Skyrim/Eyefinity build, assistance needed

if you must do AMD, get a 4-core 955BE, and overclock it to 3.6-3.8 GHz

also, you don't have a video card there. Given you want to play across 3 monitors, I would suggest two HD 6950 2GB models in Crossfire

You might as well increase your memory to 16 gb because your budget is so high. If you overclock like ScrewySqrl says, make sure you get a heatsink like the Hyper 212

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

This will fit your cpu or the one mentioned by ScrewySqrl.

I am unable to find a video card of that sort with a PCI 2.0 x16 and my motherboard does not have any PCI 2.1 x16... in fact i can't find ANY motherboards with a PCI 2.1 x16

2.1 and 2.0 are nearly identical.

Just a question; Why AMD?

It was suggested to me for price reasons... with all the parts i have here, i'm pretty much at the peak of my budget.

also, would this for as a graphics card?

Honestly, if you really want to do a triple monitor setup then go big or go home.

Intel i5 2500k OC to 4.5 Ghz

AMD 6990 or Nvidia GTX 590

Well above your budget but that is what it takes if you want to get 60+ fps on the highest settings. Triple monitors really do make that much of a difference. 3x the resolution requires 3x the graphics horsepower.

I could probably sacrifice max settings as it is the IDEAL computer for me... I'd really rather stick with my AMD choice so i don't have to spend too much on intel. With the parts that i currently have selected, the total cost so far is $1,615.84 with all the accessories and such.

I agree with Ares, when it comes to Eyefinity you have to either go all out or be prepared to lower the detail a lot.

I would also recommend an i5 2500k but more importantly 2x 6950s will perform just as well as a 6990, so long as your not planning to go 2 6990s down the track  

I would also recommend squeezing in an SSD if you can stretch.

Dont know if im to late here, But you know Skyrim does not support Eyefinity yet... I tried to set it up using other software but it did not work wery well, menues got messed up and caracter creasion for example, you cant see the character etc...

Dont know if betasheda will ever support Eyefinity in Skyrim, but I think you will have to wait a while for a good third party tool for that game. Kind of similar to witcher 2, it is tools out there, but the results isent exactly perfect...

On a Sidenote... It was said bigger the better for Eyefinity?... Well... It really depends how much space you got, atleast if your putting your screens in Panorama.

I bought 3x27" monitors, and I was getting a headdace and a sore neck from turning my head because I was sitting way to Close, So I whent off and bought myself a HUGE desk (It got pretty expencive), Now I wish I got 30" or bigger...   It Really depends on how far away from the monitors you are sitting.

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