On a very tight budget

James_337

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Jul 29, 2016
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Hey I own an a Hp computer core I 5 2500s tried upgrading it with a gtx 970 and power supply but it would turn on and stay on a black screen ....,later upgraded it with a lower end amd hd 7770 and it worked the power supply was a 550 watt corsair powers supply. I have now saved up and want to buy a gtx 1060 , should I upgrade the mother board too ??? I don't have money for newer i5 skylake
 
though not the best power supply out there, it is plenty to run the system with a 970 no problem. your problem is somewhere else. a 1060 would also easily run on that psu.

not sure what the problem was with the 970 but it was not the psu as it is plenty of power for the card
 
The 970 and the power supply are good components and work properly in my brothers computer ,that's why I narrowed down to the motherboard being incompatible with newer cards