Building Gaming Pc Specifically for modding skyrim heavily. Budget is in description.

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Hello, I'm new to the Pc world, I've had many gaming pc's, but they've all been pre built and I figure it's time to build my own. Anyhow, I'm looking to have a computer (or laptop if possible) I can build to run some graphics overhauls and much more. My budget is around 600-700, I could take it to 800 if I needed to. Thank you so much for any help I could get.


Also, if this is the wrong thread I apologize, I'm not 100 percent sure what it should be.
 
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1060 3gb will be fine for most games, but you'll be VRAM limited for the most part, especially on newer titles on medium+ settings. The 6gb version is simply a better card for not that much price difference.

8GB of RAM is still fine, but it's more worth it to buy 16GB now because adding a second...
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Also, I forgot to mention, I already have a gtx 1050 2gb oc edition from windforce. Will this be good? If not it is no problem, just figured it's good to let you know.
 
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You won't be able to do serious graphical Skyrim mods with a 1050, you may only get one middle-ground ENB or a couple graphical changes before it starts to get pushed to its limit. Ideally you'd want at least a 1050 Ti or 1060 3gb. But, for Skyrim base and a few extra mods, it should run 60 fps no problem.


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CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($197.28 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($61.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($201.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card ($279.89 @ B&H)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $897.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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This is just slightly out of your budget but would basically be considered ideal. You could throw your 1050 into this and it would be just fine until you got a new GPU. I should say that this also doesn't have an SSD, so if you used your current 1050 you could use the spare money to buy a 240GB SSD for your boot drive. It's probably worth it.
 
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Thank you very much! I was reading on some other threads and read that the ram memory wouldn't need to exceed 8gb, again, you know way more about this than I do, figured I could shave about 80 dollars off the build for now and could add on. I will indeed be adding an ssd later as well, and also, read the 1060 3gb would do just fine, just would like to hear your input since I'm currently using a system that was average 7 years ago lol
 
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1060 3gb will be fine for most games, but you'll be VRAM limited for the most part, especially on newer titles on medium+ settings. The 6gb version is simply a better card for not that much price difference.

8GB of RAM is still fine, but it's more worth it to buy 16GB now because adding a second stick doesn't always work. Unless you're prepared to buy another 16GB kit in the future.
 
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