I have the following budget system that I created myself. It's really bare bones at the moment and the motherboard is pretty budget but I want to add a new graphics card and more RAM
Asus H81M-A Motherboard (2 RAM slots, PCI Express 1.0, H81 Chipset)
Intel Core i7 4770 with Integrated HD 4600 graphics
2GB RAM
500GB Western Digital HDD (6 gbp/s)
430W Corsair PSU
So what is the ideal amount of RAM? The 2GB is temporary and not dual-channel but I was thinking of expanding it to either 4GB (2GB x 2) or 8GB (4GB x 2) soon. I use my PC mainly for normal browsing and some light gaming right now. I notice that sometimes my PC freezes up and uses 70% ram with just 2-3 tabs open, during games it performs fine though.
Also, if I am allowed to ask, will a graphics card work in PCI Express 1.0 if the card is labeled PCI Express 3.0?
My motherboard specs:
1 x PCIe x16
2 x PCIe 2.0 x1
The card I want to buy is a budget AMD Radeon 7750 1GB GDDR5 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Graphics-Express-4600MHz-Eyefinity-Technology/dp/B007R1SQ1K)
I know the board is only m-ATX and limited but I was wondering if that graphics card would work in that PCI Express 1.0 slot.
Thanks all and I hope I didn't post this in the wrong section or ask too many questions.
Asus H81M-A Motherboard (2 RAM slots, PCI Express 1.0, H81 Chipset)
Intel Core i7 4770 with Integrated HD 4600 graphics
2GB RAM
500GB Western Digital HDD (6 gbp/s)
430W Corsair PSU
So what is the ideal amount of RAM? The 2GB is temporary and not dual-channel but I was thinking of expanding it to either 4GB (2GB x 2) or 8GB (4GB x 2) soon. I use my PC mainly for normal browsing and some light gaming right now. I notice that sometimes my PC freezes up and uses 70% ram with just 2-3 tabs open, during games it performs fine though.
Also, if I am allowed to ask, will a graphics card work in PCI Express 1.0 if the card is labeled PCI Express 3.0?
My motherboard specs:
1 x PCIe x16
2 x PCIe 2.0 x1
The card I want to buy is a budget AMD Radeon 7750 1GB GDDR5 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Graphics-Express-4600MHz-Eyefinity-Technology/dp/B007R1SQ1K)
I know the board is only m-ATX and limited but I was wondering if that graphics card would work in that PCI Express 1.0 slot.
Thanks all and I hope I didn't post this in the wrong section or ask too many questions.
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