What are some good parts for a gaming PC?

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Shannon Cr

I have a budget of 1k to 1.5k USD, and i want to know some pretty decent- pretty good gaming PC parts. Im going to build my own, and I want to play games like Skyrim at, lets say High settings. What are some good parts, that arent too expensive?

Answer
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Microcenter)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Best Buy)

Motherboard: ASRock 970 PRO3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($77.55 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($129.99 @ Adorama)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($289.99 @ NCIX US)

Case: Zalman Z9 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit ($99.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $937.46

What graphics card would you recommend to play Skyrim on high settings?

Kevin

I would like to play Skyrim with my pc. One problem, the game isn't running fluent at all. This is probably caused by my graphics card. My setup is:

Operating System: Windows Ultimate 64bit
Processor: AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core Processor. (3.10 GHz)
Memory: 12,0GB
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6450

What graphics card would allow me to run Skyrim without any lag or other issues?

Thanks in advance!

Answer
A Radeon 6850 should be good enough to make Skyrim run smoothly. A Radeon 6850 costs about $150. (Keep in mind, a Radeon 6870 or Geforce 560 would only cost about $20 more.)

The recommended power supply for a Radeon 6850 is 500 watts or larger. (Because the FX-8120 has an higher-than-average TDP of 125W, I would take that to mean 550 watts or larger.)

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