Looked up the PCI 4.0 and from what I read its something to do with faster transfers? Is there an implication for gaming with PCI 4.0? And is there much point forking out extra £100 odd pounds for a MOBO that has it for strictly gaming?
I'm curious, why exactly are you upgrading your motherboard in the first place?
Was wondering the same thing.I'm curious, why exactly are you upgrading your motherboard in the first place?
An A320 board does have SATA 3, how many drives do you have? And how much RAM that you need? If you have 8 and want to upgrade to 16, you're probably better off selling your old kit and buying a new kit, rather than trying to add to your old stuff.Well need the SATA3 and extra ram slots for a start, just better features than my old one. And I can push my processor and ram more than on old one. And I can put my old mobo into my other pc and try fixing it.
An A320 board does have SATA 3, how many drives do you have? And how much RAM that you need? If you have 8 and want to upgrade to 16, you're probably better off selling your old kit and buying a new kit, rather than trying to add to your old stuff.
Nah, the "size of future GPUs" is a nonsensical excuse when you consider that single-card dual-GPUs from many years ago were twice as large as modern-day Titan GPUs. Those 500-600W triple-slot monsters (ex.: HD295x2) with heatsinks that extend so far into the case that they typically required removing drive cages and even front fans to fit, along with support brackets to help with the excessive weight and length.Yeah the board was badly designed or didn't account for the size of future GPUS.
Nah, the "size of future GPUs" is a nonsensical excuse when you consider that single-card dual-GPUs from many years ago were twice as large as modern-day Titan GPUs. Those 500-600W triple-slot monsters (ex.: HD295x2) with heatsinks that extend so far into the case that they typically required removing drive cages and even front fans to fit, along with support brackets to help with the excessive weight and length.
Having to maintain slot-height clearance and avoiding connectors across the board for the GPU slot and one or two slots below should be very old news to any motherboard manufacturer who's been around for more than a few years, which is all of 'em.
For more budget-oriented boards, manufacturers don't put as much thought and effort into accommodating over-sized add-in boards as the general expectation is that most people going with entry-level motherboards will use an APU or lowish-end GPU.I guess someone dropped the ball with this A320 then haha.
You bought a cheap board and got what you paid for.I guess someone dropped the ball with this A320 then haha. I like how most modern ones have like 6 to 8 sata3's on the edge of the board to the right way out of the way of the GPU or other cables.
You bought a cheap board and got what you paid for.
Then you learned why not to buy pre built.Well it was actually from a pre build but ok.
Then you learned why not to buy pre built.
Everyone starts somewhere lol. We all have to learn.Yeah I was pretty ignorant about PC's then or more ignorant anyway lol.
Hey,
I’m planing on getting two M.2 SSDs.
One Corsair MP600 pcie 4 for games and storage. 500GB
and a XPG SX8200 pro 256GS for OS
OR
Just one One Corsair MP600 pcie 4. 1 Terabyte for everithing?