phazer11

Um... this isn't a mod, it's a tool.

Yes one of the things is how we're handling BSAs and some side projects that if they cne through and work as intended will make it even easier (and faster) to download and install the mods you need for the guide.

Yes, for the STEP guide only, for packs like REGS or Skyrim Revisited where you have to optimize textures and such to play them without overload I'd think it's a bit much to expect the guide authors to do.

Those "fixes" usually cause more problems than if you were just dealing with your original problem.

Um... so, just to be sure I understand correctly. What you're saying is that if we install a mod that adds files in a loose file format it won't matter that we did so because the .bsa containing the same files takes priority? Please correct me if I'm wrong (I am operating with a headache and need to go to bed but that's what I'm reading atm). At ESRB I'm fairly certain it is allowed or at least it's a grey area; I doubt they could prevent us from uploading them somewhere (so long as we say where the came from) without changing their TOS and End-User agreements.

If you want to ensure that the size you are optimizing to is the same size or half the size of the original texture the constraint tab has % options under the resolution-limit settings; you would set it to 100% or 50% respectively if that's how you wished to optimize them.

I think I'm off my metal adding kick for the time being. Let's go for some golden oldies. Also have I mentioned how annoying Youtube's playlist limit is?

Oh, custom buffs? Do tell. Anyways I'm liking the retexture as well. Wish the mod author had done a vanilla compare though.

Looks nice.

It's probably just the texture not optimizing properly, there are certain ones like blood that just don't optimize right, this can be true for certain modded textures as well, I don't know if this is the case sinc eI've never tried to optimize the mod myself. However, if you want the best quality you should go over to the Unique Grasses thread and ask the mod author about it, he frequents here and has made some updates in that thread and another recently. I'm fairly certain he saves the files properly.

You can just edit your original post and add something like Edit: Alright here's my current list as of: XX xx XXXX 12:00pm etc.While you're editing that post you might as well put all of your original parts list in a spoiler, like so. [spoiler]parts list[/spoiler]

No, a good fan cooler might come close to an all-in-one but it's no substitute, plus it radiates the heat out into the air making the room warmer and stuffier (from my own experiences with five different air coolers). I was using a great air cooler on my old CPU and it still got so warm in the room that I started to sweat (with two AC ducts), granted I'm in Florida and there isn't much shade on this room anymore. I loved my H60 more than that air cooler though the H105 would be much better. Of course, I'm currently running an actual watercooling loop now so temps aren't a problem, the air temperature hasn't changed since I turned the machine on (well it probably has but minutely so). I'd go with the H105, it'll put less stress on your motherboard, since your motherboard won't have to support that much more weight (most of the really good air coolers weight 2-3.5 pounds)

Actually Aiyen that's not true, I've seen pictures of the Corsair H series coolers leaking before but that's any all-in-one cooler manufacturing defects and everything, but it's really rare. What kind of system Aiyen?

I've tried to like Kamelot, really have but there is just something about the lead singer that's... off don't know how else to put it.

Yeah, in my case mine will hold my machine up for about 5, and to as much as 10 minutes if I'm lucky.

Yes, definitely get an UPS if you don't already, I'm not used to people not having them. That said, I would still recommend that combo in my last post, it's great. However, with a little bit of targeting I came up with. PCPartpicker: List

Alright, a few things. First AMD own ATI, Intel does not own Nvidia. If you're truely favoring AMD I won't be able to help you, AMD still hasn't addressed the power consumption and heat output of their newer cpu's and that's a major turn off for me. Since you don't know much about putting the PC together I guess I would recommend not making a watercooling loop (you could within your budget) and just getting something like the Corsair H100i or H105. I'd lean towards the H105 since it seems to be catering even further to casual builders "Tool-less installation" It also has a nice 5 year warranty. If you wind up going Intel I can give you a nice starting point, same for the Nvidia cards. Here is what I would do since you're mainly wanting it for watching movies and playing games. CPU: Intel Core i5 4670k Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VI Hero (the ROG series has better than normal audio on board), or at most the ASUS Maximus VI Formula. MSI Sniper motherboards seem to be good as well, as Gigabte UD3H and UD3 models. I don't suppose it'd hurt to get one of the new boards that came out recently (other than lack of research) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro M2 850W or Silverstone Strider Gold 850W or XFX Pro 850W or the Corsair AX760 750W CPU Cooling: Corsair H105 All-In-One Liquid Cooling or Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo (at minimum) Case: Something like a Corsair Carbide 750D or a Cooler Master Storm Trooper (awesome case just a very, very tight fit if you're watercooling... which I am) should do you nicely unless you plan on making a full water cooling loop. In which case I'd have to recommend you to either a Phanteks case, a HAF X or a Caselabs Case (crazy expensive bro) If you want a combo that's easy I'd recommend this one. Found it when I was searching through newegg looking for combos to go with the recommended PSU's over on OCN. It's a little out of your price range but comes with an SSD, an HDD, RAM, CPU and Motherboard, an $800 GPU (special savings in the deal). It'd be nice if they let you nix the case, the SSD, HDD, DVD Drive and the 212 EVO so you could get a better cooler and case, either way it's a nice combo. TBH you won't be able to fit a 500GB SSD, especially not with two good graphics cards and good quality of everything else. Plus I think single GPU setups are just fine.

Interesting I'll have to look at that one later roots. In the mean time... I've finally found some good versions of some of the other music in my playlists. Such as... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEFa1f_WCms

Alright, well first you'll need to tell us a bit more about what you're going to be doing with it and your planned budget as well as which components you need and which are still fine (i.e. mouse, monitor, keyboard, power supply) and in the case of the power supply if you already have one we'll need to know the model to make sure it will A.) Be powerful enough to let everything turn on B.) Is a quality PSU so your components don't wind up taking a dirt nap because you skimped out on the PSU A few other things to take into consideration especially with Haswell is to take into consideration where you live an how hot the room can get on an average day since these things can make the room all toasty even without overclocking on stock cool. Just FYI I'm an AMD and ATI (though I kept flip-flopping on that one) convert and haven't seriously considered going back since 2011. I also overclock my components so that'll be a slight skew on things as well. If you're going to be only using it for gaming and light editing tasks I'd probably go with an i5 (non-k if you don't ever think you'll want to overclock it...). I'd also go for a mid-range board from either ASUS, MSI or Gigabyte. To be honest I don't think the Maximus VI Extreme is worth the $100 jump (over the Formula) since it gets rid of the VRM water cooling option in favor of that overclocking panel thing (that being said you'll have to get it if you plan on going quad SLI or Crossfire) and gets rid of the dust covers and such. I'll post more in the morning. I'm currently overclocking my own fresh parts so I need to keep an eye on it.

Um... but that's Safety Load... *coughs* and unless it's been updated I personally don't think it's worth it, and if it has it'll need to be reconsidered for the Utilities Pack I suppose.

No don't use Safety Load, as for the ini tweaks don't use them. IF you must have a few improvements ask about them. In general we don't recommend tweaking ini values unless it's to adjust the values already in the ini files for system performance. Many of the ini tweak files out there contain unnecessary parameters that likely don't help any, and might cause problems.

Hope you get things sorted out Spock Off topic coming up. If we're going to continue talking about graphics cards someone make a thread over in Banter Inn, this is about the Requiem Pack.

Woah, and what display resolution are you playing at?

IF you have a Blu-Ray drive in your PC I can recommend Spears and Munsil HD Benchmark, great for calibration. I haven't been able to use it for a bit though since I no longer have access to a BD drive in my desktop. Take into mind, I'm using an HDTV as my monitor and I also use my PC as a Home Theater, but I thought I'd mention it in addition to the stuff in the guide.

Demand a refund for such poor service, that kind of **** is unacceptable. Read over the terms and make sure to go immediately to a supervisor when you call (I recommend calling but I can be very persuasive comes from being around my mom so much)