atm im just running a small number of mods.

detailed faces+no bumpy face (or whatever its called)

the mod that unlocks your ram

better night sky

better blood

post process injector (setting 4)

with the ram unlock thing, my comp can run the game ALMOST ultra without issue, if there is a lot of shadows/lighting in one area it can get to probably 16fps. i should probably dial back the water/shadows >.>

i havent touched any gameplay mods as of yet because ive touched so very little of hte gameworld.

only 2 mods atm but i have alot of Engine and graphical tweaks running

mod 1: http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=667#content this is mandatory i believe

mod 2: http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=193 mandatory when you are a miner

running High quality occlusion forced through Nvidia Inspector wich make a ton of diffirence in the general feel of the game
+ some shadow tweaks ==> distance 2500 for better performance and looks
+ some minor tweaks

Skyrim.esm
NoTint.esm
DarkerNights.esm
DarkerInteriors.esm
dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force.esp
Increased Spawns, Loot, and AI.esp
FasterSpeeds.esp
EmpoweredMagica.esp
EMAugmentIncrease.esp
EMWards.esp
Improved Cloaks.esp
Improved Destruction Perks (125).esp
Improved Expert Spells.esp
Improved Master Spells Except Firestorm.esp
Improved Runes.esp
Upscaled Beginner Destruction Spells.esp
MoreDifficultDragons100.esp
Tougher Traps - Master.esp
ValCraftingMeltdownAlpha.esp
Lost Art of the Blacksmith.esp
More Craftables.esp
Goldsmith.esp
EmstaffCraft.esp
JewelCraft.esp
JewelCraft - Mineral Renames.esp
JSwords.esp
WeightedLockpicks-0_1u.esp
LeatherWeightMod(0.5)v1.0.esp
Lightweight Potions and Poisons.esp
ArrowsNoGravity.esp
MasksAllCloth.esp
Non-player Armor.esp
killable_children.esp
Reduced Distance NPC Greetings.esp
Half-sized Snowberries.esp

In that order.

Edit - This doesn't include the various texture mods, interface mods, font mods, etc.

Damn you PC GAMERS! DAMN YOU!

PC FTW!

Just two:

Fhaarkas' Skyrim Font
Cipscis' Reduced Distance NPC Greetings

All the files I've downloaded from the Skyrim Nexus (not all are mods, though):

4GB Skyrim
Amazing Smooth Females Complete
BSAopt
Faster Arrows
Game Informer Khajiit Save
Game of Thrones Cover Main Menu Theme Replacement
Interface Hard Coded Key Tweaks
KenMOD - Time on loading screen
******************* :wink_smile:
nif xml for NifSkope
No NPC Greetings
NO RESPAWN
On-screen Interface Key Fix
Performance and bugfix ENBSeries 092 Patch 5
QD Inventory
Skyrim Cheat-Scripts

Jump350.esp
Non-playable Armor.esp
Pickpocket98.esp
Lightweight Potions and Poisons.esp
Reduced Distance NPC Greetings.esp
GetArrowsBack.esp
UnenchantedThalmorRobes.esp

+ some various textures, such as detailed faces/bodies, ore 300, environment more colorful, etc.

Only two:

1. No More Blocky Faces (wanted that since I saw the first screenshot of the normal map artifacts in the faces - still can't believe Bethesda saves their textures always as DXT no matter what, even if it causes such obvious errors and all the work that went into the high poly model normal baking is wasted)

2. Skyrim Compass Tuner (exploring without knowing where to find all locations around you in a radius of half a mile is much more fun)

Other than that I hope the CK will come out asap. There is an influx of crap mods it's unbelievable (but of course I'm not saying that there are only crap mods apart from the 2 I'm using, there are some useful small mods and also a few good texture mods). The endorsemant system on Skyrim Nexus is already completely broken, you will never be able to find great mods by looking at the Top 100 in year or later because the good stuff like large scale quest mods etc will get buried under 4096x4096 replacers for snow flakes with 1284 endorsemants.

No Kill Moves
No Spiders - (sorry JustinOther, I had to go with the bears on this one until the CK is out)
No Spider Webs
Detailed Faces
No More Blocky Faces
Detailed Lips
Plynxs No Motion Sickness - (camera bob begone)
Lockpick Pro - (until Open Lock spells can be modded in)
High Quality Eyes
HiRes Road Signs
Twiggys Colourful Barkeeps

I couldn't find those mods on Skyrim Nexus. Where did you download them?

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=648

Thanks