Recommend me some mods, yo

[tommau5]

My new rig shall be finished by the end of the week so I might as well download some mods in preparation. The problem is that I don't know which ones to get lol.

 

Rig:

i5-3570k 3.4 GHz

HD 7970 GHz edition

16GB Corsair Vengeance

1920x1080 monitor (for now)

 

From what I've read so far, this set-up could run vanilla Skyrim on max (?) settings very well (75+ FPS) so I really just want an idea of which visual mods I'll be able to use and how much they affect performance. I'm particularly thinking about the HD texture mods, ENBs and all that good stuff.

 

If anyone with a similar set-up can tell me which mods they use or would recommend, that would be very helpful :)

Cheers.

[AGlobalThreat]

Nah man, with a 7970 you can't run it even on low, you need quad gtx 690 to even play this on max.

 

Just kiddin, your rig is strong enough, the graphics card laughs at this game i think :D

 

Go to the nexus and get most of the top files of all time, begin with them. Skyrim Flora Overhaul and so on and find your favorite ENB, there are lots of them!

 

My recommended mods are Crafting 300 - Armory of Tamriel (i think it's called like this)

 

Drow Armor Set (Self-explanatory)

 

My favorite mods are already listed in the Top mods of all time :D

[tommau5]

Nah man, with a 7970 you can't run it even on low, you need quad gtx 690 to even play this on max.

 

Just kiddin, your rig is strong enough, the graphics card laughs at this game i think :D

 

Go to the nexus and get most of the top files of all time, begin with them. Skyrim Flora Overhaul and so on and find your favorite ENB, there are lots of them!

 

My recommended mods are Crafting 300 - Armory of Tamriel (i think it's called like this)

 

Drow Armor Set (Self-explanatory)

 

My favorite mods are already listed in the Top mods of all time :D

 

Cheers mate, I'm loving some of these ENB mods, its incredible how much they change the appearance of the game. Its almost like a different game. Armory of Tamriel also looks awesome.

 

Are there many good weapon retextures? What really bothers me whilst watching videos demonstrating HD textures/ENBs is when they raise their weapon/shield and it looks shoddy compared to everything else.

[SephirothHui]

For weapon retextures i'd recommend the weapon retexture project, or WRP, on nexus. If you like the addition of new weapons then check out Weapons of the Third Era.