Asrock z68 and ati compatibility

[bladedancer]

Hello guys i just bought an z68 gen3 pro3 mobo which supports pci e 3.0.

Ok now i just found out ati has released gpu hd 7850 which is pci-e 3.0(which i didnt know)
plus its quite affordable so i just need to know if there will be any problems using this mobo and gpu together?

i need to know if it will be 100% working good else ill go to nvidia.

so thanx in advance

 

[raven2510]

Yes, that board will support that card just fine.

But you do realise that to get PCIe3.0, you have to have a Ivy bridge CPU installed. If you have a sandy bridge, it will still run at PCIe2.0.

 

[nikorr]

Hello guys i just bought an z68 gen3 pro3 mobo which supports pci e 3.0.
Ok now i just found out ati has released gpu hd 7850 which is pci-e 3.0(which i didnt know)
plus its quite affordable so i just need to know if there will be any problems using this mobo and gpu together?
i need to know if it will be 100% working good else ill go to nvidia.so thanx in advance

It is just like raven2510 wrote : )

You are good to go .

 

[bladedancer]

kk thanx for the answers guys and i didnt know that about the cpu :/ darn
well i guess ill be happy with pcie 2 till i get a new one in the futurecheers

 

[bladedancer]

Ok guys 1 last question i hope it wont sound stupid
Since i have the z68 now and it has an pcie 3 port do you think i can mount a ivy bridge cpu on it?cause if not it confuses me a little why build a mobo with pcie when u cant use it...thnx

 

[raven2510]

Yes. You can install any Ivy Bridge CPU with lga1155 socket into your motherboard. This will get you PCIe3.0.

 

[bladedancer]

though if you look at asrock Product Specifications here->>http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=Z68%20Pro3%20Gen3&cat=Specifications
you will notice this " Supports 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1155 Package"

 

[raven2510]

For now. All Z68 Mobo's support Ivy Bridge. ASRock will get a bios update out that will allow the install of an Ivy Bridge chip in the next couple of months.

 

[bladedancer]

KK m8 thank u so much for your posts you really opened my eyes i hadnt noticed this about pcie 3..some small details do the dif tho
So now i brought my z68 mobo back it was unused still and ordered ASUS P8Z77-V LE +i5 3570k which will be in my hands on friday
so i will report back soon
thank you again

 

[bladedancer]

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