upgrade compatibility

Forum discussion tagged with upgrade compatibility.
  1. W

    Question l4 advice on gpu upgrade

    Hello Guys. I've been following this platform for many years but never had a reason to register/post until now My current build: ROG CROSSHAIR VI HERO 2x 8GB HyperX Fury 2666mhz Ryzen 7 1700x GeForce GTX 970 Windforce 3x not sure how about the psu but that can also be upgraded if needed. i'll...
  2. soyko

    Question Bought a new power supply and it doesn't work with my chinese motherboard

    as the title says I tried the "Beast Power Z" power supply on an AM4 gigabyte a520 motherboard and it worked but when I tried it on my PC that has a Chinese motherboard x99 (it is called "ZSUS X99-P4" it spins the fan of the CPU and its fan for one second then stops my pc configuration: intel...
  3. ICY11

    Question Which upgrade is the better choice ?

    So I have an ASUS TUF FX705DT (2019) laptop and here are its specs: CPU: Ryzen 7 3750H RAM: 16GB DDR4 (although it's 2666Mhz, it can only go up to 2400Mhz due to CPU limitation). GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 1650 (Mobile) SSD: 256GB M.2 NVMe (main drive) HDD: 1TB 7200rpm (storage drive) WiFi card...
  4. fygar

    Question Ryzen 7 5800x compatabilty

    Hi, I just bought a new CPU for my brother, and when I installed it, I got no display, mouse, or keyboard output. It's a Ryzen 7 5800X with an MSI A320M-A Pro Max. When I bought it, I just looked at the socket, and they matched, so I didn't think there would be a problem. But after looking...
  5. JACKob

    Question Help me upgrade my PC ?

    i want to upgrade my pc well because I want to use it for gaming. i want to get a new motherboard for more ram because my current one is ddr2 and can’t go higher than 4gb of ram. i also want a better psu so i can get a good graphics card. i would want a micro atx mobo that can go up to at least...
  6. N0V4k77

    Question concerned about my motherboard with compared to my components

    I bought a completly new build from zero, I plan to build it myself. Im just worried about future implications and difficulties i might encounter due to my motherboard being the budget side of things... i5-12400F RTX 4060 8gb 2x 8gb DDR4 3200Hz I know my cpu will be bottlenecked but I got an...
  7. NateB

    Question Pimp My Ride for T480... Ideas, Please!

    I'd like to get an old T480 as close to PC Master Race mode as possible, and I want to know what creative ideas you have for doing that. And I'd like to know the best NVMe SSD for it. 1. Is it worth getting Gen4? That is, does the controller for PCIe only support Gen3, or something like that...
  8. iftekharaziz

    Question HP laptop - - - adding 16GB RAM to existing 8GB ?

    Laptop: HP Pavilion 15-cu1004tx I have Pavilion 15-cu1004tx. I have samsung 8gb 2666mhz ram installed already. I want to add 16gb 2666mhz ram in 2nd slot. 16gb part no is- M47A2K43CB1-CTD. 8gb is- M47A1K43CB1-CTD. So, will it create compatibility issues? Like what problems are we talking abt...
  9. Z

    Question Which GPU for an old HP Envy ?

    Hello and thanks for reading this. I'm looking to upgrade my GPU from a decade old GTX 660 to something that can run 4K. What can my machine run? I've heard that it can handle a GTX 1060 but that a GTX 3060 would be bottlenecked by the CPU. Do you think my computer could run a GTX 2060? Any...
  10. K

    Question Laptop's CPU Upgrade

    I have a really old laptop, it's a HP pavillion dv6 and has core 2 duo T6600 as CPU. I searched it up and it has PGA478 socket which is as far as I know supports CPU upgrades, I want to upgrade my CPU. Can anyone tell me what CPU would be a good upgrade and how can i do it?
  11. dukesasmooth

    Discussion Need help with upgrading desktop build.

    Hi all i got a PC with older configuration and need help on what could be the best upgrade components that my motherboard can take without losing any performance from the new parts. Old setup is this: MB: Asus F1A55-M LX CPU: AMD A8-3870K APU RAM: 8GB - DDR3 - 1333Mhz HDD: 1TB GPU: GeForce GTX...
  12. 238ra

    [SOLVED] Unsure about compatibility for laptop upgrade

    Hey, first time posting as I wasn't able to find a concrete answer online (kept getting conflicting details and answers from videos and customer support). I recently bought a new ASUS S15 S530FA vivobook to use for university with the intent of adding an additional SSD for extra...
  13. C

    Need help with my Gigabyte mobo!

    I had windows 7 on my gaming pc before and i had no problems at all but a couple of days ago i decide to change to windows 10 so i changed it and it all looked and seems fine until today...I started my pc up and i got two error messages... The first message tells me this ''This driver can't...