I just recently got new vegas for my laptop for the mods and it barley plays without lagging heaps, im thinking of getting a new PC for skyrim, do you guys think this will play it with mods on high graphics?

Motherboard
Asus P8P67 Asus P8P67 Deluxe
Display
23 Inch flat panel LCD monitor with DVI input and Cable
Processor
Intel Core i7 2600 (new Sandy Bridge) 4 Cores 8 Threads 8MB Cache
Memory
16GB DDR3 Dual Channel SDRAM
Primary Hard Drive
WD 1TB SATA 6.0Gb/s 7200RPM 64MB Cache WD 600GB SATA 6.0Gb/s velociRaptor 32MB Cache WD 2TB SATA 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache
Primary Optical Drive
22X Dual Layer (8.5GB)Multi Format DVD Burner Super Multi Blu-ray Disc Burner
Audio
High Definition Audio subsystem Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 PCI Express
Video
Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1536MB PCI Express 2.0 x16

i found this for $2350, do you think it would work well?

2350 for THAT?

Please, PLEASE people...learn to buy the parts separately and build the PC yourselves...I could have that system for less than half the price...

No, maybe low to medium. I think you need to spend at least 5000$ to play on high settings. Is this a joke or do you just want to brag? And like Benrahir said, even though it's a top system it's far too expensive.

what should be improved to play skyrim on high do you think?

Seriously, why even ask. With 16gb ram, gtx580 and I7 2600 x4 you can run absolutely anything.
Skyrim isn't going to require a super computer, you could actually build a rig that will run Skyrim just as well (albeit on a lower resolution) for a quarter of the price.

oh you were being sarcastic... sorry everyone im new to pc's im used to xbox :sadvaultboy:

I made a joke. The system will easily handle Skyrim on ultra high settings. But before you spend that much money on it go to the hardware forum and get some help. There are people around there who know what to buy and where to buy. You can safe 500-1000$ that way.

I bought a 700 $ laptop yesterday, it run Oblivion just fine. Not sure if it will be able to max everything but it worked very well in the tutorial dungeon.
Any pretty modern desktop PC will be able to run Skyrim with a 120$ graphic card.

Ha, nice thread. And really, it's good you posted in here so people can actually tell you that you shouldn't buy that for more than $2000, doing that is just [censored] stupid.

More than 1500 would already be outrageous.

I'm not used to foreigner tech sites, but http://www.newegg.com/ appears to have good fame amongst good and price-fair PC components. So I recommend you to:

1) Learn about PC's. Really, if you're not interested in technology, it's at least easier than you think and will allow you to save a lot of money. And if you're interested, it's just fascinating.

2) Once you know enough, look for manuals to assemble one, and look at webs like above for the best price-quality ratio components, in order to suit your needs and budget.

It's a bit more work than consoles, I agree. But the results are definitely worth it.

You spent way to much on that computer, if you had custom built it, you would have saved a ton. Not to mention if you would have waited a few months for component prices to go down....

I do have a few very important question for you though. How big is your tower? Big enough that you will be able to upgrade it easily? How many fans does it have?

Next time you need a better computer, don't buy a brand new one, just replace parts to an old one, you save a lot of money that way, and it is much easier to stay at the top.

Not Possible....if you were to get these exact parts, build the comp yourself, you will would not be below 1175

OK, maybe I exxagerated a bit. But spending more than 1300-1500 would make no sense anyway.

I'm fed up with this "console <-> PC" threads and similar posts within them.

CONCLUSION (sort of "guide to PC world for consolers"):

• Build your PCs, not buy ready ones - PCs are all about personality and accurate tuning, not "throw away big pack of money to get blah-blah-blah"
  
• Yes, YOU CAN connect PC to your TV and buy controller instead of in addition to keyboard + mouse
  
• Ultra-high-end videocards are for ultra-high-end resolutions ONLY - you're NOT going to have any visible profit buying 500$ videocard for 1080p instead of 200$ (ultra-high-end resolution is twice bigger than 1080p)
  
• Building ISN'T hard AT ALL. I think driving a car is more sophisticated. Skrew some parts, link matching connectors - that's it! No drama at all
  
• There are tons of information about "how to build", "how good it is" and "how to save money". Google it
  
• PC games basically are cheaper (that's because consoles are cheaper because their vendors get money back as royalty from game prices)
  
• PC will always allow mods, consoles - not sure
  
• PC is much more than just a skyrim. Basically, more than half of console games could be found on PC
  
• One day, PC will emulate your xbox 360 and ps3, but there's no way consoles will emulate everything that existed before. Proof: PC runs NES, SNES, Sega, PS1, Amiga, Commodore and every other old enough platform
  
• Videocard is your everything. It's easy to replace, and it affects 50 (RTS) to 90 (shooters) % of perfomance. So get good one
  
• Cut-edge videocard IS NOT an option (unless ultra-high-end resolutions). Videocards loose sooooo much in price since new generation comes out! That's real money saving

I would certainly never suggest that someone with no experience at all with computers (and probably no experience with electronics) to assemble their first computer. Yes, it may be easy (esp for forum dwellers who've done it all before), but there are a number of ways that an true novice could completely screw things up.


That said, a good thing to do would be checking among your IRL friends to see if any of them have experience with such things - having someone knowledgeable standing there helping would be very useful.


(Oh, and for the OP - yeah, that system is pretty overkill. Even not knowing the system requirements for Skyrim.)

The store I ordered my PC from had an assembling service, for 40 euros extra they'd put it together for me. Even with the extra 40 euros added to the price it was much cheaper than any comparable pre-built PC at the time. So if you don't think you can do it yourself you should see if whatever place you buy it from offers a similar service.

If your PC can run Witcher 2 or Crysis it should be able to run Skyrim

Probably the cost.

never know till you try....it's easier than you think.

OP - here's a great step by step guide.....http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-your-own-pc,2601.html

awesome list - just fixed one tiny point

Guess it must be a regional thing - most PC games I've bought have been $10 less than their console versions for the past few years. (Although, a handful of new PC release have been hitting the $60 price point in the past couple months. But considering that the $50 price has been steady for a number of years despite inflation, an increase seems likely soon.)

yea i just ordered my new gaming build, all the parts for the tower where around $1300 and i had just about as good as specs as yours.

here is my build:
asus p8p67

intel I5 2500k

8GB of 1600 Mhz RAM
ultra X4 850 watt power supply.
AMD Radeon 6870 1 GB
and a WD 1 TB hard drive.

you don't really need more than 8GB of RAM, especially if you have a processer with a huge cache, most games don't even tap into more than 2 cores. skyrim probably will not either. my problem is when i bought my computer i had to buy a monitor and a mouse, keyboard speakers and a sound card. so i ended up around $1800, but for just the tower is was about $1300.

EDIT: i could crossfire and the cost would be around $1500.

Don't know where you live, but everywhere I've shopped (including online) PC games tend to be ten bucks cheaper than the console port (or more accurately nowadays the console version they're ported from).

Maybe you are referring to price drops after a game has been released for a while?

I paid $60 for a few games I pre-ordered on Steam - DA2 was the most recent, I believe, I'm expecting to probably pay $60 for Skyrim, since if you look at the Amazon pre-order prices, currently PC, Xbox and PS3 price for Skyrim are http://www.amazon.com/Elder-Scrolls-V-Skyrim-Pc/dp/B004HYIAPM. I don't think Bethesda will suddenly drop the PC price by $10 before 11.11.11, but who knows.

Hopefully this recent trend of charging the same does not continue, however.

If you plan on overclocking at all in the future the buy the 2600k version of the CPU. Otherwise you won't be able to get a decent oc, the k versions of the new CPU let you overclock them for a little extra $. Even if you don't plan on oc now, maybe in a year or 2 you'd want to squeeze a little more juice out of it.