I was hoping that someone could recommend me a gaming rig, that could support Skyrim flawlessly. Be honest and give me a price and even recomend me a computer. My birthday is coming up and I'm looking for a PC to game on. I'm curious as to how much it'll cost.

I bought the best components i could afford and built my own in early November just in time for the Skyrim release. I'm very happy with the results so far ...

Did you build on a basic computer first? If so what kind

PC Gamer (U.S.) just released their Spring 2012 build-your-own-PC. I just saw it on the magazine rack at the store but didn't look through it. But their past issues have been pretty good. They usually show 3 different builds, low-end, medium, and high-end. Take a look at that issue.

Here is some of the information that is needed to even begin to make recommendations.


1.) your budget in your country's currency
2.) what country you reside if not listed in your avatar area
3.) pre-assembled PC? ...or can you build your own?
4.) what is needed other than the PC tower? Monitor, speakers, mouse, keyboard, Windows OS disc? All these can jack up the price.
5.) product preferences, preferred seller, and intended aim

Oh yeah, this is better served in http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1358707-the-community-tech-thread-no-113/ found in Community Discussion.

Try to build around an Intel processor, the i5 2400 or if you plan to overclock the i5 2500K. If your budget is really tight look at the i3 2130 will do the job as well. For graphics I would look for a GTX 560ti or better, this will give you great graphics and nVidia seems to have less driver issues. Make sure you have at least 4 gigs of RAM and you should be golden.

Nope, all individual components. Below is the list. It's certainly not top of the line, but it's working very well for me.
Most of it is probably already outdated, but i can run Skyrim in 1920 x 1200 on max. settings.


Motherboard:
ASUS Maximus IV Extreme B3 RoG Edition Motherboard - Socket H2 (LGA1155), Intel P67 Express, 2200Mhz DDR3 (O.C.), SATA 6.0 Gb/s, RAID, 8-CH Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, SLI/CrossFire, USB 3.0, Bluetooth
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7343076&CatId=6975

CPU:
Intel Core i7-2600K BX80623I72600K Unlocked Processor - Quad Core, 8MB L3 Cache, 1MB L2 Cache, 3.40 GHz (3.80 GHz Max Turbo), Socket H2 (LGA1155), 95W, Fan, Retail
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7073159

RAM:
Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 Vengeance 16GB PC12800 DDR3 RAM - 1600MHz, 4x4096MB, Non-ECC, Unbuffered
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7025816

Video Card:
EVGA 015-P3-1587-AR GeForce GTX 580 DS Superclocked Video Card - 1536MB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0 (x16), Dual-DVI, Mini-HDMI, DirectX 11, Dual-Slot, SLI Ready
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=458746

Hard Drives:
2 x Western Digital WD1002FAEX 1TB Caviar Black Hard Drive - 1TB, 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gbs
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6076939

Power Supply:
Ultra U12-40841 X4 Gold Edition Modular Power Supply - 1000W, ATX, 80 Plus Gold, 135mm Fan, SLI Ready, CrossFire Technology, Active PFC, Vibration Dampener Included, Lifetime Warranty w/ Registration
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6078408

Case:
HSPC 'Top Deck XL' Tech Station
http://www.highspeedpc.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=TopDeckXL

Other:
ASUS DVD drive, Corsair SP2200 speaker system, Sound Blaster headphones, keyboard and a gaming mouse.


I already had a 28" HannsG monitor and i'm running Skyrim in 1920 x 1200 with no problems ...