Beanzwithaz Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Is this pc good enough to run skyrim?http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AMD-X6-FX-6100-3-3Ghz-Gaming-Pc-Computer-1tb-16Gb-Nvidia-GTX-660-2GB-Win-7-VB-/140851103641 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sucrilhus Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) Yes, it is. You'll be able to play way over ultra settings with that PC. PS: This is a beasty PC, really lovely.... but I think the RAM is overkill (If you plan on using it just for games) and way over the top when we compare with the processor and the Video Card. Edited January 2, 2013 by Sucrilhus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodi79 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 4 Gb ram would be better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beanzwithaz Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 Ok thanks il just remove a stick of ram and have it spare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzontlimixtli Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I have that case! It's a lovely case. :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CannabisKing Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Its a decent budget rig. Playing at high fps with high res textures will probably be a problem though. IMO you should just build your own computer, you can build something with the same specs for about 100 euros less. Don't take any ram out unless you plan to sell it; it's pointless to just downgrade your system because you can fully utilize 16gb when doing intense multi tasking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sucrilhus Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 (edited) it's pointless to just downgrade your system because you can fully utilize 16gb when doing intense multi tasking. The point is not simply downgrading RAM, but downgrading RAM to upgrade something else... The RAM is incredibly Godlike... It is way way out of the charts... 16 GB with 1600 MHz.... this is HUGE.... But the GPU, for example, is even outside the Top 10... http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html I would look for (or build myself) a computer more balanced. But that's just my opinion. Edited January 6, 2013 by Sucrilhus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigv32 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 I would agree with what has been said above. You could easily play vanilla skyrim with that machine. You should also be able to play with some decent mods as long as your smart about it. Picture the STEP mod lineup with the medium resolution settings when you are given the choice. HOWEVER, I would also agree with those above that say you could build a FAR FAR better system for about the same price. The trick is to reduce what you wouldn't need (16GB of ram for instance. If anyone ever uses that much RAM for playing just skyrim, I would love to see their mod list. and the harddrive size would help to reduce your cost. I am assuming the machine is only for gaming here. If you do do multimedia stuff, than 16GB of ram would be worth it, but at that point, you would be bottlenecked by the CPU.) I noticed the price was in euros, but I believe that works out to about 750-850 USD. Just look online for build it yourself guides. I am not sure about the rules of this forum when it comes to linking to other sites for recommendations such as this, but if you want to send me a message, I could point out where I learned and still learn about hardware and builds. Final Note If you do buy that machine, do not just take out the memory stick. I am pretty sure that will actually hurt the performance. I believe that RAM is the newer, but being DDR3, I believe it is duel channel (it could be quad, but I don't believe that is the case here). Taking one stick out will force the remaining stick into a lower channel numbers (very simply put). As for the 1600 MHz, while it is nice to have that fast of RAM, it is more expensive (this is for if you build your own). Many Mobo's won't automatically set the RAM at that frequency, and I would be curious to see if even the system that you are thinking of buying had it set at 1600 MHz. Most likely it would default to 1333 MHz. If you gaming machine is being limited by the speed of your RAM, it means (for skyrim) that you have an amazing machine that has no CPU or GPU restrictions. RAM is nice, but as Sucrithus said, upgrade something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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