This will play Skyrim on high, as well as most other modern games such as BF4, Bioshock Infinite, Crisis 3, etc. The lowest I can see you needing to drop is Medium. The 265 is pretty solid, and is the best of the R7 series cards.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i3-4330 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($121.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Biostar Hi-Fi H81S2 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston XMP Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Toshiba Product SeriesT01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 265 2GB...
T01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
T01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
This will play Skyrim on high, as well as most other modern games such as BF4, Bioshock Infinite, Crisis 3, etc. The lowest I can see you needing to drop is Medium. The 265 is pretty solid, and is the best of the R7 series cards.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i3-4330 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($121.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Biostar Hi-Fi H81S2 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston XMP Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Toshiba Product Series
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($19.95 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $624.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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