Budget pc for skyrim with mods

[Lukeus]

Hi I am looking for a computer for my son on a budget, it is simply wanted to play skyrim with graphical mods and be able to run well, can anyone recommend a pre built or costume built which can do so? Under 400 if possible please. Thank you

 

[ArnoBaes]

http://www.reddit.com/comments/1khff2V

Found an interesting reddit on this.

 

[ArnoBaes]

graphical mods do take a little power, so I fear for that.

 

[Bezzell]

Skyrim mods chew up VRAM. I'd suggest getting the best 4gb video card you can afford and go from there.

 

[Saga Lout]

That Reddit link returns a 404 Page not found.

 

[yeskay]

Hi I am looking for a computer for my son on a budget, it is simply wanted to play skyrim with graphical mods and be able to run well, can anyone recommend a pre built or costume built which can do so? Under 400 if possible please. Thank you

Hello Lukeus,

Even when on a budget, as much as possible try to build a PC balancing your current requirement and possible good future upgrade path.

Consider this config meets your prime requirements and at the same time offers great future upgrade path:

- Play Skyrim including Mods with pretty good graphical fidelity. Most modern games with medium/high graphical fidelity @720/1080p
- The Intel G3258 clocked at 3.2Ghz is a budget gaming beast and can be easily clocked to at least 4.0Ghz after updating the motherboard BIOS.
- Included the H97M chipset based board so that the G3258 will work out of the box without any BIOS update. But on H81/B85/H87 based board you may need a BIOS update even for the board to recognize the processor. Also the Gigabyte H97M D3H allows you to upgrade to any Haswell/Haswell Refresh/Broadwell i3/i5/i7 in future including the i5 4690 or i7 4790 processors
- The GTX 750 Ti only require a 400W PSU that can deliver 20Amps or more on its +12V rail. The EVGA 500W can delivery 40Amps on its +12V rail, which is more than enough.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($75.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $476.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-21 11:08 EDT-0400

Cheers!