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GTX 970 GPU and F2A55-M MOBO compatibility

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September 26, 2014 9:24:11 AM

Are they compatible? I seriously don't know, but that 2 6-pin thing requirement for GTX 970...

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a c 1495 V Motherboard
September 26, 2014 9:26:11 AM

Yes they are compatible , the 6 pin power comes from the PSU.

You need a decent 550w to run it.
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a b V Motherboard
September 26, 2014 9:30:54 AM

the CPU may bottleneck the GTX 970
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September 26, 2014 9:47:54 AM

SR-71 Blackbird said:
Yes they are compatible , the 6 pin power comes from the PSU.

You need a decent 550w to run it.


Okay. So I have at the moment A8-5600K as CPU and the F2A55-M as motherboard. Hope it doesn't create much issues (the CPU)? Anyways, at the moment they are lameish things but in the future would want to upgrade CPU to at least some top tier i5, because as I have heard, i7 doesn't improve gaming that much if upgraded from some i5. So how big power supply I should go for? Will stay with one graphics card. 1 SSD and 1 hard drive (though they don't consume that much, right?)
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a c 1495 V Motherboard
September 26, 2014 9:50:21 AM

A good 650W would be ideal , to give you a little spare power for single card setups.

i5 is a good place to start in the future.
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September 26, 2014 10:03:01 AM

SR-71 Blackbird said:
A good 650W would be ideal , to give you a little spare power for single card setups.

i5 is a good place to start in the future.


So what slot thing the supply has to have? One of those 20+4 pin things for motherboard I guess, then 2 6+2 or 2 6-pin things for graphics card. Then at least 2 4-pins (one for optical and one for HDD). Anything else?
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a c 1495 V Motherboard
September 26, 2014 10:23:53 AM

You can easily run a single 970 card with the CX600M.
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September 26, 2014 10:39:36 AM

SR-71 Blackbird said:
You can easily run a single 970 card with the CX600M.


Would be nice if I'd know the minimum required slots because CX600M costs like 70€ here... So I'd have 1 HDD, 1 SSD, 1 optical drive, 1 motherboard, 1 GTX 970, 1 CPU, 3 chassis fans (on top of the CPU, GPU and PSU fans).
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a b V Motherboard
September 26, 2014 10:39:56 AM

SR-71 Blackbird said:
You can easily run a single 970 card with the CX600M.


Yep and no need of checking for Haswell compatibility ! Cuz his CPU is not Haswell .
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a c 1495 V Motherboard
September 26, 2014 10:41:29 AM

Exactly ^
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September 26, 2014 10:44:10 AM

SR-71 Blackbird said:
Exactly ^


Not what I was really expecting. I meant the ugh... *goes to google translate* Output wires.
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September 26, 2014 10:53:19 AM

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy, so I guess Haswell is some newer CPU build thingy that high end processors have? THere is a high possibility I'll go for a CPU that has it. So how to make sure a PSU can handle it (or the haswell compatibility is between motherboard and CPU only?) and then what OUTPUT WIRES the PSU has to have for my stuffz?
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a c 1495 V Motherboard
September 26, 2014 10:54:56 AM

You can turn off sleep states in the BIOS and it won't be an issue.
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September 26, 2014 11:00:22 AM

Okay, so that's clear.
Then the last question I want answer to is: what output wires I have to have for my components? Well the 24pin is obviously most important one you can't live without. What else?
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a c 1495 V Motherboard
September 26, 2014 11:01:33 AM

The CX600m has what you need.

Connectors
1 x Main connector (20+4Pin)
1 x 4+4 Pin ATX 12V
1 x EPS 12V
2 x PCI-E
6 x SATA
4 x Peripheral
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a b V Motherboard
September 26, 2014 11:04:50 AM

SR-71 Blackbird said:
You can turn off sleep states in the BIOS and it won't be an issue.


Yes , correct but wont enjoy Haswell low-power CPU state
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a c 1495 V Motherboard
September 26, 2014 11:07:22 AM

Most of the time it's not an issue and if it is 2 mouse clicks in the BIOS can resolve it.
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September 26, 2014 11:40:10 AM

SR-71 Blackbird said:
The CX600m has what you need.

Connectors
1 x Main connector (20+4Pin)
1 x 4+4 Pin ATX 12V
1 x EPS 12V
2 x PCI-E
6 x SATA
4 x Peripheral


Would ZM700-GLX (some 700W PSU from Zalman) do the trick? Asking because the 4+4 ATX 12V and EPS 12V confuse me because often they seem to be mentioned as same feature.

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