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400 mods!? Holy cow... I can't ever imagine having that many mods haha! I'm surprised it even RUNS with 400 mods. I don't have a problem with FPS (yet), but as I add in more mods, I can definitely tell a big difference in load times... and I have a solid state. I try to keep my mod list to a minimum for organization/management purposes and load times. I say this with no disrespect... but you have to be CRAZY to run 400 mods!! Haha :laugh:

I don't mean to be rude, but nobody is going to help you until you actually purchase a copy of the game. I highly doubt any mods would work with a cracked version anyway. Seriously though.. buy the game. Also one thing to note: Some mods require the DLC packs, so keep that in mind. The mod will always specify what DLC is needed. If you do purchase the game and venture into the world of modding, PLEASE read the sticky posts and don't rush. Please pay attention to every detail and follow all instructions exactly. Skyrim modding is very easy and fun once you understand everything, but you definitely need to take some time and read some articles (or watch youtube videos) on the fundamentals of how everything works. If you don't understand how everything works, you will be beyond frustrated because stuff will not work.

Good stuff! That beard mod is totally awesome. Thanks a bunch. For my build I was thinking sort of a battle mage. Right now I use 1h weapons with a healing or destruction/conjuration spell in my other hand. I use a combination light armor with 1h stats or cloths/robes with magic stats. Morally my character has to have a good reason to steal or kill. Basically he would pick the "good" choices if I were playing a Bioware game. Despite the good morals, my goal is to make him totally scary looking. Tattoos, scars, beard, etc. Think of a character that used to be a really bad dude (and looks that way), but has migrated towards good morals.

Hey all, I was wondering if I could get some suggestions on some good mods for male characters (enhance the look and customization). They are hard to find since most mods are for females. I don't want anything adult themed. I would prefer lore-friendly stuff, but I am open to others as long as they aren't too crazy. Right now my character is totally vanilla! :laugh:

Well I can confirm that the issue is fixed. Also I found that both of my cards were in "uber" mode so I switched them to "quiet" mode. I have heard that the uber mode takes more power. I have re-enabled a handful of mods and am now using "Seasons of Skyrim" ENB (which actually looks better than what I was using). Everything it totally stable. Been playing for a few hours with no problems. Temps are lower and system is way quieter too. GPU temp is low 70s and CPU is low 60s. All is good :blush:

I think I'm just going to use a different ENB, or just not use ENB at all. When I turn on ENB I can hear the GPU fans start to go pretty wild. If ENB is off, then it's much quieter. I can play other games with crossfire enabled (tomb raider, farcry4, 3dmark benchmarks, starcraft 2, diablo 3) with no problem and my tower stays pretty quiet. I played Skyrim last night for quite awhile without ENB on (case was closed with no box fan blowing). All other settings were high and I had a lot of other high res texture mods. So I honestly think whatever ENB I was using was just literally breaking my GPUs. The link below is the ENB preset that I use. I use the ENB engine v0.266. I have modified the ENB preset a bit to make my own custom look, but I haven't really changed much. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/37978/ If I can run 3dmark and all my other games without issue (including Skyrim without ENB), but get problems as soon as I run Skyrim with ENB, I am blaming the issue on ENB for now haha. With that being said, I do want to keep my rig cool. However, I only have 1 more spot in my case for a fan. When you said I need better fans what do you mean by that? A fan is a fan, right? I suppose I could get fans with an external knob for controlling the speed and just turn it up. I don't want my rig to sound like a jet engine though. I was thinking up at least getting this for my CPU: http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-RR-212E-20PK-R2/dp/B005O65JXI/ Also, thanks for everyone's help so far.

So I think I basically just can't run crossfire. I started Skyrim and within 10 mins it shut off. The fans on the video cards started to get really loud and there was lots of hot air that I felt.... then it turned off shortly after that. I disabled crossfire and ran Skyrim for 20 mins with no problems. I can physically tell that there is MUCH less heat circulating (I have the side panel off) and my temps are lower too. At full load the CPU was around 60 and the GPU was around 70. Much lower than before. These cards are GIANT and produce a ton of heat. I think you need a pretty HUGE case with tons of fans in order to run crossfire IMO. Maybe I need more space in between the 2 cards? I don't know. I am thinking I just need to give up on the whole crossfire thing and just stick with 1 card.

So I didn't see anything in the BIOS about shutting down the system. I see it says there is a warning alarm, but that is disabled. If you're saying 1 card needs 750w, are you saying that 850w isn't enough for 2? I did some research and many people seem to think my PSU is plenty for my 2 cards. As far as testing old hardware... I still have the old PSU and card. Here is what I have determined. The old PSU and old video card work fine... no shutdowns. The old PSU with ONE of the new cards work fine. I can't test the old PSU with both cards because it's not powerful enough. It's only when I have the new PSU and both new cards that it fails. Also when you refer to the 50C temp, are you meaning the PSU temp? I never though of that overheating. Is there a way to monitor the temp for that? Also here is a screnshot of my idle temps. What does Temp1, Temp2 and Temp3 mean? Also GPU 2 says 0. Does that mean it's turned off when idle?

Do you just have 1 save you're trying to access? Do you have any other saves? Does the game CTD when you try and start a new game? Sometimes my newer saves will CTD. If this happens I do the following: 1. Load an older save file that I keep on hand (that doesn't CTD) 2. Then load my newer save For whatever reason this works 100% of the time. If I can somehow just get the game up and running, I can load any other save and it will load just fine (as opposed to them doing a CTD if I try to load them directly from the main menu).

Here is a pic of my case. 2 fans in the bottom front and 2 in the top rear. Also one on the side that's not pictured. Not all the cables were hooked up when I took this, but I keep them out of the way. I've used my case for about 2 years and it's been great. Also I will try Speedfan tonight when I get home and do some testing. Also one thing I want to note is that I did run one single R9 290x with my old PSU (Antec TruePower Trio 650) for a few days without a problem. It was when I got the 2nd card and new PSU that I started having issues. What temps should I be shooting for? I know mine are high, but high enough to cause a shutdown? I haven't looked at my mainboard temp. Maybe that is overheating... According to the little testing I did last night with 1 card (and the few days I had 1 card in with my old PSU), it seems my system is completely stable with just 1 card inside. That makes me think: 1. The PSU isn't powerful enough to handle 2 cards... (this seems unlikely) or 2. The 2nd card is giving off too much heat when combined with the 1st card, making the entire system overheat.

SYSTEM: Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 Intel Core i5-2500k 3.3GHz G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 Sapphire R9 290x TRI-X OC (x2 in crossfire) - NEW UPGRADE Corsair HX850 PSU - NEW UPGRADE Old GPU was an HD7770 and old PSU was an Antec TruePower Trio 650. No OC'ing or anything. Everything is stock cooling. Case is very clean with good airflow (5 fans total). So basically this only happens while playing Skyrim. I can play Farcry 4 and 3dMark benchmarks without a problem. I don't get a blue screen or anything. It just acts like the power gets unplugged suddenly. I have to turn the switch on my PSU to OFF and then back ON for the computer to be turned back on. I have 170+ hours of Skyrim logged with my old setup (7770 + TruePower Trio) and I never had one power off. I just started getting power-downs with the new GPUs and PSU so I am thinking it has something to do with one of those. Like I mentioned earlier though, this ONLY happens during Skyrim. Anything else has been fine so far, so almost seems that Skyrim itself is the problem. My mod setup is almost the same as before, but I have changed things around slightly. I wouldn't think that would matter though. I beat the HECK out of my old setup. I would run so many mods to the point that I would get around 10 FPS (for screenshots) and never had any power-down issues.. My first thought whenever a system suddenly power off is that the PSU is bad or not powerful enough. I would think that a gold rated 850 watt PSU would be more than enough even for crossfire though. The weird thing is that I have been playing Skyrim for a few days without a problem. I also played yesterday for probably 4 hours straight. That is when it started turning off. I started it up again and it turned off within 10 mins again. Then again... and again a 4th time. At this time I loaded up 3dMark and played Farcry 4 for a bit with no issues at all. I then monitored the temps. TEMPS: GPU: Under heavy load It's usually in the high 70's, but I've seen it jump to 80-81 before. CPU: Under heavy load it's around 71. These are a bit high from what i've read, but I'm not sure if it's high enough to be causing a system shutdown. I then loaded up Skyrim again and played for a good 30-45 mins or so before it turned off again. Turned it back on and played for the rest of the night (over 1 hour) and it didn't turn off. Hmmm... Any ideas on where to start troubleshooting? The only thing I tried was disabling crossfire. It seemed to be stable (didn't shut off), but I didn't run Skyrim very long so I'm not sure if that was just luck or what.... since the issue seems to be pretty random. I did noticed that the GPU temp didn't really go above 75 with crossfire disabled, so it ran a bit cooler. I do have 1 slot free in between the 2 video cards. About 2 inches between them (don't have any more room to separate them). I am going to start some troubleshooting when I get home from work and want to ask where I should start and everything I could check. The GPUs and PSU are new so I can RMA one of those if need be. Thanks.

Have you tried disabling USB selective suspend setting?

Well that was easy. Thanks!

So I have been out of the computer building scene since 2012, so I am behind on all the latest tech. I need some help. I currently have: HD 7770 8GB RAM Intel Core i5 2500k Sandy Bridge Antec 650w TruePower Trio 1080 resolution monitor (single) I have been playing Skyrim and have recently dove into the world of mods. Without mods Skyrim runs fine on my machine, but when I start adding texture packs and other various mods, my current system simply can't keep up anymore. I would ideally like to just keep everything I have and just throw in a new card. Money isn't really an issue, but I don't want to spend money on stuff I don't need. I was thinking just throwing in an R9-280x or something similar?