- Oct 18, 2017
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Hello!
First Graphics card question: I want to connect a GTX 1070 and I was wondering if it is possible with my power supply which unfortunately is old now. If it is, even if it's not ideal, I'd really like to hear it. I'm not familiar with PC specs so the more detailed the answer is the better. This will be the first time I'll be putting together PC components since I was a kid so I'd really appreciate clear instructions.
My power supply is the Silent Pro Gold 600w (http://www.coolermaster.com/powersupply/silent-pro-gold/silent-pro-gold-600w/). I fear that I will have an issue connecting the connectors from what very little I understand. I know 600w is enough but my issue is if the available connectors are compatible with the graphics card. This is my MAIN issue for now, the RAM is something I'm more curious about right now rather than need it solved.
On to the RAM question (skip to the end if you don't want to read about the problem and just want the question):
A while back, I had wanted to upgrade the RAM my computer came with (4 GB at the time). I wanted to get 16GB of ram for my system. I think at the time I had bought two 8GB sticks. Long story short however, I came across a really weird problem that I couldn't find a solution online at the time:
While my motherboard has four RAM slots, if I tried to insert more than 2GB of RAM into one slot, the computer wouldn't boot. For example, if I inserted just one 8GB stick, the computer wouldn't load, but if I inserted 4x2GB sticks (for the maximum of the same RAM), only then the computer would boot. I tried various combinations and different RAM sticks without success. So I eventually just replaced my newly bought sticks with two extra 2GB ram sticks so I could get the maximum of 8, which was better than nothing and obviously a great improvement over my previous 4GB.
Unfortunately, I'm not that familiar with system specs in order to be able to find out what the problem is myself. I imagine it is a compatibility problem, but I do not have the knowledge in order to be able to tell what I should be looking for by looking at my motherboard's specifications. So my question is, what should I be looking for when buying RAM? Is it even possible to get more than 8 for my system? What specifications should I be looking for? My motherboard is this:
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?T=motherboard&U=en-us0000520 (you can probably tell it's getting on in years but I cannot afford an entirely new rig so I'm upgrading little by little).
All I can tell is that is SAYS it supports a maximum of 32 GB, but obviously, I'm missing something. I figure it's this part: '1600(IVB)/1333/1066' that should be telling me, but honestly I'm still a bit lost and I think at the time I had tried to upgrade I had also tried using these as a guide but still failed. Maybe because newer RAMs only come in different specs and I couldn't find ones exactly like that? Any clarification would be a lot of help.
The more specific you can be about what I should be looking for, the better.
Thank you and please let me know if I should move the topic somewhere else!
First Graphics card question: I want to connect a GTX 1070 and I was wondering if it is possible with my power supply which unfortunately is old now. If it is, even if it's not ideal, I'd really like to hear it. I'm not familiar with PC specs so the more detailed the answer is the better. This will be the first time I'll be putting together PC components since I was a kid so I'd really appreciate clear instructions.
My power supply is the Silent Pro Gold 600w (http://www.coolermaster.com/powersupply/silent-pro-gold/silent-pro-gold-600w/). I fear that I will have an issue connecting the connectors from what very little I understand. I know 600w is enough but my issue is if the available connectors are compatible with the graphics card. This is my MAIN issue for now, the RAM is something I'm more curious about right now rather than need it solved.
On to the RAM question (skip to the end if you don't want to read about the problem and just want the question):
A while back, I had wanted to upgrade the RAM my computer came with (4 GB at the time). I wanted to get 16GB of ram for my system. I think at the time I had bought two 8GB sticks. Long story short however, I came across a really weird problem that I couldn't find a solution online at the time:
While my motherboard has four RAM slots, if I tried to insert more than 2GB of RAM into one slot, the computer wouldn't boot. For example, if I inserted just one 8GB stick, the computer wouldn't load, but if I inserted 4x2GB sticks (for the maximum of the same RAM), only then the computer would boot. I tried various combinations and different RAM sticks without success. So I eventually just replaced my newly bought sticks with two extra 2GB ram sticks so I could get the maximum of 8, which was better than nothing and obviously a great improvement over my previous 4GB.
Unfortunately, I'm not that familiar with system specs in order to be able to find out what the problem is myself. I imagine it is a compatibility problem, but I do not have the knowledge in order to be able to tell what I should be looking for by looking at my motherboard's specifications. So my question is, what should I be looking for when buying RAM? Is it even possible to get more than 8 for my system? What specifications should I be looking for? My motherboard is this:
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?T=motherboard&U=en-us0000520 (you can probably tell it's getting on in years but I cannot afford an entirely new rig so I'm upgrading little by little).
All I can tell is that is SAYS it supports a maximum of 32 GB, but obviously, I'm missing something. I figure it's this part: '1600(IVB)/1333/1066' that should be telling me, but honestly I'm still a bit lost and I think at the time I had tried to upgrade I had also tried using these as a guide but still failed. Maybe because newer RAMs only come in different specs and I couldn't find ones exactly like that? Any clarification would be a lot of help.
The more specific you can be about what I should be looking for, the better.
Thank you and please let me know if I should move the topic somewhere else!
Your MB can support up to 32GB
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