I am new at upgrading systems and my current computer was put together by a friend that is now outdated.
My current set up. (please forgive if I am missing info, I am not tech lit)
GA-MA785GT-UD3H mother board
Amd 440 rana chip i think its a 3 core, I couldn't get the fourth core open
16gb ram 4X4
crossfire 2X5700's 512mb each.
650w PSU
1 tb hard drive
now running windows 7
I am currently living in China and during my visit back home (Canada)I bought a Sapphire r9 280x toxic card without checking to see if it would fit my comp at home in China. Impulse buy ....that and Titan fall.
I would like to play games like BF4, Skyrim, GW2 ,titan-fall and newer games coming out on a res of 1080, I got this card so I can play at the highest possible settings.
I have been reading over the forums and searching online, and realized that
1. My board supports PCI 2x and the card is PCI 3x ... according to what I have read this may not be a big issue with only a slight loss to GPU performance. (would love a confirmation)
2. My CPu is kinda old and an upgrade is needed, blew my cash on the GPU
I can upgrade max to a 1090t on my board to avoid buying a new mobo and chip(wanted I5 4670k and asrock z87 extreme4,6 which oddly enough is more expensive here in China then back home.) but I can find a 1090t for about 133-145 USD.
My question is would the old Rana AMD 440 be enough to keep up with the toxic card if I can install it on this board..I assume it wont....
and will a 1090t be enough as an upgrade as i think that's the best chip I can go with on this mobo.
Lastly
3. Since my board is older?? can it power the r9 toxic?? My previous two other cards at crossfire where just plug into the slot ... but the r9 has a power source plug in , two actually ..
Do i plug it into the board or to the PSU directly ??
its been a tortures 2 weeks reading forums and waiting, I have not put in the new toxic card in yet in fear ill blow something up.
any advise would be helpful, also taking it to a tech here in China I am rather dubious about since I don't know squat about hardware... worry they'll swap parts etc.. that and I really cant speak Chinese.
Thx in advance
My current set up. (please forgive if I am missing info, I am not tech lit)
GA-MA785GT-UD3H mother board
Amd 440 rana chip i think its a 3 core, I couldn't get the fourth core open
16gb ram 4X4
crossfire 2X5700's 512mb each.
650w PSU
1 tb hard drive
now running windows 7
I am currently living in China and during my visit back home (Canada)I bought a Sapphire r9 280x toxic card without checking to see if it would fit my comp at home in China. Impulse buy ....that and Titan fall.
I would like to play games like BF4, Skyrim, GW2 ,titan-fall and newer games coming out on a res of 1080, I got this card so I can play at the highest possible settings.
I have been reading over the forums and searching online, and realized that
1. My board supports PCI 2x and the card is PCI 3x ... according to what I have read this may not be a big issue with only a slight loss to GPU performance. (would love a confirmation)
2. My CPu is kinda old and an upgrade is needed, blew my cash on the GPU
I can upgrade max to a 1090t on my board to avoid buying a new mobo and chip(wanted I5 4670k and asrock z87 extreme4,6 which oddly enough is more expensive here in China then back home.) but I can find a 1090t for about 133-145 USD.
My question is would the old Rana AMD 440 be enough to keep up with the toxic card if I can install it on this board..I assume it wont....
and will a 1090t be enough as an upgrade as i think that's the best chip I can go with on this mobo.
Lastly
3. Since my board is older?? can it power the r9 toxic?? My previous two other cards at crossfire where just plug into the slot ... but the r9 has a power source plug in , two actually ..
Do i plug it into the board or to the PSU directly ??
its been a tortures 2 weeks reading forums and waiting, I have not put in the new toxic card in yet in fear ill blow something up.
any advise would be helpful, also taking it to a tech here in China I am rather dubious about since I don't know squat about hardware... worry they'll swap parts etc.. that and I really cant speak Chinese.
Thx in advance
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