Thanks for the advice, was just wondering if a new laptop could be better than my 2 yr old PC to run Skyrim. I'mprimarily getting it to take notes and do basic work on for college, so I'll probably just stick with my current desktop for Skyrim and get around a $500 laptop for school stuff.

Well if you're just needing something to take notes with, use the old pen and paper ;D and put that money to new hardware.

Notes? Get a digital recorder. Or get a flip camcorder and record your daily lessons.

gtx 590's running in Quad SLI
Intel Xeon W3690 @ 3.47GHz
16gb DDR3 Ram
Thermaltake ToughPower 1500w Powersupply (upgrade-proof)
Media DP55WG Desktop Motherboard

oh i love competitions....

just kidding

a ps3 320gb + 1 pad + a bed to sit on + 2D 19inch LCD 1080p TV

this is my low end budget build that i will expect to end up with.... but i also have 2 other planned builds just in case i can get up more money by then :hubbahubba:

cpu: AMD Phenom II X4 840 3.2GHz
mobo: ASRock 870 EXTREME3
gpu: XFX Radeon HD 5850 1GB
ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) cas latency 7
psu: CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-750HX 750W 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular
hd: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s x2 running in raid 0
case: Sentey Optimus Extreme Division
os: windows 7 64bit home

Xbox 360. 32" Sharp HDTV. Beer. Weed. Food. Friends.

My big screen tv, my 360, comfy office chair, no natural sunlight, and probably an ungodly amount of mountain dew and instant noodles (varieties of both kinds).

The total cost works out to be much cheaper if you build a new gaming desktop from components + buy a cheap non-gaming laptop.

gaming laptops are generally significantly more expensive and are never going to be as powerful as the high end desktops.

If you must buy a gaming laptop for portability reasons, I'd suggest taking a look at some of the models on http://www.xoticpc.com to get an idea of the pricing. Ideally you would want to go with something with display resolution at least 1600x900 or 1920x1080 and a 1 GB DX11 video card, either NVIDIA 460M or AMD 5830M (or better). The Sagers are a little bit better value (as in lower pricing), but most of them are pretty bulky and not convenient to carry around with you everywhere.

Hah.... erm no sry. but i got a computer ( disassembled ) in my shelf^^.
Some old 9 year old Cpu prob 1 core.
graph i guess 32 mb. Edit 64 Mb. MVGA-NVG3T5A 64MB Nvidia maybe?
512 Ram.
130W psu

now for the cool part . Two Audigy Soundblaster cards. ^^

Just ordered a new iMac 27 inch. Going to install a small Windows 7 partition just for Skyrim :wink_smile: Don't hate.

iMac 27 inch
3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
2TB Serial ATA Drive
AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB GDDR5

EDIT: Going to add two 4GB sticks of RAM for a total 12GB when it arrives later this week/early next week.

Lol yea it wouldnt be bad cept for taxes and the fact that im puttin the ol lady through her masters this and next year.

Still have my PC that I bought 3 years ago, or was it 4? I dont know, either way, its really overclocked though. Every game that comes runs smoothley on my 24" monitor on best graphics. Who the hell needs a rig that costs almost as much as a used car? There are no games coming out in the nearer future (this console cycle) that will need those specs, hell I could run Crysis 2 two on hardcoe without it lagging. But on the other hand Crysis 1 did have nicer graphics at some points.
E8400 Dualcore@3,6Ghz overclocked
8800GTS Alphadog, overclocked it even more than it already was, and yes I still use the good ol' 88 series.
2GB RAM, will probably buy two more if I fee the need
P34 Mainboard.

Put mine together less than a week ago, works like it's godlike! Runs just about everything i throw at it on max.

Cpu: I7-2600 3.4 Ghz
Gpu: Gtx 580 1580 mb
Motherboard: MSI p67a-gd65
Harddisk: 128 gb SSD at 270 mb/s. And another 2 TB harddisk at 7200 rpm
RAM: 8 gb 1333 mhz ddr3

Combine that with 24' at 1920 x 1080, windows 7 home premium 64bit.. I'm quite sure i'll be able to run skyrim on max and still mod the life out of it

ATI Radeon HD 5870 x2 dual (crossfire mode)
Windows 7 64 bit
i7 940 @ 2.93 GHz
6 GB RAM

Why put the rest? This computer was built to run everything on max setting for the next couple of years.

And I say that posting anything like this again earns a warning and a nice long few day long time out.

Really. Flame-baiting, platform bashing, spam, and trolling are not good ideas, m'kay?

I will play on a PS3/360 with 32" Tv , then on PC:

CPU: i7-920
GPU: 5970 OC
RAM: 8gb DDR3 Triple channel
Mobo: Asus P6T

i do need a new keyboard and a mouse , i hate mine :icecream:

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Damn, I feel real bad for you guys, I'm gonna own all ya'll

Dude thats sweet and all but if its not all hooked up together its not gonna work

On a more specific note:

CPU: 3.2 GHz Cell Broadband Engine with 1 PPE & 7 SPEs

Storage capacity: 2.5-inch SATA hard drive (160 gb)

Memory: 256 MB system and 256 MB video

Display: 32", 720p Sony Bravia

Graphics: 550 MHz NVIDIA/SCEI RSX 'Reality Synthesizer'




I can be technical, too, you see...

if im alowed on the 42 inch 1080p in the den :mohawk: but probly on the 24inch 720p in my room. but that's ok cuz its still hd!

I'll be playing on an Xbox slim with a 40'' Bravia 1080p and and a Turtle Beach X11 headset. Of course this could change if I go through with my plans to build a gaming pc.

Xbox 360 Elite
120 GB Hard drive
HDMI Cable
55 Inch Sony Bravia Flatscreen
Surround Sound
Really comfy gaming chair, its like a bean bag and LA-Z-BOY combined!
And... a 3 day weekend.
:tes:

I am building a new computer in August. Here are the complete parts I have currently picked out and I welcome any feedback you may have:

Corsair White Graphite Series 600T Mid Tower Computer Case
GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD4-B3 Intel Motherboard
EVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5
CORSAIR HX Series 850W Power Supply
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz Quad-Core Desktop Processor
CORSAIR DOMINATOR GT 4GB (2 x 2GB) 2000
Corsair Performance 3 Series 64GB Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Saitek Eclipse III Black USB Wired Keyboard
LG Black Blu-ray Disc
ASUS Xonar Essence ST Audio Card
CORSAIR Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Logitech MX Laser Mouse
Samsung 26in SyncMaster T260
Logitech 5.1 Surround System

Haha!! I'm in my first year at university, so money is really tight. I'm really doubting that I'll be able to run Skyrim on the PC I have now! Probably gonna get a job over the summer and buy a new one. Won't be getting anything as good as some listed here though, unless I can find some decent prices!!

AMD Phenom II X4 B55 3.2 GHz (unlocked X2 555 BE)
AMD Radeon HD 6850
2x2GB G.Skill Ripjaws 1600MHz
WD 320GB HDD 7200rpm
OCZ Fatal1ty 550 Watt Modular PSU
CM Storm Scout Case

Windows 7 Pro x64
Linux Mint 10 amd64

Vizio 37" 1080p LCD
Logitech THX certified 5.1 surround



And I am a college student, but majoring in Computer Science, minor in Game Programming, so its necessary.