition to the above question; I've been doing some snooping around. Came across another two rigs. The first is by FAR the cheapest. The second (listed last in the list below) is the exact same price as the most expensive one I saw before. How well would the additional two setups below stack up to the other two I mentioned before (I'll include these again to keep it readable):

The cheapest one I came across:

Processor
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
Mobo
Asrock 970 Extreme4
Memory
Corsair CMV8GX3M2A1333C9
Hard drive
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST1000DM003, 1TB
Graphics card
Club3D Radeon HD 7950 royalQueen

Once again, the more expensive-option-than-the-one-above:


Processor: AMD II X4 965 Quad-Core (3.40GHz)
Cache: 6MB
Chipset: AMD 970
Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) PC12800 DDR3 SDRAM
graphics card: AMD Radeon HD6870 2GB DDR3 VRAM
Harddisk: 3TB SATA 4500rpm


And here is the most expensive option:

Processor: Intel Core i5 3550 Quad-Core (3.10GHz)
Cache: 6MB
Chipset: Intel Z77
Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) PC12800 DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD6870 1GB GDDR5 VRAM
SSD: 128GB SATA600, Samsung 830
Harddisk: 2TB SATA 7200rpm

The new rig with the same (relatively high) price as the one directly above:


? Mobo
MSI H77MA-G43 - motherboard - micro ATX - LGA1155 Socket - H77
? Processor
Intel Core i5 3570K / 3.4 GHz processor
? Processor cooler
intel Boxed cooler
? Graphics card
Sapphire RADEON HD 7850 - Radeon HD 7850 - 2 GB
? Memory
Kingston ValueRAM - 8 GB : 2 x 4 GB - DIMM 240-pins - DDR3
? Hard drive
WD Caviar Blue WD10EALX - 1 TB - SATA-600


Thanks a bunch and sorry for repeating the question (more or less)

[Amanda Furtado]

Hope this is the right place for this. I have HP g71137
Microprocessor 2.40GHz Intel Core i3-370M Processor
Memory 4GB
Video Graphics Intel HD Graphics
Video Memory Up to 1969MB
Hard Drive 500GB (5400RPM)

According to will my PC run it it passed every teat minus the graphics. I ran it anyways on low settings, still looked way better than PS3, but suffered from minimal lag. Would upgrading my RAM to 8MB fix this issue?

[Kellymarie Heppell]

Hope this is the right place for this. I have HP g71137
Microprocessor 2.40GHz Intel Core i3-370M Processor
Memory 4GB
Video Graphics Intel HD Graphics
Video Memory Up to 1969MB
Hard Drive 500GB (5400RPM)

According to will my PC run it it passed every teat minus the graphics. I ran it anyways on low settings, still looked way better than PS3, but suffered from minimal lag. Would upgrading my RAM to 8MB fix this issue?

RAM isn't why Intel video is poor; Intel's poor graphics design is why it's not up to what a minimum real graphics card for this game should be.

Recommended Specs

* Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
* Processor: 3.0 GHz Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
* 4GB System RAM
* 6GB free HDD space
* DirectX 9 compatible NVIDIA or AMD ATI video card with 1GB of VRAM
* (Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or higher; ATI Radeon 4890 or higher).
* DirectX compatible sound card
* Internet access for Steam activation

[Sheeva]

thanks a lot. Im assuming the difference between the to becomes greater in favor of the second rig when running (a lot of) mods? Also, am I right in thinking that the graphics card in and of its own is better on the first rig? (2gb as opposed to 1gb on the 2nd?)

The Intel quad is just a better CPU than most of AMD's quad offerings. This game is CPU intensive, so it will help.

1GB or 2GB, it's still mostly the same card. That extra VRAM mainly helps if you're gaming at high resolutions or using intensive texture mods that require the extra VRAM.

In addition to the above question; I've been doing some snooping around. Came across another two rigs. The first is by FAR the cheapest. The second (listed last in the list below) is the exact same price as the most expensive one I saw before. How well would the additional two setups below stack up to the other two I mentioned before (I'll include these again to keep it readable):

The cheapest one I came across:

Processor
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
Mobo
Asrock 970 Extreme4
Memory
Corsair CMV8GX3M2A1333C9
Hard drive
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST1000DM003, 1TB
Graphics card
Club3D Radeon HD 7950 royalQueen

Once again, the more expensive-option-than-the-one-above:


Processor: AMD II X4 965 Quad-Core (3.40GHz)
Cache: 6MB
Chipset: AMD 970
Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) PC12800 DDR3 SDRAM
graphics card: AMD Radeon HD6870 2GB DDR3 VRAM
Harddisk: 3TB SATA 4500rpm


And here is the most expensive option:

Processor: Intel Core i5 3550 Quad-Core (3.10GHz)
Cache: 6MB
Chipset: Intel Z77
Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) PC12800 DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD6870 1GB GDDR5 VRAM
SSD: 128GB SATA600, Samsung 830
Harddisk: 2TB SATA 7200rpm

The new rig with the same (relatively high) price as the one directly above:


? Mobo
MSI H77MA-G43 - motherboard - micro ATX - LGA1155 Socket - H77
? Processor
Intel Core i5 3570K / 3.4 GHz processor
? Processor cooler
intel Boxed cooler
? Graphics card
Sapphire RADEON HD 7850 - Radeon HD 7850 - 2 GB
? Memory
Kingston ValueRAM - 8 GB : 2 x 4 GB - DIMM 240-pins - DDR3
? Hard drive
WD Caviar Blue WD10EALX - 1 TB - SATA-600


Thanks a bunch and sorry for repeating the question (more or less)

There are tradeoffs here and there that you will have to make a decision on for yourself. The Raedon 7950 is certainly the strongest card of the bunch, but comes in a system with the weakest CPU.

The 2nd rig has a unnecessary 3 TB hard disk.

The 3rd system is relatively well-balanced with even an SSD to boot.

The 4th has a beter Radeon 7850 card with a better CPU, but SSD is sacrificed.

IMO, you options should be between the last two.

[Sophie Miller]

Hey guys, I've been looking into a gaming PC and I'm just wondering about how well this rig would work. Anyway, here are the specs:

Processor: Intel? Core? i5-3570K 3.40 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1155

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0

Memory: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory

Hard Drive: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
EDIT: Just saw this for sale on the list of options: 128GB SanDisk SATA III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 490 MB/s Read & 350 MB/s Write, I'd like to know how these two compare

Audio: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO


Total comes up to about $750, hoping to get an opinion on whether that is worth the price (bear in mind I'm not building it myself, I realize that having a company build it for me is a bit more expensive, but I'm comfortable with that).

[Jason White]

Need an input on whether or not these specs are good enough to run skyrim on at least high settings:


AMD Radeon HD 7770 - 1GB

AMD FX-8120 CPU (8x 3.10GHz/8MB L2 Cache)

8 GB [4 GB X2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 -- AMD 970

1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 32M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s

Thanks in advance.

[Patrick Gordon]

^ Should be fine for at least high settings.

[Emma louise Wendelk]

Hey guys, I've been looking into a gaming PC and I'm just wondering about how well this rig would work. Anyway, here are the specs:

Processor: Intel? Core? i5-3570K 3.40 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1155

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0

Memory: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory

Hard Drive: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
EDIT: Just saw this for sale on the list of options: 128GB SanDisk SATA III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 490 MB/s Read & 350 MB/s Write, I'd like to know how these two compare

Audio: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO


Total comes up to about $750, hoping to get an opinion on whether that is worth the price (bear in mind I'm not building it myself, I realize that having a company build it for me is a bit more expensive, but I'm comfortable with that).

Thats not the greatest video card..its practically the equivalent of Geforce GTX 550 ti and apparently in some cases even a little weaker.Honestly i would rather go for either the upgraded "650 TI" version or the radeon HD 6850,both of which are far superior cards.
EDIT:If you do actually decide to go for the GTX 650,do yourself a favor and get the cheaper 1 GB version as the card doesnt have nearly enough processing power to actually use those 2 gigs

[Adam Kriner]

Thats not the greatest video card..its practically the equivalent of Geforce GTX 550 ti and apparently in some cases even a little weaker.Honestly i would rather go for either the upgraded "650 TI" version or the radeon HD 6850,both of which are far superior cards.
EDIT:If you do actually decide to go for the GTX 650,do yourself a favor and get the cheaper 1 GB version as the card doesnt have nearly enough processing power to actually use those 2 gigs

Thanks for the input, I only chose the 2 GB version because it is on sale for the website I'm using, it is the exact same price as the 1 GB version. But anyway, on the website I'm using the "650 Ti" version is $40 more expensive. I'm already spending about as much as I'm willing to spend, so when you say "far superior," is it really worth the extra $40?

[Roddy]

Thanks for the input, I only chose the 2 GB version because it is on sale for the website I'm using, it is the exact same price as the 1 GB version. But anyway, on the website I'm using the "650 Ti" version is $40 more expensive. I'm already spending about as much as I'm willing to spend, so when you say "far superior," is it really worth the extra $40?

Can you provide the link so i can see the exact price? It was a bit overpriced at launch,and i have no idea how much it costs now

[Kat Ives]

Can you provide the link so i can see the exact price? It was a bit overpriced at launch,and i have no idea how much it costs now

Not really sure how to make a link, but here's the URL: http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/CyberPower_Z77_Configurator/
That is the website I've been using to build my pc. I've heard mixed reviews about that site, if you have any recommendations for a different one that would be welcome as well.

EDIT: oh, so that's how you make a link, just copy the URL... lol I feel smart now