gsmanners Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 27 inches? Oh, yeah. Turn your head to see from one side to the other? Now, that is an upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted3765355User Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) I spent $1,200 on a custom gaming rig that I built myself (first build ever, fun as hell to do) just so I could play Skyrim on the PC and mod the crap out of it. And of course it's a beast at any other game I choose to play at that.So yes, it's very worth it to upgrade in my opinion. Edited June 3, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarchinBunny Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I would say yes, it is most certainly worth it. I have not done this yet, since I don't have the money to splurge on a new machine sadly. My computer already can handle a lot though for what it cost me. Cost me $500 and it can play Skyrim on nearly all high settings 720p, with 1024 textures at around 30 - 40FPS. Not to shabby I say. ENBs though, they kill my FPS all the way down to 10 -20 FPS, it almost doesn't matter what settings I have skyrim on, so I simply just do not use ENB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunisherX100 Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 (edited) Are you nuts? Of course I would upgrade, and have done so over the years for games. Why? because it improves your entire PC operation - more than just one game. I disagree with the above poster that this forum isn't the place to inquire on such things. I have used this forum for many years and there are some pretty savvy people on it. But I would agree about Tom's hardware and add to check out Asus' ROG (Republic of Gamers) forum. Here's the thing: Your video card is where its at. Always bump it first and the more memory on it you get the better. Before I built my new rig last month, I was running Skyrim maxed settings and AA forced on at 16X and AS at 16 X in the Nvidia control panel, 1920 X 1200 resolution with a Gygabyte Windforce GTX 680 card and only a dual core processor E6600 (OC to 3.33) 6 year old mobo, and 4 gigs RAM and 4gigs Ready boost USB. It was amazing. I even added a bunch of 2K texture packs. Do be sure you have the Power supply for a good card and do not go by minimum specs. Have lots of extra juice on the 12 volt rails. I Like 800 to 1000W Like Wicket . . .and Chaos Corps above I just upgraded my old rig last month. Built it myself - you save a lot of $$. My 2nd gaming rig build. This is the most beautiful game in the world. I take pics in it just for the view. Edited June 4, 2013 by PunisherX100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunisherX100 Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Hey Chaos corpDid you move Skyrim form a preious installation on your older PC, or install it first time on the new system? If moving it, please see my thread asking about the best way to do it and let me know how you did it. thanks man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgf1974 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 (edited) I wish I had a setup like your current one. And doubling your power consumption is not necessarily a good idea. Maybe want to rethink that idea. So having double the video cards won't use more juice? Come on. Oh, video cards. Didnae see the SLI bit. Wouldn't double his wattage, though. http://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/printer/power-requirements-for-graphics-cards Just an FYI... I was looking toward the future. The PSU in the old Acer was 350W. The upgraded one is 600W. I still have the 600W PSU in addition to the original DVD drive and 2 sticks of RAM but I got an even newer video card (Crossfire capable) along with a new motherboard, CPU, 2 more sticks of RAM and a new case. Next up: replace all the RAM with faster, bigger sticks (total of 32 GB) and get another video card (to make use of Crossfire). That's why I doubled the PSU power capacity. According to the chart at http://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/printer/power-requirements-for-graphics-cards, I should be using a 500W minimum PSU (it's just a Radeon HD 7770). Edited June 5, 2013 by sgf1974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiftyTifty Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I wish I had a setup like your current one. And doubling your power consumption is not necessarily a good idea. Maybe want to rethink that idea. So having double the video cards won't use more juice? Come on. Oh, video cards. Didnae see the SLI bit. Wouldn't double his wattage, though. http://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/printer/power-requirements-for-graphics-cards Just an FYI... I was looking toward the future. The PSU in the old Acer was 350W. The upgraded one is 600W. I still have the 600W PSU in addition to the original DVD drive and 2 sticks of RAM but I got an even newer video card (Crossfire capable) along with a new motherboard, CPU, 2 more sticks of RAM and a new case. Next up: replace all the RAM with faster, bigger sticks (total of 32 GB) and get another video card (to make use of Crossfire). That's why I doubled the PSU power capacity. According to the chart at http://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/printer/power-requirements-for-graphics-cards, I should be using a 500W minimum PSU (it's just a Radeon HD 7770). You do realize that the 500W minimum is when you have a super-overclocked AMD proccy, a bazillion HDDs, fans, super-overclocked RAM and loads o' DVD drives, correct? The 6670 DDR3 is rated @ 400W *MINIMUM*. You can run it on a 250W PSU just fine. And people have. Graphics cards, supposing you haven't chocked your compy up to the bahoozle with parts, care more about spare amps rather than watts. Reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhowington Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Despite all the back and forth on specs and debate on what is best for a build. The question is would you upgrade just to play Skyrim. The obvious answer is YES but, with a caveat. If you have a AMD 2 processor or Intel 700 series the answer is yes.If you have anything less than a AMD 7850 or GTX 650 graphics card then yes. Of course that means a motherboard upgrade and probably a case. Now the power supply, while I agree with FiftyTifty about watts vre. amps. I also believe in future proofing. I personally would never put less than a 750 platinum modular PSU in my build, most rigs run fine on a 450 to 500 watt PSU unless you are running a Raid setup. All that being said, there is nothing more satisfying than building your own rig. You have both a sense of accomplishment and free yourself forever from the off the shelf crap and save money at the same time. That is my 2 cents, and take it for what you will. Oh (yeah one more thing) overclocking doesn't really matter with Skyrim. It may even be a detriment so be careful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiftyTifty Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Despite all the back and forth on specs and debate on what is best for a build. The question is would you upgrade just to play Skyrim. The obvious answer is YES but, with a caveat. If you have a AMD 2 processor or Intel 700 series the answer is yes.If you have anything less than a AMD 7850 or GTX 650 graphics card then yes. Of course that means a motherboard upgrade and probably a case. Now the power supply, while I agree with FiftyTifty about watts vre. amps. I also believe in future proofing. I personally would never put less than a 750 platinum modular PSU in my build, most rigs run fine on a 450 to 500 watt PSU unless you are running a Raid setup. All that being said, there is nothing more satisfying than building your own rig. You have both a sense of accomplishment and free yourself forever from the off the shelf crap and save money at the same time. That is my 2 cents, and take it for what you will. Oh (yeah one more thing) overclocking doesn't really matter with Skyrim. It may even be a detriment so be careful. Future proofing? That's just a fallacy. The whole idea behind it is to splurge big bucks today, so you can compete with tomorrow's conservative computers. You're much better off, both in the graphical and financial department, in buying what you need now then upgrading when your current set up doesn't do what you want it to. Raid wouldn't do a damn thing to your PSU. You're thinking of Crossfire/SLI; A HDD, even the high end ones, use around 10 watts. And that's when they're being utterly thrashed by a 24/7 defrag. AMD 2 Processor? I assume you mean the AM2 socket. And by Intel 700, you mean the LGA755 socket, correct? Yeah; I'd suggest upgrading from the AM2 socket. The Athlon 64 x2 proccies are dinosaurs by now. The LGA755 socket...Eh. It's newer than the AM2 socket. Due to most ATX LGA755 socket motherboards supporting the Core 2 Quad processors, if you already have a C2Q, there's no point in upgrading; diminishing returns 'n' all. And about the overclocking; Bethesda's games are renowned for their intolerance of OCs. It's not SO bad in Skyrim, but in my experience, if you even OC by a couple MHz (GPU or CPU), don't be surprised when Fallout freezes every four minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorgersson Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 of course i will, buying new parts for my pc ;) Trying to afford an i7 with a huge graphic card, not sure which one yet lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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