Want to run Skyrim with enb on high graphics, is my hardware good enou

[Welden]

First of all, excuse my terrible english.

 

I play Skyrim since the start, but I've always had problems with my fps when I was trying to run Skyrim with enb graphics.

 

I'm planning to upgrade my Computer, what components have to be changed?

 

my current system:

 

win 7 64bit

drive: Samsung HD103SI SCSI 1TB

graphiccard: MSI HD 5770 Hawk 1GB

processor: AMD Athlon II x4 635

ram: 2x 2gb ddr3 1333mhz

motherboard: asrock n68-s ucc

 

my budget is arround 450$ or 350€, so please tell me what to change. I'm not really into hardware.

 

Greetings

Edited November 26, 2012 by Welden

[Dan3345]

AM3+ Motherboard for $70.00

 

AM3+ FX series 6300 hex core

 

GTX 660 with two gig's of VRAM

 

Your RAM is fine, the only thing you didn't post which I would like to know is your power supply. Please post the brand, and the wattage if you can. Or the model of it.

 

This computer isn't the fastest but it ain't the slowest either. Without an ENB installed you could easily run skyrim on high settings with about 40-60 fps with vsync on. With an ENB you can use the nvidia drivers to cap the FPS at half refresh rate (so 30 fps) if you are like me and want stable frames. Either way, you shouldn't see your FPS go below 30 on a setup like this.

 

BTW: All together this will set you back $440 dollars. But depending on what power supply you have you may need to spend more.

[Welden]

I've installed a lot of different mods. With high settings I'm running skyrim on 15 fps... even without enb.

So you think the power supply could be the problem? I' have 420W with 5.5A, isn't that enoug?

 

I'm planning on buying this components (next month the power supply and motherboard, and in the new year the ram and the processor, and at last the new praphic card), does that makes sence?

 

power supply

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B006K2D6PS/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF

 

ram (2x)

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B004CRSM4I/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_3?ie=UTF8&smid=ALPJ49DNEL3HT

 

processor

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B009O7YU56/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_4?ie=UTF8&smid=A32W3989DZTKZY

 

motherboard

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B005POPRG8/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_2?ie=UTF8&smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF

 

graphic card

http://www.amazon.de/Zotac-NVIDIA-Grafikkarte-Speicher-Displayport/dp/B0095GU0Z0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354010777&sr=8-1

Edited November 27, 2012 by Welden

[Illiad86]

I have a very similar setup (faster RAM, Phenom II x4, same graphics card) and I'm using a 450W PSU. Skyrim runs pretty reasonable on my system, anywhere from 40-60FPS outdoors on Ultra settings, 4xAA, 16xAF, official high res patch. Never used any of that ENB stuff because none of the variants really caught my eye. I prefer using Realistic Lighting because there's no huge FPS hit (almost none it seems like).

 

You picked a nice little system there. I would suggest finding a different processor though, those 8 cores aren't all that fantastic. If you could find one of the Phenom II quad cores or the 6 cores, that would be a better choice. If not, you probably should consider going Intel if it's within your budget.

[Welden]

I changed once more my wishes, and I'm going to run out with this setup

 

 

power supply

http://www.amazon.de/DTK-Combat-Supply-Passiv-PC-Netzteil/dp/B0015RXZBI/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1354036189&sr=1-2

 

processor (Im not sure, which i should choose)

or

http://www.amazon.de/AMD-Phenom-Black-Edition-Prozessor/dp/B002SRQ214/ref=pd_bxgy_computers_img_z

or

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B005UBNKWO/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_3?ie=UTF8&smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF

 

ram

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B006EWUO22/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF

 

motherboard

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B005504QAA/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_2?ie=UTF8&smid=A31522I6NTHR25

 

graphic card

I would prefer to keep my hd 5770, but I think it would not be worth it, or?

 

If I had to choose a new one, it would be the gtx 660

http://www.amazon.de/Zotac-NVIDIA-Grafikkarte-Speicher-Displayport/dp/B0095GU0Z0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354036315&sr=8-1

[Dan3345]

I would stay away from that power supply. It's 750 watts for what looks really cheap. Not to good with foreign exchanges...

 

I would go with that 6100 or 6300 for the cpu.

 

It would not be worth it to keep your 5770 with a new cpu. There would be a bottleneck, so its probably better to just get the 660 or the AMD 7770.

 

Stay away from that power supply though, it looks fishy to me.

[kalikka]

GTX 660 draws max 118W from the PSU, so a good 450W is enough (XFX 450w?).

If you live in EU for the shop I recommend Mindfactory.

That is a high quality PSU. 550w costs only 8€ more.

I could build you a decent MF shopping cart if you ask (I build lots of those in another forum :P )

 

EDIT: I made it anyway... I enjoy building PCs a little too much :/

With i3-3220

With i5-3470

Notice the free games with the GPU. You can also drop the price a little by taking XFX 550W PSU.

Review about performance, fx-6300 vs fx-4300 vs i3-3220 vs i5-3570k etc.etc.

3470 = 3570k without overclocking.

Edited November 27, 2012 by kalikka

[Welden]

Im from Germany, so im in the eu :)

 

I've decided to buy the 3570k, because I don't know if I can overclock the 3470.

That graphics you put in is amazing! Thanks for that, I really like it!

[kalikka]

3570k build.

Should be relatively easy to get 4,5ghz OC with the cooler/mobo combo.

 

I also ordered my PC from mindfactory, its pretty stupid that even with 30€ shipping the price of my rig dropped by ~200€ compared to lowest Finnish prices...

My rig.

Using h2o cooler (with 2x f12) instead of macho to fit the side-fan to the Rosewill Blackhawk case. 750W SF for crossfire.

If I would build a new PC now (without going for xfire), I would change SSD to intel 330 and take 550W SF (or XFX).

[Dan3345]

Any CPU with a K at the end of the name means it is unlocked and ready for overclocking.