Evilwendie413

i got all the stuff added to my carts on my accounts thanks! i am about to leave work go home and play the anthem demo soon lol

download the latest driver from geforce.com
uninstall geforce experience
turn off pc
swap card
turn on pc
install the driver you downloaded.
select custom
perform clean install
reboot when its done
 
happy gaming
 
if that doesn't work, come back here and we can help. 

The problem isn't motherboard compatibility, it's actually your CPU. It's not really powerful enough to max a GTX1060 or faster. I would keep the 1050 until you can upgrade your CPU to a Ryzen setup. A FX 8-core will fry your board, so that's totally out of the question.
 
This would be a good upgrade path for you that would handle a GTX1070 and faster with ease:
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($164.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $354.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-10 03:22 EST-0500

Yes, your board has DDR3, current motherboards have DDR4 which isn't compatible.
 
A bit, yes.
 
Not if it's a decent quality power supply from a good brand with a good efficiency rating. You can't run any faster GPUs on your system anyway
if your PSU is crap.
 
You will likely need to reinstall Windows or at least reactivate your license. Windows installs fine from a USB flash drive.

got screwed pretty much the same four and a half years ago. when i figured that out is when i joined this forum  got an FX 6300 and a 750TI for €800, in a worse case than i paid for, with a kinda crap PSU and a really bad motherboard. 
 
i would get the GTX 1060 6GB for now, you will see better performance. You can upgrade to a new platform for less than $300 if you dont feel the need for 16GB of DDR4 and only go for 8GB :
 
 
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rvjtQZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rvjtQZ/by_merchant/
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($164.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($55.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $280.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-10 04:16 EST-0500
 
id save up for something like this after you have gotten the GPU if you still dont feel like you are getting ther performance you want. Selling off your current hardware can get you a bit of the way there at least