dual r5 430's on lga 1155

[moxi]

just wanted to know that can my lga 1155 support crossfire and boost performance or not

PC SPECS: 
i5 2nd gen
10gigs of ram

500gb hdd

128gb ssd

single r5 430

320watts psu 

motherboard lga 1155 manufactured by *hp*

Edited November 18, 2023 by moxi

[FloRolf]

yes it should but PLEASE don't do it. 

You are better off getting a GTX1050Ti or something used.

[Middcore]

I think Crossfire support would depend on the specific board, not the chipset.

 

That said, 2x garbage is still garbage. A single ~$30 used card will deliver exponentially better performance even if you got 100% Crossfire scaling, which you never will. 

[Tetras]

I doubt a Dell motherboard would have the PCI-E slots for crossfire *, but you can check that pretty easily.

 

And as said above, even if it did work, I doubt it would be worthwhile with such old cards. You'd be better off with almost anything modern, like a RX 460, GTX 1050 or newer.

 

*

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/dh2-018

[BiotechBen]

Assuming that it would scale perfectly (it won't) you're sitting at about 2/3 the raw performance of a 1030.

[moxi]

i have a rx 580 used in my drawer should i just change the graphic card? and can my psu handle it? ( i have a budget around 25$ to 20$ that's why i thought of adding another r5 430 as i might need to change the psu for rx580)

[Middcore]

3 minutes ago, moxi said:

i have a rx 580 used in my drawer should i just change the graphic card? and can my psu handle it? 

 

Doubtful. Does your PSU even have the appropriate power connectors?

[moxi]

nope but i can connect a sata to 8-pin right?

[Middcore]

Just now, moxi said:

nope but i can connect a sata to 8-pin right?

 

You can. Ideally, you wouldn't.

 

Please use the quote function so people know when you reply to them. 

[--SID--]

R5 430 is a 50w GPU and does not have any additional power connector.

[Middcore]

Just now, --SID-- said:

R5 430 is a 50w GPU and does not have any additional power connector.

 

We're talking about using the RX 580 he says he has in a drawer.

[moxi]

2 minutes ago, Middcore said:

 

We're talking about using the RX 580 he says he has in a drawer.

thanks man i think ill just get another 430 or ill just sell this r5 430 too and buy a better one maybe

[FloRolf]

I would say try to get a half decent used 500+ Watt PSU and install that RX580. I am sure you can either lowball someone on Craigslist or get another 20 bucks somewhere. it really is worth it over the R5 430. 

[--SID--]

1 minute ago, Middcore said:

 

We're talking about using the RX 580 he says he has in a drawer.

In that case it's a hard no to use sata to PCI-e. A sata cable has one 12v wire that can carry 54w while a 8 pin PCI-e has three 12v wires that can carry 150w. The sata cable gets melting.

[FloRolf]

1 minute ago, moxi said:

i think ill just get another 430

NO! What?! Everyone said don't do it lol. 

[Middcore]

1 minute ago, moxi said:

thanks man i think ill just get another 430 

Literally flushing your money down the toilet. 

[moxi]

3 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

NO! What?! Everyone said don't do it lol. 

 

2 minutes ago, Middcore said:

Literally flushing your money down the toilet. 

alr alr imma buy the psu thanks for the time tho.

[FloRolf]

Oh but can you post a picture of the inside of the PC? You might have proprietary Motherboard connector which make a standard PSU hard to implement. 

[moxi]

Just now, FloRolf said:

Oh but can you post a picture of the inside of the PC? You might have proprietary Motherboard connector which make a standard PSU hard to implement. 

sure

[Tetras]

15 minutes ago, moxi said:

i have a rx 580 used in my drawer should i just change the graphic card?

RX 580 is massively faster than what you have. The r5 430 is just a display adapter nowadays, nothing more, but the RX 580 can play anything except the very latest games (and even some of those too). The problem is the power consumption.

[moxi]

5 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

Oh but can you post a picture of the inside of the PC? You might have proprietary Motherboard connector which make a standard PSU hard to implement. 

 

[Middcore]

You wouldn't be able to do Crossfire anyway because you only have one PCIe slot (the others are PCI). 

 

It's tough to see but it looks like this board uses a non-standard connector for the motherboard power. 

[moxi]

12 minutes ago, Middcore said:

You wouldn't be able to do Crossfire anyway because you only have one PCIe slot (the others are PCI). 

 

It's tough to see but it looks like this board uses a non-standard connector for the motherboard power. 

Expansion slots

(3) PCI; (1) PCIe x1; (1) PCIe x4; (1) PCIe x16

 

https://support.hp.com/rs-en/document/c03345460

[Middcore]

5 minutes ago, moxi said:

Expansion slots

(3) PCI; (1) PCIe x1; (1) PCIe x4; (1) PCIe x16

 

https://support.hp.com/rs-en/document/c03345460

 

That link is for an SFF system, which yours is not. 

 

Anyway, putting the two physical x16 slots right next to each other (which is why I didn't notice the second one before) is basically HP sending a message that they don't intend for anybody to actually use both. 

 

More importantly, I've found pics of the minitower Compaq Elite 8300 motherboard (assuming that's what you have) and it definitely doesn't use standard 24-pin motherboard power. It uses... damn, what's even going on here?

 

 

 

I would honestly suggest salvaging your drives and RAM and looking for some other barebones used system with a decent PSU and standard connectors that you can drop the RX 580 in. 

[moxi]

8 minutes ago, Middcore said:

 

That link is for an SFF system, which yours is not. 

 

Anyway, putting the two physical x16 slots right next to each other (which is why I didn't notice the second one before) is basically HP sending a message that they don't intend for anybody to actually use both. 

 

More importantly, I've found pics of the minitower Compaq Elite 8300 motherboard (assuming that's what you have) and it definitely doesn't use standard 24-pin motherboard power. It uses... damn, what's even going on here?

 

 

 

I would honestly suggest salvaging your drives and RAM and looking for some other barebones used system with a decent PSU and standard connectors that you can drop the RX 580 in. 

thanks i'll make sure to do that soon