Daan Steeman

Hi Siriousarts, Thanks, that explains it. I'm trying to contact the seller right now. Thanks for the conformation. Daan Steeman PS: I'll let you know how it works out.

Hi everyone, The new GPU is in my system for about 2 weeks now and it runs great. So no complaints there. However I bought some ddr3 RAM to increase that because like I said, 4gb just wasn't enough. The weird thing is the old ram was DDR3 10666 9-9-9-24 4GB The new ram is two banks of DDR3 12800 11-12-e2-p2 8GB As far as I know the second one is faster, (1600MHz vs 1333MHz) and ofcourse has more capacity per bank. But with every combination regarding banks of sockets that includes one (or both) of the new banks the system just refuses to post. I cant even get to the BIOS. My system can only handle 1333MHz but as far as I know that just means that the 1600MHz RAM will be downclocked to 1333. After a hint from a local computerstore I did a BIOS update but that didn't help. The complete code on the new RAM is: 8GB 2Rx4 PC3L-12800R-11-12-E2-P2 SN: M393B1K70QB1-YK0 I checked the QVL list of my MB, the new ram isn't on there, but the old ram also isn't on the list. I was able to find multiple websites and youtube video's that had information about compatibility in regard to clockspeeds and timing. Some said that it did matter. But many others said that all DDR3 RAM should work in all DDR3 compatible motherboards. Could anyone help me solve this? Unfortunately I haven't got another PC to try the RAM, but the seller told me that he had tested all the banks before sending them to costumers. Thanks in advance. Daan Steeman EDIT: When I search for the new memory I get a page form samsung where it says: Errorcorrection: ECC Wild guess, this is ecc memory, wich is for servers. NOT for desktops. Could someone confirm of deny this?

I just bought a Geforce GTX760. For the moment I am going to run that in my current setup and see how it works out. I did some testing and as far as I can try and calculate even my 330w PSU should handle that just fine. When I was benchmarking my CPU the whole system was drawing about 90 watts on the mains cable so the losses of the CPU are included in that. With a max of 170watts that would be 260 watts in total with the new GPU. So I'll see how it works out and if necessary then I'll change the PSU. And I'm looking for a good price on 8gigs of DDR3 because 4 is just not enough. I'll post again when I know how the new GPU scores in Unigen Heaven. (@Kc7vwc: I've got the benchmark for the old cpu (score of 106 with a average framerate of 4.2 xD). Your benchmark is a hell of a lot better. If I get that I'm happy with the results. The specs on the MSI are a lot better. But even half that score would be fine.) Thanks everybody for the input. I'll let you know how it works out!

Hm thats what I was afraid of. To sum up: the hardware I'd keep (for now at least). Simply isn't realisticly compatible with the modern hardware. It might work, as in, I'd be able to use the computer. But the specs wouldn't be as good as the newer hardware is actually capable of. Currently I am a student so I don't have much in the money department. Would it be possible to change the GPU and RAM (and if necessary the PSU) now. And then saveup for a newer MB with CPU. Or would it be better to just suck it up and basicly rip everything out of the case and change all of the above in one go? Thanks for the quick response!

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and I'm not sure that I'm posting this in the right thread. If not please say so, then I'll try to move it. I want to update the hardware in my desktop. It all works just fine but with any loads like CAD software. Not even rendering, just looking around the model. It already shows signs of slowing down. When I bought the pc it was a "just above basic". OS: W7 Home Premium 64bit Motherboard: Asus P8H67-m RAM: 4GB DDR3 @ 668MHz PSU: generic 330W CPU: Intel I3 2100 sandy bridge GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT SSD: SanDisk Ultra II 240GB HDD: Western Digital 500GB Optical: Bluray player/burner As you can see nothing special. The GPU wasn't originaly in there. But I transferd it from my old pc. Right now I'd like to update at least the GPU and RAM. And in the near future (think a few months) maybe the CPU. A friend of mine gave the tip to look on marktplaats (basicly the Dutch version Ebay) for used GPU's. So I went looking around and found that one year old GPU's were sold for a fraction of the original price. But than my question, will a modern semi-hiperformance GPU work well with a Motherboard that old? The same goes for the CPU? I saw a Asus GeForce GTX 570 for 60 euro's. Wich is perfectly within my pricerange and fits in my case. From the research I did, I found that I'll probably have to switch the PSU out for a 500W version. But I couldn't find annyting about compatibility with older MB's and CPU's. I hope that someone can help me. Thanks in advance. Daan Steeman PS: Sorry about my horrible english. Its not my first language so I hope it isn't to bad.