Will this run Skyrim (ultra settings with lots of mods)

[Thomas Norton Crossman]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/P7gZXL - will this build run Skyrim with ultra settings and lots of mods? Is their a cheaper alternative that will do a better/the same job? My budget is about £800-£900 thereabouts. All help is appreciated!

 

[lukelaw]

Yes

 

[i7Baby]

Put your pc details into http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=625&game=The%20Elder%20Scrolls%20V to find out.

I think you should be fine.

 

[TopLuca]

Yes that will but change this PSU to this One : http://www.amazon.com/XFX-PRO650W-Edition-Bronze-Certified/dp/B0045L5LGI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408145960&sr=8-1&keywords=xfx+650w

CX Series are made of cheap capacitors while XFX are quality and made by Seasonic also 650 Should be enough for future upgrades .

FUS RO DAH

 

[Thomas Norton Crossman]

Yes that will but change this PSU to this One : http://www.amazon.com/XFX-PRO650W-Edition-Bronze-Certified/dp/B0045L5LGI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408145960&sr=8-1&keywords=xfx+650w

CX Series are made of cheap capacitors while XFX are quality and made by Seasonic also 650 Should be enough for future upgrades .

FUS RO DAH

Thanks for the speedy reply. How about this - will this do a better or worse job? - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/bP6L4D

 

[i7Baby]

Yo're jumping around too much.

Why post the first build if you can't afford it?

You were told that the CX PSUs are crappy. Also you don't need 16gb ram. The i5 4690k is a better cpu.

 

[Thomas Norton Crossman]

Yo're jumping around too much.

Why post the first build if you can't afford it?

You were told that the CX PSUs are crappy. Also you don't need 16gb ram. The i5 4690k is a better cpu.

I can afford it - but i just wanted an opinion on this one as well because someone recommended it ahead of the first one.

 

[TopLuca]

Stick with the 1st Build and get a XFX PSU instead of Corsair , preferably 650W

 

[i7Baby]

If you can afford it, go with the first build. Just change the PSU to Seasonic 620, XFX 650 or Antec HCG 620M and change the Graphics card to the Gigabyte Windforce version

 

[TopLuca]

If you can afford it, go with the first build. Just change the PSU to Seasonic 620, XFX 650 or Antec HCG 620M and change the Graphics card to the Gigabyte Windforce version

Don't punch him in the face 😀

 

[i7Baby]

Wait till he now puts up the $600 AMD build

 

[Thomas Norton Crossman]

If you can afford it, go with the first build. Just change the PSU to Seasonic 620, XFX 650 or Antec HCG 620M and change the Graphics card to the Gigabyte Windforce version

Don't punch him in the face 😀

Too late - my nose is already red. Cheers btw for your help.

 

[TopLuca]

If you can afford it, go with the first build. Just change the PSU to Seasonic 620, XFX 650 or Antec HCG 620M and change the Graphics card to the Gigabyte Windforce version

Don't punch him in the face 😀

Too late - my nose is already red. Cheers btw for your help.

Your Welcome 😉

 

[jacob9hawkes]

Hello again, I swear I've seen you somewhere else... 😉 glad you got the thread up and running so to the build. I'd stick with the first one personally. 16GB RAM and an i7 is overkill for Skyrim, no need to spend that much switch to an XFX power supply as well if you want - there's actually nothing BAD about Corsair CX power supplies, but the XFX will likely be better. the only thing you should definitely do is switch to either a semi-modular or fully modular PSU, this means you can pick and choose the cables you need and it'll be a godsend when you get around to building the system. Corsair do a 'CXM' series, but you can narrow down to modular via PC Part Picker to look for other versions. Maybe take a look at the Corsair RM series - silence optimised, will go great with the Define R4 (great choice BTW, I recently bought one myself), and a lot more efficient, plus it's fully modular I'd personally swap the RAM to this: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmz8gx3m2a1866c9 solely becuase you 'll be looking at blue RAM on a red motherboard through to side panel window - would drive me nuts 😛 up to you though also, slightly better motherboad for overclocking: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97gaming3 (I think, given the addition of extra heat syncs, hard to tell in reality though), and also slightly cheaper than most of the ASROCK listings I could see - correct me if I'm wrong and the asrock was cheaper. And a better GPU - a bit cheaper I believe, as well: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-912v308002 plus, the styling matched to motherboard... Yeah i'm OCD about that type of thing 😛 my only other suggestion would be perhaps get a SSD - will help with faster boot ups and loading all those mods

 

[Thomas Norton Crossman]

If you can afford it, go with the first build. Just change the PSU to Seasonic 620, XFX 650 or Antec HCG 620M and change the Graphics card to the Gigabyte Windforce version

Don't punch him in the face 😀

Too late - my nose is already red. Cheers btw for your help.

Your Welcome 😉

Just to clarify - this is now the finished build minus a monitor yes? On that note - so you guys recommend any particular monitors that are not horrifically expensive?

 

[Thomas Norton Crossman]

Sorry, only just noticed your reply Jacob. Im not fussed about the blue-red thing. And you will have to forgive my noobness but - overclocking??

Here is what i have so far Jacob

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/nortycrosal/saved/#savedbuild_1368885

Any further adjustments that would
a) make it cheaper but keep the quality of play the same
b) Keep the price similar whilst rising quality of play
c) Just generally you think would be good.

 

[i7Baby]

Try $180 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236102

 

[Thomas Norton Crossman]

Is their a cheaper case i can get? Im not to keen on the £90 case. It doesn't need to look fancy - it just needs to be able to house everything. Thanks again.

 

[jacob9hawkes]

Overclocking is increasing the speed of a CPU or other component (you can do it to RAM, GPU or graphics card memory - known as VRAM -) to above what it would usually operate at.
If it's not something you're going to do, then switch to the i5 4690 ( http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54690 ) - no 'K' at the end. the K means you can overclock it

also, drop the Z97 motherboard and pick a H97 board - no overclocking ability and cheaper: here's a good one - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-h97gaming3 .

Oh and something to note is that you can't get that version of the case in the UK at the minute... Here's the normal one: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcadefr4blw .

I wouldn't use the Antec PSU if i were you. Not exactly to best there is... :/ try this one: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1650xxxb9 - cheaper and better quality probably.

As for monitors, what size are you looking for? And will you be playing any online games with it?

 

[jacob9hawkes]

Oh and here is a cheaper case - just swapped to one with no window http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcadefr4bl

 

[Thomas Norton Crossman]

Overclocking is increasing the speed of a CPU or other component (you can do it to RAM, GPU or graphics card memory - known as VRAM -) to above what it would usually operate at.
If it's not something you're going to do, then switch to the i5 4690 ( http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54690 ) - no 'K' at the end. the K means you can overclock it

also, drop the Z97 motherboard and pick a H97 board - no overclocking ability and cheaper: here's a good one - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-h97gaming3 .

Oh and something to note is that you can't get that version of the case in the UK at the minute... Here's the normal one: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcadefr4blw .

I wouldn't use the Antec PSU if i were you. Not exactly to best there is... :/ try this one: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1650xxxb9 - cheaper and better quality probably.

As for monitors, what size are you looking for? And will you be playing any online games with it?

ok ive changed those ( http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/nortycrosal/saved/#savedbuild_1368885 ) - is there a cheaper case though - i dont really care if its doesn't look beautiful i just need it to be able to house everything. And monitor wise 22-24 inch - no more than £150. i7Baby suggested the one currently on their.

 

[Thomas Norton Crossman]

OK - hopefully this is starting to look good - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/nortycrosal/saved/#savedbuild_1368885

 

[Thomas Norton Crossman]

Oh darn - i didn't realise that im slightly over budget. Is there anyway we can cut back £100 or so with minimal loss of performance?

 

[jacob9hawkes]

Case suggestion is above your last post, I'd recommend adding this extra fan to the front of the case as well, bit of extra air flow: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fan-fdfanssr2140

it doesn't look like you switched the CPU btw, still a 'K' at the end

Monitor wise, I'd go for this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-VX239H-23-inch-Widescreen-Monitor/dp/B00D6L4Y9I

I've got the 27' version and boy does the picture look gorgeous!

 

[jacob9hawkes]

Yep we can cut back some things. Switch the CPU to the version without the 'K', and there's £10 back http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54690

Switch to this RAM as speed will barely make a difference: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/patriot-memory-pvl38g160c9kr

use this motherboard: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gah97md3h

this case: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcadefminibl

What's ther price like with these?