Sandatharius Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 (edited) Here's what I'm getting: *Asus M5A99X EVO Socket AM3+ AMD 990X/SB950Chipset Dual Channel DDR3 MB*AMD Bulldozer X6 FX-6100 (95W) Six Core SocketAM3+, 3.3GHz, 8Mb Cache,32nm*Msi Nvidia 680 GTX Video Card w/ 1 gig Video RAM*16 Gig DDR 3 Kingston RAM*120 Gig SSD SATA 6G OCZ Vertex 3 *500 GB WD Sata Harddrive*Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit I was buying a new system anyway, but Skyrim was definitely on my mind when I decided on what I wanted! I want to run Skyrim off the SSD drive, so I think the load times will be super-fast. Check out the video card..... Edited April 2, 2012 by Sandatharius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlRocks Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 (edited) I like Asus mobos, that's what I use. It's so featureful and nice. Now, as for the rest, you should have absolutely not problem whatsoever running Skyrim. Or the official high res texture pack. Or that 2K or whatever it's called texture pack, if you wanted to. You could still max Skyrim with high res textures for a bit cheaper with a GTX 500 series card, just get a good one, but that 680 should smoke anything and everything. The only thing I would jump down on is your RAM. I have 12GB myself, and it's only because I got one 4GB for free lol It's never used, I've never even topped 35% of it, and that's running Skyrim with multiple tabs of IE open in the background plus the CK. I mean, literally I need to be doing way more than I need to be to even use more than like 25% lol 16GB is good for bragging, but you can't even max 8GB really, so you might wanna go down to 8 or 12, and bump up the speed it runs at. I don't know your current RAM's speed, but your mobo supports up to 1866MHz or 2133 if you wanna overclock. The speed will do you more good than GB, because like I said, it's only gonna max if you force it. Also, is your regular HDD 7200RPM or 5400RPM? Edited April 3, 2012 by AxlRocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortunado3 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 I think this is a shameless bragging thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandatharius Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 (edited) I think this is a shameless bragging thread.Why? All I want is some feedback on whether this is a good combination of hardware, what I can expect from this running Skyrim, and some suggestions on where I perhaps should have focused more on. I am also looking for people that have a similar setup - particularly the 680 video card. This is a newly released card, so I am looking for comments on how it fared with Skyrim. I already got one serious reply that I found quite helpful. Your observation OTOH......not so much. Yes, I'm excited about getting a new system - my last one was 5 years ago. Of course, you can think whatever you like. :tongue: Edited April 3, 2012 by Sandatharius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrolympia78 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 my PC's bordering on 3 years now, and I'm using an ancient 5750 Raedon. I can run the game on ultra as long as I turn the shadows down, your PC should own this game even if you install a bunch of texture mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceor Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 If I'm spending that kind of money, I'd get a graphics card with more VRAM. Once you add some graphics mods and big texture replacers, it's very easy to max out the graphics card's memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daver219 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Awesome system, but I agree with Lanceor on the VRAM, which could become an issue. Also agree with AxlRocks on the RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartG66 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 seems like a good system, there's isn't really any advice I can give that hasn't already been mentioned, I just came in to say don't buy ATI GFX cards (you aren't so it doesn't matter, lol)anyway the ATI card I use at the moment will be the last one I ever buy, Nvidia all the way from now on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glhadiator Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Here's what I'm getting: *Asus M5A99X EVO Socket AM3+ AMD 990X/SB950Chipset Dual Channel DDR3 MB*AMD Bulldozer X6 FX-6100 (95W) Six Core SocketAM3+, 3.3GHz, 8Mb Cache,32nm*Msi Nvidia 680 GTX Video Card w/ 1 gig Video RAM*16 Gig DDR 3 Kingston RAM*120 Gig SSD SATA 6G OCZ Vertex 3 *500 GB WD Sata Harddrive*Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit I was buying a new system anyway, but Skyrim was definitely on my mind when I decided on what I wanted! I want to run Skyrim off the SSD drive, so I think the load times will be super-fast. Check out the video card..... I did the same thing. My inspiration was Skyrim as well. Better buckle up, the graphics will blow you away! Since you went Nvidia check this site out http://www.geforce.com/Optimize/Guides/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-tweak-guide?sf2686171=1/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandatharius Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 (edited) Thanks for everyone's replies. I appreciate it ! As it turns out, I'm wrong about the Video Card's on board RAM - according to several sites, the actual memory size is 2 gigs DDR5. So, that being said I should be golden, right? I'll certainly take the system RAM advice to heart, also. Edited April 3, 2012 by Sandatharius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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