How much should I update my computer specs to play games like Skyrim without lag, etc?

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Max Tyler

Okay, so I have an ancient computer (flat screen but ancient) that has Windows XP pre-installed and still uses a LAN cable. I have a pretty decent graphics card that can run games such as Oblivion, Skyrim, Dragon Age: Origins, The Witcher 2, and LEGO Harry Potter. However, it plays the brand new Hobbit video game with terrible graphics and runs Skyrim with horrible lag, terrible FPS, and excruciatingly long loading screens. Thus, I want to update my computer with things like more RAM, Memory, Hard-Drive space (1 or 2 TB if possible) and Wi-Fi. However, I dunno how to do this and what things I should buy since I don't know my internal computer specs before installing the graphics card and don't have the computer with me yet. It'll come here in about a month or so. At the moment, I have a budget of about 400 to 500 pounds but will save up more for it so I want to know the best buy for my money. Any advice, tips, and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks in advance!!
P.S. I also want the PC to be able to run games like Diablo III, Assassin's Creed games, and more modern ones.

Answer
Game performance is mostly dependent on CPU, RAM, and your graphics card.

Here are the system requirements for Skyrim:
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:System_Requirements
Various video cards and how well they run the game are listed there.

Most games can only utilise two cores, so having a faster CPU with fewer cores is more preferable than having many cores, but a slower clock speed. So a quad-core at 3.0Ghz or faster should run Skyrim with no problems.

Get at least 4Gb of RAM. And if u have a 64bit version of Windows, even more RAM is better.

What computer gaming monitor should i buy?

steve k

Hello, i want to know whats a good gaming monitor that i could buy for no more than 300 pounds. The computer i have is an alienware aurora.
My alienware costed about 1k 500 pounds

Answer
You want something with a high contrast ratio like (>40000:1)
(dont worry too much about the contrast ratio, but dont go below 20k:1)
very low response time (2ms)

Then I'd get the largest size monitor that has those things, is within your price range and is a brand name you have heard of.

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