Thank you for your response! Is the machine I linked in the original post ready to play with a monitor? or do I need anything else like a video card?

anyone?

You might want to get a keyboard, and preferably a gaming mouse,.though, they are on the pic but no mention in the specs part. But that is your call. Mouse can be cheap, bought mine for 15-20 pounds with 2 extra buttons and a doubleclick button and 5 DPI (sensitivity) settings and I like it. The brand is Trust if you want to look around but if you are going for the absolute minimum, regular ones will do.

My high performance desktop PC was purchased in January of 2011 for the price of $899.99 plus tax and s/h and it runs both Skyrim and TESO perfectly!

Mortelus wrote: »

Csub wrote: »

You might want to get a keyboard, and preferably a gaming mouse,.though, they are on the pic but no mention in the specs part. But that is your call. Mouse can be cheap, bought mine for 15-20 pounds with 2 extra buttons and a doubleclick button and 5 DPI (sensitivity) settings and I like it. The brand is Trust if you want to look around but if you are going for the absolute minimum, regular ones will do.

Here;

What's Included
•CyberPowerPC Gamer Ultra Desktop - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive
•Power cord
•USB gaming keyboard, USB gaming mouse
•Windows Recovery CD, driver discs
•Owner's manual

So mouse and keyboard is included, but monitor appears not to be so you would need a monitor.

DO you have HD TV? If so hook it up to that, that's what I do, looks great on a 55" screen.

My advice, don't get an XB1 or PS4, if you already have one, throw it in the bin. Then go outside and buy a new $1000 dollar PC, you'll have lots more fun

Oh true, I missed that, sorry, I am at work on my phone so did not inspect it thoroughly as it seems

All I can say, is I spent 700$ on my graphic card alone, and the game is no funner than when I had a 4 yr old graphic card.

Oh wait, i can move my graphic slider to the right some more tho. Hell ya that was fun!

Cudda wrote: »

Mortelus wrote: »

My advice, don't get an XB1 or PS4, if you already have one, throw it in the bin. Then go outside and buy a new $1000 dollar PC, you'll have lots more fun

Yup, because "graphical power" is what makes games fun, PERFECT thought process, also priceless.

I sure love playing Second Son on PC, I sure love having games optimized for my hardware on my PC.

Ahh screw it, there is no help for the ignorant.

No because gaming on a PC is more fun, like Modded Skyrim is more fun than the console version.

Where did I mention graphics in my post, because I must have missed me typing that bit. Maybe I blacked out or something.

I played Skyrim on both PC and PS3 but never molded it thus I don't even feel the need to do so! I am not saying mods are bad, they are awesome but it's not everything. There are some games that I prefer playing on my PS and some on my laptop. I would buy Skyrim for PS4 too (despite having it on PC and PS3 already) if I had one and it was released for that.

jclementi9 wrote: »

Also, is it possible for me to play ESO for PC with an Xbox One controller?

Thank you in advance and again I apologize for my beginner questions!

No, currently there is no "good" way to do this. I have heard of there being a "hack" to get xbox one controllers working. But being new to a PC, this is not recommended.

Also this game does not have native controller support, so you can not play with any controller with out using third party software.

With that said, look up posts regarding Xpadder, this will allow you to use a wired xbox 360 controller with the game. They have youtube videos to help you do this. It can still be fustrating and will not copy what experience you will have once you move back to your console, basically you will probably have to relearn all the buttons.

I think it sucks that you have to buy a new PC just to play this game,

Good luck, and i will try to post some cheap PCs that I Think would help you out.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/424139/M11BB-US004O_Desktop_Computer - no keyboard/mouse - 379.99 - Has better graphics card with HDMI out - so it can go right to your TV. You can get Kb/M for under 50-60$ gaming grade, or just a regular kb/m for like 20$ - If you want a monitor, you can add on at this site and they have a 22" AOC LED for 99.99.

Hope that helps a little bit.

Audigy wrote: »

I would advice against buying a prebuild PC, they are not good enough for gaming, no matter what the people who sell it label it.

The CPU is weak, the GPU is onboard and I am sure every other part is as well (weak). I wish there would be a law that prevents people from naming every PC "Gaming" just to sell it cheap to people who are sadly not so into PC´s.


A basic PC for TESO should have,

GPU: AMD 270x or better
CPU: Intel 2500 or better
PSU: Be quiet / Corsair / Cougar 450W or better
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue or better
Ram: 8 GB DDR3Dual channel (2x4GB) brand isn't important, 1333 is enough
Mainboard: Asrock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 or better
Case: Your choice (3 fans minimum)

For such a system you pay about 500-600 bucks and it will run every game on high or ultra.


If you buy that pre build PC, you would first need to get a new GPU for about 200 bucks + a PSU for about 100 bucks. So that you will be at around 700 bucks and still have a much weaker PC than the one I suggested.


Don't fall into the trap of pre build PC´s, they are overprized and very weak.

You missed the part where he said he isn't interested in PCs, thus he isn't going to build a PC, thus his choice is Prebuilts.

ya...

Cudda wrote: »

Audigy wrote: »

I would advice against buying a prebuild PC, they are not good enough for gaming, no matter what the people who sell it label it.

The CPU is weak, the GPU is onboard and I am sure every other part is as well (weak). I wish there would be a law that prevents people from naming every PC "Gaming" just to sell it cheap to people who are sadly not so into PC´s.


A basic PC for TESO should have,

GPU: AMD 270x or better
CPU: Intel 2500 or better
PSU: Be quiet / Corsair / Cougar 450W or better
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue or better
Ram: 8 GB DDR3Dual channel (2x4GB) brand isn't important, 1333 is enough
Mainboard: Asrock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 or better
Case: Your choice (3 fans minimum)

For such a system you pay about 500-600 bucks and it will run every game on high or ultra.


If you buy that pre build PC, you would first need to get a new GPU for about 200 bucks + a PSU for about 100 bucks. So that you will be at around 700 bucks and still have a much weaker PC than the one I suggested.


Don't fall into the trap of pre build PC´s, they are overprized and very weak.

You missed the part where he said he isn't interested in PCs, thus he isn't going to build a PC, thus his choice is Prebuilts.

ya...

You don't have retailers there that allow you to specify each component, which they then put together for you? How strange.

I play with a 360 controller (with pinnacle rather than xpadder). It's easy to set up. A quick search for 'xbox one controller pc' gives advice on using a One controller.

Mortelus wrote: »

@Audigy My prebuilt 6 year old gaming PC can handle this game on Max settings, seems pretty ok to me.... OK I did swap the graphics card out recently....

No doubt about that, the Q8200 was a good CPU and is still reliable if you don't need hyper-threading etc. Yet you must lower some settings as you mentioned, which I felt the OP didn't want to?

TESO does not really use new CPU´s, that's why all the older ones at least from Intel are fine. But I honestly hope ZO will tweak this in future, Mantle is an option, but also hyper threading is and I believe PVP with both things available will run on a decent 60 FPS on Ultra, which right now is almost impossible to achieve with a "cheap system".
He could theoretically also play on high with a basic duo core like the I3 in combination with a 750TI as example if he doesn't care that much about pvp and the improvements the client might make in future. But he only saves maybe 100 bucks and loses about 50% in comparison to a setup like suggested.

While he mentioned he only needs a PC until the Xbox comes out, I still felt spending 400-500 bucks for a weaker one is not advisable if you can get a much stronger one for 600-700 that also allows you to play other games in future.

That said, everyone value´s money differently and if he doesn't has those 200 extra then ya he wont have another choice I guess. But the PC he linked is really bad, yours in comparison is a lot better

If we OP might could tell us which shops he has around the corner, then we might be able to browse their stores and could look up a PC that is more reliable.

Cudda wrote: »

Audigy wrote: »

I would advice against buying a prebuild PC, they are not good enough for gaming, no matter what the people who sell it label it.

The CPU is weak, the GPU is onboard and I am sure every other part is as well (weak). I wish there would be a law that prevents people from naming every PC "Gaming" just to sell it cheap to people who are sadly not so into PC´s.


A basic PC for TESO should have,

GPU: AMD 270x or better
CPU: Intel 2500 or better
PSU: Be quiet / Corsair / Cougar 450W or better
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue or better
Ram: 8 GB DDR3Dual channel (2x4GB) brand isn't important, 1333 is enough
Mainboard: Asrock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 or better
Case: Your choice (3 fans minimum)

For such a system you pay about 500-600 bucks and it will run every game on high or ultra.


If you buy that pre build PC, you would first need to get a new GPU for about 200 bucks + a PSU for about 100 bucks. So that you will be at around 700 bucks and still have a much weaker PC than the one I suggested.


Don't fall into the trap of pre build PC´s, they are overprized and very weak.

You missed the part where he said he isn't interested in PCs, thus he isn't going to build a PC, thus his choice is Prebuilts.

ya...

I saw this, but building a PC is very simple that said I have a computer background due my time in university so I might not fit the norm here

That said, most decent PC shops offer a service that they build your PC for maybe 50 bucks extra. Its really worth it in my opinion if someone doesn't dare to lay hands on it himself.

I dunno if anyone mentioned a headset. If you ever plan on joining group activities, or a guild etc. it would be preferable to have a headset with mic on it so you can communicate with people in dungeons, pvp etc. In my guild we usually log on TeamSpeak before we log in game, we just talk *** while playing, it's nice.

I use Steel Series Siberia V2 headset, it's freaking awesome, sound quality is great when listening to music too. Not that expensive either, I think it was like 50eur here in Finland wher eI bought them. steelseries.com/products/audio/steelseries-siberia-v2

And even if you wanna get an affordable PC set to play with, I would say still invest into good keyboard and mouse. When I started with my first MMO I just took off the shelf of the store some really basic logitech mouse and some random keyboard. But pretty soon ended up investing in Razer products because they are just so much better, ergonomically too.

My husband build my rig, I wanted an affordable rig as well. So went with the GTX660 card for example and it's been working perfectly on ultra/high settings in the game. And it didn't really cost that much.

My advice to you is to go in to Best Buy and let them help you and I can play the game great on a Dell Inspiron laptop with the AMD A10 processor and the on board vid chip, so I wouldn't worry about that at this time since you're eventually going back to your console.