Which PC parts are most pertinent to playing heavily modded (Bethesda) games?

[taintedfire12]

Im looking to build my first gaming PC and feel excitedand at the same time, a little over my head.

 

I want to do so because Ive seen some amazingbasically redefining of games like Skyrim and Fallout 4.

 

That being said, would anyone know where I should start first in this seemingly messy Lego set for adults? Any help would be greatly appreciated ^^;

[HeyYou]

I love your description. :) Way too accurate. :D

 

First things first, what is your budget? Where I work, we custom build machines in varying degrees of performance. Gaming machines usually start around 1500 or so, for a decent machine. They can get truly stupid from there. Recently built a really nice one for just under 3K.... but, it's way to easy to spend money on them. :D

[taintedfire12]

Well Im looking at $2500-$3000. Might be willing to go a little overmaybe (seems like everythings more expensive nowadays anyway).

But Ive heard that one could do a decent job of modding games with just such a budget. ^^

[HeyYou]

Actually, you can build a REALLY nice machine for that. i7 proc, RTX 3070ti vid card, 32 gb RAM, (or 64, if you are still within budget. :) ) NVME SSD, 1tb or so. Vid card prices have come down quite a bit since last year..... Where ya at? The shop I work at would happily build you a very nice machine. :)

[taintedfire12]

I live in the Sunnyvale area, Bay Area California.

[HeyYou]

Other side of the continent from me. :) Shipping would be expensive.....

[gnarly1]

Im looking to build my first gaming PC and feel excitedand at the same time, a little over my head.

 

I want to do so because Ive seen some amazingbasically redefining of games like Skyrim and Fallout 4.

 

That being said, would anyone know where I should start first in this seemingly messy Lego set for adults? Any help would be greatly appreciated ^^;

The most important part of the PC for a heavily modded game is the water pump. A pump that can maximise the throughput of water is going to spin the turbines on the GPU and CPU at max RPM which will in turn generate higher FPS.

 

Every other component to this is secondary. Just make sure you have good pressure seals on the pipes - water and electronics don't play nice together.....

[taintedfire12]

Are water pumps that much more difficult to work with?

This is still my first pc and I dont really know what Im doing ^^;

[0xC0000005]

I think gnarly1 is trolling, the water pump speed does not increase FPS.

 

I use the website PCPartPicker to assemble a parts list when building a machine.

I would recommend looking at the sample builds for ideas, their forum also has a section where you can post your requirements,budget, etc and other users can post a suggested parts list.

[HeyYou]

Are water pumps that much more difficult to work with?

This is still my first pc and I dont really know what Im doing ^^;

Unless you are going to be doing SERIOUS over-clocking (which I don't recommend), water cooling isn't necessary. Stick with good ol' heatsink and fan setups. Easy to see if they are working, and very little maintenance required.