Geforce 1060 with intel i5 3570k

[keianarogue]

I recently bought a 1060 after my 770 died. I didn't do much of a hardware checkup since I simply had no clue of what to look for. I read on the case of the graphics card that I needed a certain power supply, but also needed an i7 3.0ghz.

Here I stand confused, since to upgrade my processor I would have to buy a new motherboard, ram and power supply.

The real question is would I be able to run the graphics card with an i5 3750k 3.4ghz quad core processor?

I have a msi z77a-g43 motherboard

 

[CountMike]

Yeah, why not ? Only thing that can sop you would be PSU, it needs to have at least 500W and one 6pin PCIe power connector. CPU itself is not important it's just that slower ones may present some bottleneck in some cases.

 

[keianarogue]

Hello thanks for the quick answer. Right now I'm quite worried about my psu, since it is a 550w. The problem I'm experiencing is that once I turn on the computer, the gpu shuts down. The screen just remains black, that's why I figured it's the psu.

 

[CountMike]

Did you connect that PCIe 6pin to 1060 ?

 

[keianarogue]

Yes I did. I tried switching gpu slot, it worked for about a second. I had the option to run a setup or loading default settings. I chose to run the setup but the screen just went black afterwards. I just connected the new psu, without luck though. I tried booting the pc with the onboard gpu which worked...

 

[sirslex]

not exactly a solution, but this site will help you determine if the PSU needs to be upgraded. http://powersupplycalculator.net/

 

[ElectrO_90]

So can you access BIOS with your GPU or can you only access it with iGPU? (one the from the motherboard)