motherboard compatibility

Forum discussion tagged with motherboard compatibility.
  1. Cadako

    Question Issue with installing EVGA 2070 Super on an ASRock Z690 Extreme motherboard ?

    I'm moving my internal parts to a new case and never realized that the lower GPU mount on my ASRock Z690 Extreme mobo didn’t allow me to take full advantage of my GPU having been mounted on the lower mount. Though I am trying to mount it in the top slot now, I feel it doesn’t seat fully as...
  2. Foyezes

    Question Will MSI b150m Night Elf MOBO support 7th gen intel CPUs?

    I'm using i5 6400 with this mobo and was wondering if I could upgrade to i7 7700 with a bios update. I was looking at their support page https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B150M-NIGHT-ELF/support#bios and it said a bios update will support next gen new intel cpu. It seems like both 6th and 7th gen...
  3. M

    Question CPU and O/S compatibility with Supermicro X12DPi-NT6 motherboard ?

    I've been attempting to find out if the Supermicro motherboard's X12DPi-NT6 and/or X12DPi-N6, will be fully compatible with the Intel Xeon Silver 4316 Ice Lake CPU (with two of those same CPU's), two WD_BLACK 4TB SN850X NVMe SSD (potentially in RAID configuration) and with Windows Server 2019...
  4. Cameron231099

    Question PCI(e) compatibility

    Heyo. Haven't built a system in a long time and looking to upgrade. Currently stuck on the motherboard of all things though, as the PCI(e) generations are confusing me. Chipsets like the B350 are listed as PCIe gen2 yet the listings of actual B350 motherboards are stating it's using PCIe...
  5. O

    [SOLVED] is this SSD compatible with my motherboard?

    My primary ssd is a bit full cause of windows and photoshop so i have no room for games on it anymore, I wanted to add another SSD specifically for games so I was wondering if this specific SSD would be compatible with my motherboard? Heres my motherboard...
  6. Duklin__

    [SOLVED] GPU Compatibility

    Yo, I'm looking to upgrade my current GPU to a gtx1660 Super, and I have multiple questions about it ->[CURRENT SPECS]<- CASE DIMENSIONS: Height- 406.80mm(16in), Width- 185.34mm(7.3in), Length- 444.26mm(17.5in) MBD: Dell XPS 8900 CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 GPU: Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM) RAM...
  7. S

    [SOLVED] Motherboard gpu compatiblity

    I am going to buy ryzen 9 3900x with ASUS rog strix x570 E gaming. But i am thinking to use my old gpu for sometime which is sapphire amd radeon 7850 PCIe 3.0 x16. I Just want to confirm is this gpu will compatible on that asus motherboard ?
  8. F

    [SOLVED] Does RAM timings matter with motherboard compatability?

    I bought new RAM and my PC won't boot. I'm pretty sure the RAM is compatible but I'm wondering whether the timings are incompatible with my motherboard. Motherboard: ASUS Strix Z270F Gaming RAM: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 16gb 3600Mhz DDR4 Cl19-20-20-40
  9. nickm8266

    [SOLVED] Mini-STX motherboard with G4600?

    Hello all, My Deskmini 100w (h110m-stx motherboard) has been causing a lot of issues lately. First the M.2 SSD port basically died. BIOS diagnostic always fails on HDD test, even though I confirmed my 960 EVO drive works in other systems and tried a different 970 SSD. Second, the LAN port...
  10. O

    Question guys do you know if this motherboard will be compatible

    im looking to upgrade my gpu but my motherboard only has a 50 watt gpu slot (although I am using a 60 watt gtx 750 ti in it, can anyone explain why that is working) and I want to upgrade to a gtx 1650 so i am planning to buy a new motherboard. I am using 8gb of ddr3 ram, and an i5 3470. Will...
  11. O

    [SOLVED] Inspiron 580s Graphic Card upgrade

    Hello Guys, I have a Inspiron 580s desktop. Currently, I am using the MSI Radeon HD R5 450 graphic card. However, recently i start to develop game using Unreal Engine, the graphic card perform so badly. It even take hours to build up the lighting and rendering. I am think to change my Graphic...
  12. N

    Question which graphics card and will my motherbaord support it

    Hi I built a very low budget PC a few years ago and I am ready to make some upgrades to it. I think I am going to go with a MSI Geforce GTX 1660 ti for $269 or is there something else in the $250 - $300 range that I should get instead? I am also going to get the ryzen 5. Will my old Gigabyte...
  13. J

    [SOLVED] Biostar Racing B350ET2 Motherboard With Ryzen 3600

    Hi, I am aware that this is not the best board for this chip and will be doing a moba upgrade in the future. I wanted to know what problems I would encounter outside of performance loss. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keJSMCpm9lU The video above is a build using the CPU and moba...
  14. G

    Question Good Board for 3rd Gen Ryzen

    Hey guys, Im waiting for 3rd gen ryzen and I was looking at the boards for am4. Now, I know that chances are new boards will release that more "Officially" support the 3rd gen ryzen, Im looking specifically at the 3600 model. do you guys thing Asus Rog Strix X370-F Gaming would handle it well...
  15. M

    [SOLVED] Motherboard HELP!

    Is the MSI H61m g3 a good replacement motherboard for the MSI h61m-p31/w8?
  16. S

    Trying to decide: i5 7600 or i5 8400

    I'm trying to decide which one would be better buy considering my circumstances. I mainly will be doing photo editing, and possibly some light video editing too. I do want something that will also be able to play games for the next few years as well. I don't overclock my computers. They are...
  17. J

    trigo.exe/audiodg.exe causing high cpu usage and playing audio ads in background

    I must have opened something online or downloaded something I shouldn't have because these two issues are brand new and they're pissing me off! I could use some help. The stupid audio ads are for Ragu and pants and other stupid crap. They just start every now and then and I can only stop them by...
  18. J

    The R9 390 vs RX 480. Why should I buy the RX 480?

    I am soon to build my first PC, staying under a $1000 (AUD, so ≈ $750 USD) and as such, my theoretical build has come to this (caseless, I know, but that's irrelevant). I have been looking at various comparisons and benchmarks, such as: 1 -...
  19. M

    which motherboard to choose between these?

    I am going to build A PC for gaming but confused in 2 motherboards to choose one. They are Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H and Asus B85M-G. Please help me to choose the correct one. And which one supports Intel Turboboost Technology?