This should be enough for any good optimized game that's about to come in a year.And in case some unexpected tecnology doesn't come out,it should be good for 3-4 years more.

- AMD phenom II x4 945 3.6ghz
- 4gb ddr3 fast ram
- HD5850
- win7 64

If it won't run Skyrim at high on 1080p without AA , i will have to upgrade tough i would be surprised if it wouldn't run well on high.

Bought mine in November 2009:

Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz
Asus P6T motherboard
6gb RAM (3x2GB)
1TB HD
Ati 5850 1GB DDR5
22" Phillips
Windows 7 64-bit

It's perfect for me. I haven't found a game which I can't max yet. However, I rarely play new games so I don't really test my computer.

Radeon hd 4670 ~ 1gb
2gb ram (had 4gb 1 chip burnt out rma soon )
Athlon 64 x2 4800 + ~ 2.5ghz
Win 7 32 bit

meh not bad for current oblivion, that extra 2gb ram could help with loading times in oblivion since it does use a lot of ram.
I do use graphical mods though and i can get usually 20 fps playable.

My computer:
nVidia GeForce GT220 1024mb
AMD something something something 2.3 GhZ quad core processor
6 gb RAM
1 TB hard drive
Windows Vista 64-bit

I'm possibly going to upgrade to Windows 7 (and processor if I have the money).

- Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU E8600 @ 3.33 GHz (2 CPUs)
- 4GB RAM
- Saphire ATI Radeon HD 4870, 1024 MB
- 1TB HDD
- Windows 7 Ultimate


I bought that cca 3 years ago... I was happy whit it 'till this year. I must upgrade now. But since I don't have enough money I'll probably upgrade my graphic card only.

Wanna trade?

• AMD B50 (unlocked quad core AMD X2 550) at 3.4 gHz (that's overclocked)
  
• 4GB RAM
  
• EVGA 285GTX Sc
  
• Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bits

I currently have nothing better than an iPhone 3G. That should be able to run Skyrim, right?

OS: Win7 x64
Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 635
Ram: 4GB DDR3
Graphics: ATI Sapphire HD5770
Monitor: Benq T2210HD 21,5"
Harddrive: 500gb


I plan on upgrading the graphics but my CM Storm Scout chassis can't hold graphics cards longer then 26cm (10,5"), so I'm pretty limited. I heard that the Gtx580 fits barely but I can't afford it right now. Any other tips on cards that fits? Thanks!

Yeah they're very fast, in all respects. I got a 60GB, the OS and basic applications eat about 35GB of that, unfortunately. I have Steam on there; basically I have to uninstall and install various games as I want to play them. All my other games and applications are installed to the storage drive, but Windows still saves most application data to it's home drive (regardless of where the application that generated that data is installed), which needs to be watched. I generally try to keep at least 15GB free, because Windows is (or was, I have no idea if this still holds true) twitchy when it's drive get's towards full.

My Oblivion saves folder in particular is a beast, after each session I toss all my saves but a couple of the latest into a 7z and move them over to the storage drive. FO3 and FONV are the same. Huge save files, and since I'm a compulsive saver, and always make new saves, this adds up fast.

A 40GB would be enough for the OS, but that's about it. I'd recommend at least a 60, or wait a while, they'll come down before too long.

I'm a little torn on what my next splurge is going to be, but I'm leaning towards a Corsair 256GB SSD.

But yeah, the difference is really remarkable.

Wooden pc powered by hamster-wheel.

They have come down quite a bit since I bought my first SSD. Let me tell you, after going SSD, you'll hate using an HDD ever again. My SSD died (Twice) and the week it took to have it replaced (both times) was murder! I suggest you read up on junctions/symbolic links. They allow you to install games/apps on the HDD, but run from the SSD. (Takes a small amout of work, but well worth it. Copy/paste, and drag and drop is all it takes after installing http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html.)

As to having 2 SSDs die, don't sweat it. I was OCing (BSOD) and restoring Windows and the PC shut down. Both times it borked the controller. (Intel honoured both RMA's :thumbsup:)



This is subjective, but I can't stand on-board sound. I've had "HD" audio chipsets and nothing sounds as good as a stand alone card. I have the E-Gamer and a Titanium and love them both! (And the audigy 2 before that.) Some people can stomach on-board but I can not. Take that into consideration, you (etsberg) may be the same way.

I agree if on-board works for you, it's a great way to save/shift money though.

My former PC that I played Oblivion on (just mid-settings, that's all it could handle) I gave it to my dad. Now I have a furious Duron 1300 Mhz / 256 ram / video on board. I'll buy a new one or even better assembly it myself this fall, just before Skyrim. I want it to be high end!

If you are going to upgrade to that much memory you might want to ditch the 32-bit OS. It can't take full advantage of it.

Currently the best offer I've seen is a Kingston SSDNOW 64 GBs for 104 euros. I hope that by October I can find a 100 gbs' one for the same price, or even a bit lower, but it's still affordable. Also, I've liked this detail:

200MB/sec. Read
110MB/sec. Write

I don't know exactly the speeds of HDD drives, but I think I've heard about 40-50 mb/s.

So, it's surely an SSD for me

Motherboard: Abit IP35-E
Processor: Q6600 3.6Ghz
Memory: 4GB DDR2
GPU: XFX Radeon HD 5850
Harddrives: 500GB and 321GB
Monitor: HP ZR24W (24", 1920x1200, S-IPS)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932
Operating system: Windows 7 64-bit

I'm quite soon upgrading to i7 2500k and 8GB DDR3.
And probably a GTX 570 later.

My PC isnt the best its
Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q8200 2.33 GHz
3 GB Ram
Nvidia GTS 450 1gb
I expect to at least get to medium settings on the game, I can play all other games on the highest settings.

e8400 @ 4GHz
4GB DDR2 @ 4-4-4
HD5870 @ 950/1250

Will upgrade before 11/11/11. Not sure what to just yet. After all, PCI-e 3.0 is just around the corner...

Not to mention all kinds of CPU shenanigans. So, I'll wait for now.

If you check the charts, for games like Fallout 3 (and therefore Oblivion, one might assume) the e8000 family is nearly top of the list, *even now*. No, seriously. Overclock them, and well. There you go. It's not like the engine there can use more than 2 cores, at best. Otherwise, yeah, you'd see some 4/6/8-thread monsters doing better in FO3. Not so.

Hence, I'm sticking with socket 775 for the time being.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 (4x2.66GHz)
4GB DDR2 800 RAM
Geforce GTS450, 1GB RAM

I expect this to do high settings with acceptable framerate (~30 for me) at 1366x768 resolution, atleast. It does New Vegas with Ultra settings at 1920x1080 resolution with rare framerate dips. Funnily Oblivion with high settings and 1366x768 resolution runs worse (damn that game is poorly optimised
:brokencomputer:).

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.0Ghz
HD 4850 512mb
4gb 800mhz
1tb and 512gb HDDs (there is also old 80gb drive that is used as storage space for unimportant stuff)
Creative X-Fi Titanium
And old good Windows XP SP3

Not going to upgrade anything for a while as I'm planning on getting Skyrim first for my PS3 and after GOTY has been released I might pick it up for PC (which I've hopefully upgraded by then).

Thats odd, your PC is far superior to mine and I play Oblivion on the highest settings possible with no lag, and I am using Quarls Textures. :s

In that case i should recheck my OSR and Streamline settings, and the relevant ini values too.

Yeah take a look because my Oblivion has over 100 mods, many of them improving the graphics and it still runs great, and if you heard of Quarls textures then you can imagine the major improvement it has had on my game and how much more of a strain it is on my PC.

Pentium 4 @ 3.0 GHz
1 Gb DDR RAM
GeForce 6600GT 128Mb
70 Gb HDD
Windows XP

Yep, things don't look too good for me but I plan on assembling a new PC later this year.