Computer build question...

[xelophyce90]

Hey guys,

 

Don't know if this is the right forum, but was just wondering if you could answer a few questions about a new computer build I just bought.

 

My goal with this build is to run the game on max settings, with the 2K textures mod, lighting, fire, water, enb and running everything at a smooth 60 fps or higher. additionally i want to add a lot of NPC mods, increasing the population of cities and adding small towns and villages, etc.

 

Computer specs:

 

MSI H81M-E33 Motherboard

 

CPU - Intel I5 4570

 

GPU - Radeon R9 270X 4GB DDR5 RAM

 

RAM - 8 GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 RAM

 

128 GB SSD Drive

 

1TB Seagate Hard Drive

 

Additional components to make it run smoothly.

 

Is this build powerful enough for what I want? I want to load up on mods and add a lot of components to the world and keep everything stable.

 

 

[Novem99]

Not with that GPU.

[edgeburner]

You shouldn't have any issues with that big - rig. Just don't go tossing mods into your data folder willy nilly. Use a mod manager and install them in increments.

Also, I wouldn't let Skyrim go above 60fps.....Strange things happen when your cross that threshold. I gotta admitt though, it's pretty cool to watch a mammoth drop slowwwwly from the sky.

OMT, use BOSS or it's big brother LOOT to get a basic foothold on your load order. You may have to make some manual adjustments, but, what the hey.....we're talkin' Skyrim here :smile:

Edited August 3, 2014 by edgeburner

[camaro_69_327]

motherboard also seams a bit limited....as its a 50 dollar board is not going to be top of the line for a heavily modded Skyrim.

 

Look for a GPU that is 384 bit ...256 bit get overwhelmed with a lot of texture mods.

[Deleted5770650User]

OP I don't see issues with the build.

However if I were building it I would want a better motherboard.

 

  On 8/3/2014 at 11:40 PM, camaro_69_327 said:

motherboard also seams a bit limited....as its a 50 dollar board is not going to be top of the line for a heavily modded Skyrim.

 

Look for a GPU that is 384 bit ...256 bit get overwhelmed with a lot of texture mods.

 

Maybe you can explain why in detail, don't just say the more bits = faster GPU.

By the normal response online that more bits = faster that would also mean that 64 bit operating systems are twice as fast as 32 bit operating systems.

Edited August 4, 2014 by Guest

[xelophyce90]

i ended up upgrading to the 280x 3 gb instead. i made a mistake in my earlier post, the 270x only has 2gb. so the 280x 3gb, and playing at 1920x1080 w enb, maxed textures, etc. seems like everybody is divided on the build. cost me a pretty penny though.

 

will a different motherboard make that much of a difference?

Edited August 4, 2014 by xelophyce90

[Deleted5770650User]

With everything I know and have seen, no it wont unless you overclock.

[deRusett]

  On 8/4/2014 at 2:01 AM, xelophyce90 said:

i ended up upgrading to the 280x 3 gb instead. i made a mistake in my earlier post, the 270x only has 2gb. so the 280x 3gb, and playing at 1920x1080 w enb, maxed textures, etc. seems like everybody is divided on the build. cost me a pretty penny though.

 

will a different motherboard make that much of a difference?

 

Difference in motherboard will be marginal if at all.

Except your reliability and how things communicate with eachother. A quality motherboard is going to have better interconnect between components, it is going to have better thermal management which matters more in heavy gaming when your rig gets hot.

 

In the 15 (yikes) years I've been building rigs I've never spent less than $100 on a motherboard.

Motherboard and powersupply are 2 things I didn't want to fail and have to replace later.

[Novem99]

  On 8/4/2014 at 2:01 AM, xelophyce90 said:

i ended up upgrading to the 280x 3 gb instead. i made a mistake in my earlier post, the 270x only has 2gb. so the 280x 3gb, and playing at 1920x1080 w enb, maxed textures, etc. seems like everybody is divided on the build. cost me a pretty penny though.

 

will a different motherboard make that much of a difference?

 

The motherboard is the very last thing you should change since the difference in performance will be as already mentioned equal zero.

 

There are 4gb versions of the 270x available. But if you are planning on getting the 2gb version you won't be able to play at 60fps with 1080p, HD texture packs and ENB. You can easily reach more than 3GB just with HD mods. And then you also want an ENB on top.

Edited August 4, 2014 by Novem99

[Deleted5770650User]

  On 8/4/2014 at 8:38 AM, Novem99 said:

 

The motherboard is the very last thing you should change since the difference in performance will be as already mentioned equal zero.

 

There are 4gb versions of the 270x available. But if you are planning on getting the 2gb version you won't be able to play at 60fps with 1080p, HD texture packs and ENB. You can easily reach more than 3GB just with HD mods. And then you also want an ENB on top.

 

 

I will recommend a good FXAA injector over ENB any day. My so called insanely inferior video card with 192 bit bus and 2gb ram as called by most people. Will normally get me 40-60 fps with plenty of HD texture packs, higher quality meshes.

One of the main differences is that I don't use ENB. I also find it helps the game performance a lot to extract the BSA archives as they are compressed and compression slows down file access. I can also use hardware AA and AF and that also improves performance, but ENB does not seem to work right with hardware AA and AF.

My video card is also a fair amount worse then the 280x

Edited August 4, 2014 by Guest