1333 ram with gtx 980?

Phil Abrogar · Sep 30, 2014

jbrown156 · Sep 30, 2014

Phil Abrogar :

can you be a bit more specific with the question

sadams04 · Sep 30, 2014

Guessing the question is "is it compatible" or "will it bottleneck".... Bottom line is that it'll be fine. Whether you are slapping the GTX 980 in an older system that only supports DDR3-1333, or if you are running "old" memory in a newer motherboard... It will all work fine. Maybe less than ideal, but DDR3 in a DDR3 motherboard is fine.

theonerm2 · Sep 30, 2014

What CPU do you have? The 1333MHz RAM won't hurt gaming performance too much but a CPU that's too weak will hurt gaming performance for sure.

EasyLover · Sep 30, 2014

From compatibility point of view for GPU, important components are CPU and mobo not RAM. GTX 980 would work with any DDR3 RAM. But you really need to check will your CPU bottleneck 980 or not. Also you need to check the PSU.

Phil Abrogar · Sep 30, 2014

my Proc is i5 3550, and it's PSU is a 600w Strike-X Aerocool.

By mobo affects the GPU... do you mean the PCIE3?

EasyLover · Oct 1, 2014

Phil Abrogar :

CPU is good. Which mobo do you have?

Phil Abrogar · Oct 1, 2014

EasyLover :

p8h61 Asus. I'm planning to change it to another mobo that supports pcie 3. problem is there aren't anymore gen 3 mobos around aside from biostar XD

EasyLover · Oct 1, 2014

Phil Abrogar :

EasyLover :

p8h61 Asus. I'm planning to change it to another mobo that supports pcie 3. problem is there aren't anymore gen 3 mobos around aside from biostar XD

No issue there. Almost all graphics cards run on PCIe gen 2.0.

Phil Abrogar · Oct 1, 2014

EasyLover :

Phil Abrogar :

No issue there. Almost all graphics cards run on PCIe gen 2.0.

oooh. cause I heard that having a PCIE 2.0 will bottleneck the GPU that's on PCIE 3.0.

sadams04 · Oct 1, 2014

Phil Abrogar :

Nope. You can't saturate PCI-e 2.0 with a single GPU on the market today. PCI-e 3.0 is just the next standard and the way things are moving. It is not absolutely necessary...

EasyLover · Oct 1, 2014

Phil Abrogar :

EasyLover :

oooh. cause I heard that having a PCIE 2.0 will bottleneck the GPU that's on PCIE 3.0.

Nothing like that.

Phil Abrogar · Oct 1, 2014

EasyLover :

Phil Abrogar :

Nothing like that.

so... it won't bottle neck? so safe to just stick with meh old p8h61?

or do a minor Mobo upgrade?

EasyLover · Oct 1, 2014

Phil Abrogar :

EasyLover :

so... it won't bottle neck? so safe to just stick with meh old p8h61?

or do a minor Mobo upgrade?

Stick with your current mobo. Don't upgrade mobo just for PCIe 3.0.

Phil Abrogar · Oct 1, 2014

EasyLover :

Phil Abrogar :

EasyLover :

so... it won't bottle neck? so safe to just stick with meh old p8h61?

or do a minor Mobo upgrade?

Stick with your current mobo. Don't upgrade mobo just for PCIe 3.0.

will my 600w Strike X areocool be enough? or new PSU?

EasyLover · Oct 1, 2014

600W is good enough but not sure about the quality of this PSU though.

Phil Abrogar · Oct 1, 2014

EasyLover :

It's a bronze certified PSU

tiny voices · Oct 1, 2014

Bronze means nothing when the PSU is made with junk parts. Replace that poor quality unit with an XFX, Antec, Seasonic. The PSU is the single most important part f a PC.

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