Recent content by david.cap

Sorry, I stand corrected, they are in the top left corner. These do seem to be standard 8-pin CPU and 4-pin, so what canadianvice and I said before still applies. Check if the second 8-pin connector splits in half, and if it doesn't, get the adapter I linked earlier

As I just posted in other topic ( http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3770849/xeon-1620-motherboard-compatibility.html ), decent Ivy Bridge boards are becoming more difficult to find and are not cheap. You can try to look for a used X79, I have decent experience buying a used Lenovo S30...

There does not seem to be a 4-pin power connector on your board, at least according to pictures on mfg site https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MPG-Z390-GAMING-PRO-CARBON/ Are you sure it's the same board ? Maybe send a photo ? Or check the link I posted above, does the connector look like it would...

Decent Sandy/Ivy Bridge LGA2011 motherboards are becoming harder to find these days (E5-1620 v2 is an Ivy Bridge CPU), and they are not cheap. I am actually not sure that the linked ASRock X99 Extreme3 would be compatible with your CPU. It has a LGA2011-v3, i.e. Haswell socket, X99 chipset and...

It depends mainly on the price and intended use. I still run one of my machines on E5-1620 v2. It can be easily beaten by the new CPUs out there, but at the same time, with a decent GPU, it will allow you to play reasonably well on 1080p, maybe even 1440 (depending on the game). if you are on a...

I was going to tell the same thing, check if the 8-pin connector splits. If it doesn't, you can probably get one of these (or similar) https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812162032 (I still run several old Lenovo ThinkStation S30/D30 boards that all have a 4-pin connector for...