Hi I have a ASUS P8B75-LMX Motherboard with an NVIDIA 630 Graphics Card.
I was wondering if this board is capable of handling a AMD Radeon RX 590 Graphics Card
8Gb RAM
700W PSU
Yes it can... Your Motherboard supports PCI-e 3.0, I would only worry about what you CPU is and if it will bottleneck.
I have an Intel I7 3770 socket 115 ivy bridge 3.4Ghz
I have an Intel I7 3770 socket 115 ivy bridge 3.4Ghz
Would I need to upgrade my ram to at least 16Gb?Yes it can... Your Motherboard supports PCI-e 3.0, I would only worry about what you CPU is and if it will bottleneck.
its optional I mean I recommend doing it but if you can't 8gb will do just fineWould I need to upgrade my ram to at least 16Gb?
Would I need to upgrade my ram to at least 16Gb?
What is the make/model of your psu?
A RX590 is a relatively high powered card and will need much more power than your HD630.
700w is plenty if the quality is decent.
Some cheap 700w units are crap and will not safely deliver 700w.
If you are only gaming, then 8gb should be sufficient.
But, if you are heavily multitasking, then you might need more.
If your 8gb is a single stick, you could try to buy another matching stick to get 16gb.
But... such an upgrade is not guaranteed to work.
Ram is sold in kits for a reason.
A motherboard must manage all the ram using the same specs of voltage, cas and speed.
The internal workings are designed for the capacity of the kit.
Ram from the same vendor and part number can be made up of differing manufacturing components over time.
Some motherboards, can be very sensitive to this.
If you do buy more disparate sticks, they should be the same speed, voltage and cas numbers.
Even then your chances of working are less than 100%
I might guess 90% success.
What is your plan "B" if the new stick/s do not work?
Consider buying a 2 x 8gb kit replacement.
Sell the old 8gb or keep it as a spare.
Thanks I do a lot of uni work so am thinking of upgrading anywaysits optional I mean I recommend doing it but if you can't 8gb will do just fine
BTW Which PSU would you recommend? for the RX 590 can post system specs...MY PSU is Silverstone 700W I plan to do gaming and multitasking as I am a uni student web word etc... so I am thinking of upgrading the RAM to 16Gb Kingston Technology ValueRAM 8GB DDR3L 1600MHz Module memory module X2 of these and the power supply to a 750 - 800W is this sufficient?
Many Thanks
BTW Which PSU would you recommend? for the RX 590 can post system specs...What is the make/model of your psu?
A RX590 is a relatively high powered card and will need much more power than your HD630.
700w is plenty if the quality is decent.
Some cheap 700w units are crap and will not safely deliver 700w.
If you are only gaming, then 8gb should be sufficient.
But, if you are heavily multitasking, then you might need more.
If your 8gb is a single stick, you could try to buy another matching stick to get 16gb.
But... such an upgrade is not guaranteed to work.
Ram is sold in kits for a reason.
A motherboard must manage all the ram using the same specs of voltage, cas and speed.
The internal workings are designed for the capacity of the kit.
Ram from the same vendor and part number can be made up of differing manufacturing components over time.
Some motherboards, can be very sensitive to this.
If you do buy more disparate sticks, they should be the same speed, voltage and cas numbers.
Even then your chances of working are less than 100%
I might guess 90% success.
What is your plan "B" if the new stick/s do not work?
Consider buying a 2 x 8gb kit replacement.
Sell the old 8gb or keep it as a spare.
Will do thanksSilverstone makes a range of power supplies ranging from outstanding tier 1 units to very bad tier 6 units:
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I suspect you will be ok.
When you buy ram, make it a two stick KIT not two separate sticks, even with identical part numbers.
You will pay a bit more because of the extra effort to match a kit.
But, you will know they will be compatible together.
sorry is this RAM compatabile with my board and if so how much RAM can my board handle??Silverstone makes a range of power supplies ranging from outstanding tier 1 units to very bad tier 6 units:
PSU Tier List [OLD]
Credit to @Starelementpokeand @Energycore for helping out with this long-awaited refresh of the old PSU tier list by Aniallation (who previously went several months without logging in), leaving the old list in need of help. This is simply an update of the list that was flawed in creation by the P...linustechtips.com
I suspect you will be ok.
When you buy ram, make it a two stick KIT not two separate sticks, even with identical part numbers.
You will pay a bit more because of the extra effort to match a kit.
But, you will know they will be compatible together.