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Naveen Vijay

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I am lookinfg forward to upgrade with:
Amd FX4300 Processor
Gigabyte GA-78lmt-USB3
Transcend 1333Mhz 4GB ram (becoz of tight budget)
Sapphire R7 250 1GB DDR5...presently i am having 550w PSU....What are the other things i have to check?
 
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http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Memory/mb_memory_ga-78lmt-usb3.pdf

Yes it does, the specifications for that board say it supports 1333+, with the only caveat being that you have to manually configure to get those speeds.

The VRM section of that board is only a 4 phase, so I wouldn't really try too much of an overclock, even though you will only be using a 95w TDP cpu. As long as you don't push any sort of OC you should be fine.

Also, 550w is more than enough power for this build, the problem is that if you don't have a quality PSU, it probably can't reliably put out 550w. When your budget allows, you should probably pick up a new PSU from a quality vendor like XFX, Seasonic, or the likes.
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Well, checking the quality of your PSU is one step. Other than that, the parts you have listed should be compatible and run fine together, though that is a pretty low end MOBO and, as you know, the RAM could be alot better.
 
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Instead of the 4gb 1333 ram you can go with a 1600 4gb kingston hyperx blu. It is compatible with that board.
You should buy a new PSU a 300-400 watt quality psu will suffice your build just fine.
 
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http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Memory/mb_memory_ga-78lmt-usb3.pdf

Yes it does, the specifications for that board say it supports 1333+, with the only caveat being that you have to manually configure to get those speeds.

The VRM section of that board is only a 4 phase, so I wouldn't really try too much of an overclock, even though you will only be using a 95w TDP cpu. As long as you don't push any sort of OC you should be fine.

Also, 550w is more than enough power for this build, the problem is that if you don't have a quality PSU, it probably can't reliably put out 550w. When your budget allows, you should probably pick up a new PSU from a quality vendor like XFX, Seasonic, or the likes.
 
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